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AFP — Masked for centuries by the soot of candles and lately by scaffolding, the mosaics of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity have been restored to their Crusader-era splendor in time for Christmas.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank – The streets of Bethlehem, usually overflowing with tour buses and colorfully dressed pilgrims in the days before Christmas, are nearly empty this year. So are the hotels.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — It isn’t subtle. Nor is it intended to be. Instead of a pastoral-looking Nativity scene, the creche features baby Jesus wrapped in a checkered Palestinian kaffiyeh, surrounded ...

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Editor’s Note: Each month, Inside the Middle East takes you behind the headlines to see a different side of this diverse region. Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, venerated by Christians as the ...