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World Jewish News
Church of the Nativity, photo by blog.camera.org
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Christmas celebrations begin in Israel
24.12.2009, Israel and the World Thousands of Christians will attend Midnight Mass at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity.
Christian pilgrims from around the world will join local Palestinian and Arab-Israeli Christians for Thursday night's service.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to attend the services.
The beginning of Christmas celebrations in Israel began Thursday afternoon when the Roman Catholic Church's Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal began his annual Christmas procession from Jerusalem to Manger Square in Bethlehem. Twal will lead the Midnight Mass.
JTA
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