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Informed Comment

Even Santa Claus is protesting the walling off of Bethlehem Some 15 percent of the 10 million Palestinians is Christian, and they are after all the original Christians. Bethlehem has a special place in their hearts because it is the birthplace of Jesus in Christian belief.

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