Away in a Manger

December 26, 2006 - 9:29 PM by

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Two intrepid Israeli journalist/bloggers headed for Bethlehem on Christmas eve. Who? Lisa and Rinat, of course. Here’s Lisa’s photos and Rinat’s post.

Sounds like an adventure.

From getting there with east-Jerusalem guys, to the challenge of entering the Nativity church in the middle of the mass just to take some pics of Abu Mazen, the incredible people we found on our way, like cute Ahmad in the picture, and the coming back in a taxi with five people smashed in the middle of the night and having to walk back the road to save a friend stuck in a checkpoint… Not to mention the sahlab in Damascus Gate at 4 am and the fight we saw there.

Lisa hasn’t posted yet, but she told me on the phone that she and Rinat spoke in Hebrew freely, and when people asked where they were from and they said “Tel Aviv,” that the locals were surprised, but pleased. Gives one hope in these rather dark days…

Tags: • Category: Holidays, Life, Politics 

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