Monday, December 15, 2008

A Cheerful Christmas in Bethlehem

Today I read an interesting article on Bethlehem's booming tourism this December and January as a more peaceful atmosphere returns to the West Bank. The most interesting thing I saw in the article was that 40% of Bethlehem's 32,000 residents are Christian, quite amazing since the town was comprised of 90% Muslims in the 1950's.

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Cheerful Christmas in Bethlehem