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Lebanese cardinal makes rare Jerusalem visit

By Washington Examiner
Published May 25, 2014 7:56pm ET
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Lebanese cardinal makes rare Jerusalem visit
JERUSALEM (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s largest Christian denomination visited Jerusalem on Sunday, an official said, making him the first Lebanese religious leader to set foot in the city since Israel captured its traditionally Arab eastern sector in the 1967 Mideast war. Cardinal Bechara Rai, head of the Maronite Catholic Church, came to Jerusalem […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s largest Christian denomination visited Jerusalem on Sunday, an official said, making him the first Lebanese religious leader to set foot in the city since Israel captured its traditionally Arab eastern sector in the 1967 Mideast war.

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