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 easier travel into Bethlehem this Christmas.
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Israel will permit Palestinian  President Yasser Arafat to leave the West Bank city of Ramallah  to receive medical treatment, Israel TV said, without  indicating whether he would allowed back.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Thousands of pilgrims and  a new Palestinian leadership celebrated Christmas in the town  of Jesus's birth Saturday with prayers for peace after the  death of Yasser Arafat.
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&quot;Bethlehem should be a free city. It is a symbol of peace, a symbol for all the Christian world and all humanity.&quot;. Praying for peace ... Christian pilgrims visit the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. However
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Israeli leader tells lawmakers that his plan is the only way for the nation to be secure. JERUSALEM -- Israel gave Yasser Arafat permission Monday to leave his compound briefly to receive medical treatment
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Israel agreed to allow diesel fuel and medicine into Gaza on a one-time basis, easing the blockade imposed because of a surge in Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel.
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Israel is to allow Palestinian chief Nawef Hawatmeh, exiled since 1967, to travel to the West Bank.
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Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu was detained on Friday as he tried to enter the West Bank city of Bethlehem for Christmas in defiance of restrictions on his movement, police said.
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Israel will permit Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to leave the West Bank city of Ramallah to receive medical treatment, Israel TV said, without indicating whether he would allowed back.
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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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Israel lifts a ban on contacts with the new Palestinian leader, opening the way for security talks.
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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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Four years of violence, an economic free fall and the rapidly rising Israeli separation barrier have all contributed to the hardships facing Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem, one of the largest concentrations of Christians in the region.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Muslims and Christians joined together on Christmas Eve in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, holding their breath that the festive season would be peaceful and possibly the start of a new dawn.
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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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Israeli nuclear whistleblower  Mordechai Vanunu was detained on Friday as he tried to enter  the West Bank city of Bethlehem for Christmas in defiance of  restrictions on his movement, Israeli police said.
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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.