(There are about 40,000 Christian Arabs in the Bethlehem area.)

The pope will devote a full day to the Palestinian-governed Bethlehem area.

After reports that the gunmen had fled past Palestinian checkpoints into the Bethlehem area, Israel sealed the city.

Two management contracts were awarded for Gaza in 1996 and for the Bethlehem area in 1999.

Many emigrants were from the Bethlehem area.

Some 10 European observers in the Bethlehem area had helped restore calm there, he said, "and we hope that this will be increased by others."

All units in the Bethlehem area: be on the lookout for a rough beast with a slouching gait.

Ten Palestinians have been killed in protests in the Bethlehem area, according to the records kept by local journalists.

In the Bethlehem area, the Dehaisheh refugee camp is strung with welcome banners.

More than half have opted for early retirement, figuring that their specialized training made them unemployable in the Bethlehem area.