Every year, Christians from around the world travel to Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas. But just 46 miles away, an entire community of Palestinian Christians is banned from traveling to the city.
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The Presbyterian Church, USA (PCUSA), reportedly the largest American Presbyterian denomination, voted on June 28 to declare Israel an apartheid state and
Palestinian tourists and pilgrims on Friday gathered at the square near the Church of Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, marking the start of Christmas celebrations.
On Friday, Gaza’s tiny Christian community celebrated the season by lighting a Christmas tree. Hundreds attended the joyful ceremony at a Christian youth center in the Gaza Strip.