JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the tax dispute between the Jerusalem Municipality and Christian churches (all times local): 9:15 p.m. Christian leaders say they will reopen the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after Israeli authorities suspended a plan to impose taxes on church properties in the holy city. Major denominations, including the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches, said the church would reopen early Wednesday after it was shut for three days to protest the Israeli tax plan. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was crucified and rose from the dead. It is one of the most visited sites in the Holy Land, and the closure came just weeks before the busy Easter season.
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