this christmas week, christian pilgrims are flocking to the church of the nativity in bethlehem, which is built on the site where jesus is believed to he been born.
at sunday mass, worshippers from around the world joined palestinian christians.
bethlehem is located in the west bank, just outside of jerusalem.
israel's tourism ministry has said it expects about 70,000 tourists to visit bethlehem this week.
that's on par with last year's level, despite a worldwide slowdown in tourism.
on sunday evening, palestinian prime minister salam fayyad switched on the lights of a giant christmas tree in manger square.
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