Posted AT 1:21 AM EDT on 21/12/07
Tourists see writing on Bethlehem's walls
BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK — A dove wearing a bulletproof vest is hardly a traditional Christmas image, but when the mysterious artist showed Maha Saca a sketch he wanted to do, she let him paint it on the wall outside her small museum and handicrafts store.
The image, which confronts visitors soon after they cross the concrete barrier separating Israel from this part of the West Bank, has become symbolic of the kind of year Bethlehem is having.
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