In the News – Bother in Bethlehem

Readers will recall just before Christmas I posted some photographs of Bethlehem where it is said Christ was born.

Well today Bethlehem is back in the news when Palestinian police wielding batons were forced to enter the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and break up a scuffle, forming a human cordon between Greek Orthodox and Armenian Priests who went at each other with brooms and stones inside the church during cleaning. The basilica built over the grotto is administered jointly by Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian authorities. Anyone perceived as encroaching on the others turf can set off violent arguments.

Like we say in Yorkshire Peace and Goodwill to all men. Did anyone see any women brawling?