BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - DECEMBER 25: Palestinian Christians and visiting pilgrims pray during Christmas Day mass in St. Catherine's Church, which adjoins the Church of the Nativity December 25, 2008 in the biblical town of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Thousands of pilgrims are bringing Christmas joy to Bethlehem, flocking in large numbers to the traditional birthplace of Jesus where tourism had collapsed during the years of the Palestinian uprising. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - DECEMBER 25: Palestinian Christians and visiting pilgrims pray during Christmas Day mass in St. Catherine's Church, which adjoins the Church of the Nativity December 25, 2008 in the biblical town of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Thousands of pilgrims are bringing Christmas joy to Bethlehem, flocking in large numbers to the traditional birthplace of Jesus where tourism had collapsed during the years of the Palestinian uprising.

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