Thursday December 23, 05:29 PM The town where Jesu

Thursday December 23, 05:29 PM The town where Jesus was born is being turned into a "big prison" by the Israeli barrier going up in the West Bank, say the heads of churches in the Holy Land in a pre-Christmas message. File photograph of a Palestinian man walking by the electrified security fence that separates Bethlehem from Jerusalem. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen

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