{"id":65892,"date":"2025-11-24T21:20:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T21:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=65892"},"modified":"2025-11-24T21:20:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T21:20:44","slug":"jerusalem-churches-face-mounting-tax-pressures-under-israels-arnona-property-levy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/jerusalem-churches-face-mounting-tax-pressures-under-israels-arnona-property-levy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0643\u0646\u0627\u0626\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062f\u0633 \u062a\u0648\u0627\u062c\u0647 \u0636\u063a\u0648\u0637\u0627\u064b \u0636\u0631\u064a\u0628\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u062a\u0632\u0627\u064a\u062f\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0638\u0644 \u0636\u0631\u064a\u0628\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0644\u0627\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u00ab\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0631\u0646\u0648\u0646\u0627\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Churches in Jerusalem face ongoing tax pressures amid long-standing negotiations. \/ Credit: Amizor via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) ACI MENA, Oct 7, 2025 \/ 06:00 am (CNA). In Jerusalem, the property tax, known as the \u201cArnona\u201d tax, has become one of the most contentious issues between the city\u2019s municipality and the churches.&nbsp;Under Israeli law, this is a municipal levy imposed on all properties within city and local council boundaries, regardless of type, and its calculations are based on square\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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In Jerusalem, the property tax, known as the \u201cArnona\u201d tax, has become one of the most contentious issues between the city\u2019s municipality and the churches.&nbsp;Under Israeli law, this is a municipal levy imposed on all properties within city and local council boundaries, regardless of type, and its calculations are based on square\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":70250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-65892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63591,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/surge-of-enthusiasm-among-catholics-in-asia-after-st-carlo-acutis-canonization\/","url_meta":{"origin":65892,"position":0},"title":"\u2018Surge of enthusiasm\u2019 among Catholics in Asia after St. Carlo Acutis canonization","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0633\u0628\u062a\u0645\u0628\u0631 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Pilgrims at the canonization Mass for Sts. 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