Merry Christmas from Jerusalem and "the territories" ... a quick update as to how I spent my Christmas in the Middle East. All of the big christian midnight masses were "sold out", so I attended a English Epsicopalian service outside the walls of old jerusalem ... for the day, we travelled to Bethlehem in the West Bank to the Church of the Nativity (seemed the most appropriate thing to do) to light a candle for my grandmother ... staying in the Muslim quarter of the old city, it is strange to see picutres of Arafat alongside pictures of Santa Claus ... 'tiss the season ...
A strange seasonal message brought to you at the West Bank border crossing
The much less seasonal insides of the West Bank ...
The much less seasonal insides of the West Bank ...
Oh, how Bethlehem has changed in 2000 years ...
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