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Israel’s Palm Sunday Screwup. Plus. . .

JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli authorities inadvertently sparked an international incident by blocking Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, a prominent Catholic leader, from celebrating a Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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JerusalemBenjamin NetanyahuIsaac HerzogInterfaith RelationsReligious FreedomCatholicismSecurity ConcernsIranian MissilesPalm Sunday

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"Police stopped Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa from walking to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the holiest site in Christianity, where he was set to hold a livestreamed Mass."
Tehran, Iran
"An Iranian man stands in his destroyed caf after an airstrike in Tehran, Iran, on March 29."
Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
"Authorities said Alexander Heifler was arrested in Hoboken, New Jersey, with eight Molotov cocktails."
Pakistan
"diplomats gathered in Pakistan, hoping to negotiate a peace deal."
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