FF­Fol­low­ing criticism: Netanyahu grants cardinal access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Following fierce criticism, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered that the highest-ranking representative of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land be granted access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. He instructed the relevant authorities to grant Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa "unrestricted and immediate access" to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Netanyahu wrote on the X platform late Sunday night. Pizzaballa had been prevented from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City by Israeli police on Sunday.