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Christians in Israel and the West Bank celebrate Christmas Eve in the Holy Land. Justin Mitchell reports.
Jerusalem, Dec 23 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Atef Safadi) The Holy Land celebrates Christmas more subdued than ever, with the borders closed to foreigners and the painful absence of Christian pilgrims who always celebrate these dates in Jerusalem and Bethlehem the birth of Jesus.
Scouts parade in Bethlehem along with Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, in the biblical city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank ahead of Christmas Eve celebrations. IMAGES
In Barcelona people are out and about on Christmas Eve as mask wearing outdoors becomes compulsory in a bid to curb a growing wave of Covid-19 infections in the country. IMAGES
Yavne, Oct 11 (EFE).- Israel Antiquities Authority on Monday unveiled a , a discovery that suggests Gaza’s white wine was in high demand during t1,500-year-old industrial estate winery discovered in the Israeli city of Yavnehe Byzantine period.“Mainly (they exported) to Turkey, which was Byzantine, of course to Rome, Europe, and even London,” Israeli archeologist, Hagit Torge, tells Efe.(Camera: ATEF SAFADI)SHOT LIST: 1500 YEAR OLD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WINERY DISCOVERED IN YAVNE, ISRAEL.