Israelis stopping Christmas tourism income for Palestinians

Bethlehem

When I was in the West Bank area near Jerusalem the day after Easter in 2003 I was the only tourist I saw on the streets. Palestinian tourist item shops were empty of customers. It was the same at Easter in Nazareth. No tourists in sight on the streets except me. It seemed unusually quiet for what I thought would be a major tourist attraction. Plenty of Arab Israeli Nazareans around but I didn't see any foreign tourists.