Any CWLer know what this signifies? "The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate sold most of its leasing rights to large swaths of Jerusalem to a group of Jewish investors last week. The NIS 80 million agreement puts an end to the long draw-out land affair - at least for the next 140 years."Here at Ha'aretz

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels is a former editor of Commonweal. 

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