Bethlehem sees more Pilgrims

About 30,000 people converged on the little town of Bethlehem this year to celebrate Christmas in the city that is the birthplace of Jesus Christ. This figure is roughly twice that of last year and the most since the outbreak of the current Israeli-Palestinian violence in September of 2000.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179708,00.html

There had been concerns about safety after a group of armed gunmen captured Bethlehem's City Hall just days before Christmas, but later left the area, hurting no one.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10542632