The Czech government delayed a decision on resolving a building project in Prague that involves a 13th-century Jewish cemetery. A spokesman for the government said it would hold discussions with the developers and Prague’s Jewish community over a new proposal that would allow the construction to occur but not disturb the buried remains.
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