Bethlehem Residents Gloomy About Israel&#39;s Security Wall
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The security wall Israel is building aims to protect its citizens from Palestinian suicide bombers and other terrorists coming from the West Bank and Gaza.
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Responding to a public outcry after a bloody Palestinian attack, Israeli bulldozers began flattening land for a security barrier in a part of the West Bank that has been ignored up to now.
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THE OLD Christmas carolâs âlittle townâ is now a city larger than Charleston, and itâsa depressing place. Four years ago, more than 91,000 tourists visited in a year to see Bethlehemâs religious
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Some people were full of hope that, with Arafat gone, Sharon might finally do something to make peace happen. These same people were shocked when the news came from the borders.
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The children who live in and near Bethlehem regard it as special, but for different reasons. What they don&#39;t know too well are each other.
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Israel's decision to end its air and   naval blockade did little to lift the gloom from Beirut's   streets on Thursday, with many Lebanese saying uncertainty over   the future overshadowed their relief that the embargo is over.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Jan. 10 -- In a second-story apartment on a normally bustling street that was empty except for the policemen staking out every corner and a teenager shooting baskets on a rim with no net, Youssef Muhammad Jiada and his son echoed a debate raging across the Palestinian territ...
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While senior Israeli and Palestinian officials were cautiously optimistic about the rapprochement between them, some political analysts and people on the street said they could not shake their pessimism about the future, despite signs that things could get better.
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Offended Bethlehem residents have painted over a satirical mural by graffiti artist Banksy that was meant to highlight their plight.
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Hundreds of pilgrims and a new Palestinian leadership came to Bethlehem for Christmas as the town of Jesus&#39;s birth celebrated the festival with new hopes for peace following Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank, DEC. 22, 2004 .- The Israeli government announced that it would not prevent Israeli Christians from visiting Bethlehem for Christmas celebrations.
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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.
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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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Several hundred people, most of them Fatah supporters, have been camped out at the closed border between Israel and Gaza, saying they fear for their lives.
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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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Palestinians streamed into the streets of the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Thursday in an outpouring of grief over the death of Yasser Arafat, the enduring symbol of their nationalist cause.
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Palestinians expressed sorrow and anxiety at the thought of a future without Yasser Arafat, wondering if his absence from the Palestinian territories would bring a bloody