Within minutes of each other I watched and listened to Steve's rousing (northern) seasonal greeting from (as he says) "a happier time, before Vietnam, the Civil Rights, and all the "horrors" of our "modern" world," and Tamer's reminder of other realities: snapshot of a modern horror.
Meanwhile, the economic news is better in Bethelem this year, tourism has increased since a sharp dropoff after the second intifada in 2000. The increase of visitors is, however, a qualified "good": the occupation is as real as ever.
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