Israel allows free travel into Bethlehem
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In the latest sign that Israeli-Palestinian relations are warming since the death of Yasser Arafat, Israel is allowing free travel into Bethlehem this Christmas Eve.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Hundreds of pilgrims and a  new Palestinian leadership came to Bethlehem for Christmas as  the town of Jesus's birth celebrated the festival with new  hopes for peace following Yasser Arafat's death.
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CAIRO, Jan. 2 -- Egypt opened the gates of its main crossing into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday to allow thousands of Palestinian pilgrims to return home, outraging Israel in the two countries' growing dispute over border security.
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Israel is taking special steps to insure a merry Christmas in Bethlehem, an Israeli military official said Thursday, raising hopes for a gentler holiday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus after four years of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
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Israel decided on Monday to allow Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to leave his Ramallah compound and receive medical treatment in a hospital in the West Bank city.
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The move ends Israelâs fiscal isolation of the Palestinians, which began with the installation of a Hamas government last year.
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Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu was freed by Israeli police Saturday, hours after he was detained for trying to enter the West Bank to attend Christmas Eve ceremonies in Bethlehem, a police spokesman said.
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MIDEAST:Residents hope lessening Israeli-Palestinian violence can help the town regain its tourist industry. BY LAURA KING. BETHLEHEM, West Bank - In this Christmas season of hopes and fears, the little town
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Egypt allowed hundreds of Palestinian pilgrims stranded for five days along the border to enter the Gaza Strip on Wednesday over the objections of Israel, which had sought to keep out suspected members of the militant group Hamas.
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Thousands of pilgrims and a new Palestinian leadership celebrated Christmas in the town of Jesus&#39;s birth yesterday with prayers for peace after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Israel announced on Thursday that security in the holy town of Bethlehem in the West Bank during Christmas celebrations would be handed over to the Palestinian police forces.
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Israel let more than 200 laborers enter  from the Gaza Strip for the first time in months on Sunday in a  gesture to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as he tries to  strengthen a cease-fire agreed last week.
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For many Palestinian Jerusalemites, a trip to school or work is complicated by multiple checkpoint crossings. Part 2 of three.
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These days, Bethlehem's hospitals aren't just for the sick. They're becoming havens from Israel too.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Dec. 24 -- Several thousand pilgrims celebrated Christmas Eve in the place traditionally known as the birthplace of Jesus, welcoming the new thaw in Israeli-Palestinian relations and voicing hopes for peace in the Middle East.
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Israel opened part of a major commercial crossing with Gaza on Thursday for the first time since the Islamist group Hamas seized control of the coastal strip two weeks ago, U.N. and Israeli officials said.
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Thousands of pilgrims and a new Palestinian leadership are celebrating Christmas in the town of Jesus&#39;s birth with prayers for peace after the death of Yasser Arafat.