Heads of Jerusalem churches deliver last-minute plea to Trump

December 6, 2017 Cholo Brooks The World 0

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Greek Orthodox priests celebrating Easter at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)

The patriarchs and heads of all the churches in Jerusalem on Wednesday delivered a last-minute plea to US President Donald Trump, urging him not to change US policy toward Jerusalem for fear this could cause “irreparable harm.”

“We have been following, with concern, the reports about the possibility of changing how the United States understands and deals with the status of Jerusalem,” a letter from them Wednesday said.

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Source: News Now/ The Times of Israel

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.