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Greece ‘concerned’ over Israeli operation on Orthodox Patriarchate land in East Jerusalem

Greece's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday issued a statement expressing its "deep concern" over recent developments in the predominantly Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem after Israeli forces started bulldozing a 5,000 square meter plot of land owned by the Greek Orthodox Church.

Ancient Greek citadel found in Jerusalem

Israeli archaeologists claim they have found the remnants of an ancient Greek citadel, which was a center of power in Jerusalem. Its exact location had been unknown up to nowIsrael's antiquities body claimed Nov. 3 to have solved "one of Jerusalem's greatest archaeological mysteries" by unearthing an ancient Greek citadel, the Acra, buried under a car park.