{"id":8422,"date":"2018-02-26T08:53:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T08:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/jerusalem-municipality-insists-churches-must-pay-off-187m-tax-debts\/"},"modified":"2018-02-26T08:53:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T08:53:19","slug":"jerusalem-municipality-insists-churches-must-pay-off-187m-tax-debts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/jerusalem-municipality-insists-churches-must-pay-off-187m-tax-debts\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem municipality insists Churches must pay off $187m tax debts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-946645\"><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\" readability=\"52\">\n<p>Jerusalem \u2013 The Jerusalem Municipality intends to recover 650 million shekels (almost 187 million dollars) from Christian denominations as taxes for their <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/property-center-nigeria\/\">real estate<\/a> located in the city, Mayor Nir Barkat has said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_909706\" style=\"max-width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem.png?resize=412%2C242&#038;ssl=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load\/images\/1x1.trans.gif?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"242\" class=\"size-full wp-image-909706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem.png 412w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem-58x34.png 58w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem-260x153.png 260w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem-200x117.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\"\/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem.png?resize=412%2C242&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"242\" class=\"size-full wp-image-909706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem.png 412w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem-58x34.png 58w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem-260x153.png 260w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jerusalem-200x117.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerusalem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe debts for commercial space owned by churches exceed 650 million shekels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will no longer demand that the citizens of Jerusalem bear this burden and subsidise this colossal debt,\u201d Barkat said in a statement, by the mayor\u2019s office press service.<\/p>\n<p><!-- between content ad --><\/p>\n<p>The municipal authorities demand that Christian denominations pay municipal taxes for all real estate, except for churches themselves, and have already started arresting bank accounts, demanding a penalty for previous years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Jerusalem, everyone is equal before the law \u2013 Christians, Muslims and Jews.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->\n<\/div>\n<p><a hre=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2018\/02\/jerusalem-municipality-insists-churches-must-pay-off-187m-tax-debts\/\"> Vanguard <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerusalem \u2013 The Jerusalem Municipality intends to recover 650 million shekels (almost 187 million dollars) from &hellip; 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