#Israel allows only 500 Gazan Christians to travel to Bethlehem
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A Palestinian wearing a Santa Claus costume protests in Bethlehem, West Bank on December 23, 2014. Anadolu / Muhesen Amren A Palestinian wearing a Santa Claus costume protests in Bethlehem, West Bank on December 23, 2014. Anadolu / Muhesen Amren
Only 500 out of the 3,500 Palestinian Christians living in the #Gaza Strip were given permits to travel to Bethlehem to celebrate #Christmas. A garland in hand, 11-year-old Sara decorates the family Christmas tree with her parents. But this year, the young Gazan will be spending the rest of the holiday alone. Her family applied for Israeli permits to leave the Gaza Strip and travel to Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas in the not-so-little town in the West Bank where Jesus was born. (...)