"For the first time in three years, Israel allowed Palestinian political leaders to attend the midnight sermon, where appeals for peace were made.
Veteran leader Yasser Arafat, who died in November, had been barred from the event over his alleged terror links." Not through sheer vindictiveness and a desire to humiliate the Palestinian leadership or anything like that. Barring Arafat from Bethlehem really helped reduce the violence after all.
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