In another step aimed at bolstering the Palestinian Authority, Israel will allow the deployment of close to 1,000 PA policemen in Bethlehem in the run-up to the Christmas period.
Brig.-Gen. Yoav Mordechai, the head of the Civil Administration in the West Bank, will meet Wednesday with his Palestinian counterparts to discuss a request to increase the number of PA policemen currently stationed in Bethlehem...
Bethlehem Mayor Victor Batarseh said that he expects a good Christmas season this year. PA Information Minister Riad Malki said the number of tourists to the Palestinian areas has grown steadily since 2006, following a sharp decline in Israeli-Palestinian fighting.
from the J'lem Post
Brig.-Gen. Yoav Mordechai, the head of the Civil Administration in the West Bank, will meet Wednesday with his Palestinian counterparts to discuss a request to increase the number of PA policemen currently stationed in Bethlehem...
Bethlehem Mayor Victor Batarseh said that he expects a good Christmas season this year. PA Information Minister Riad Malki said the number of tourists to the Palestinian areas has grown steadily since 2006, following a sharp decline in Israeli-Palestinian fighting.
from the J'lem Post
In case you are wondering why Bethlehem might need 1000 additional troops around Christmas, let's just say peace on earth has not yet come to the place of Jesus' birth. Keep an eye out for this year's traditional festivities...
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