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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Nuha Sharaf
JERUSALEM, April 12 (Reuters) - Colorful lanterns and ornate Ramadan decorations filled the streets of Jerusalem on Monday as Palestinians prepared for a holy month freer of COVID-19 restrictions than at the height of the pandemic.
Ahead of Ramadan s expected start on Tuesday, the mood in the Old City was far more joyful than last year when prayers were suspended at the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site.
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By Nuha Sharaf and Stephen Farrell
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - Walk out of Bethlehem s Church of the Nativity, across Manger Square and along Star Street and you come to a part of town where few pilgrims venture.
Behind a discreet plaque saying Crèche is a children s home - the only one that many illegitimate and abandoned children brought up there have ever known.
Run by Catholic nuns from the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul and Palestinian staff, it is a refuge for around 50 children, including those born out of wedlock, at risk of violence and even rescued from garbage bins.
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