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JERUSALEM — Christians celebrated their “Holy Fire” ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Saturday against a backdrop of rising tensions with Israel, which imposed new restrictions on attendance this year that it said were needed for safety. In the dense confines of Jerusalem’s Old City, where Jews, Christians and Muslims must share their holiest sites …
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