Al-Monitor 29 Nov by Daoud Kuttab — As the Christmas season approaches
and as tourism to the Holy Land rises, the fight over holy sites has
also escalated. The Palestinian Ministry of Information published on its
website a report citing an official complaint by the Palestinian ambassador in Rome, Mai al-Kalia, against Israel, which is trying to appropriate Bethlehem.
According to the Palestinian ministry, the Israeli tourism office in
Rome has published touristic literature stating that “Israel, thanks to a
wide range of unique sites such as the old port of Jaffa, and Nazareth,
Jerusalem and Tiberias, Bethlehem, Capernaum, Masada, the Dead
Sea, Fort Herod and caves near Qumran …” Four of the sites mentioned lie
in the Palestinian territories, but Israel is advertising them as part
of Israel in an attempt to attract Christian pilgrims from Italy.
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