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There's no Christmas in Bethlehem this 12 months. With battle in Gaza, festivities are off
A view of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church’s Nativity scene in Bethlehem. This 12 months, it portrays a toddler Christ born below rubble and wrapped up in a Palestinian keffiyeh. Ayman Oghanna