BETHLEHEM, West Bank : A giant Christmas tree takes pride of place in Bethlehem’s Manger Square, between the Church of the Nativity and a mosque adorned with lights cascading down its walls.
The annual festival features dance, music, art and culinary events in a city whose main source of income - overseas tourists - has been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic. The city is cut off from Jerusalem by an Israel wall, which Palestinians condemn as a land grab but Israel defends as a security measure to protect itself from attack. Talks between the sides collapsed in 2014.
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