Over the centuries, the Church of the Nativity has survived conflicts large and small

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Dateline: BETHLEHEM, West Bank Over the past 1,600 years, rulers have threatened to destroy the Church of the Nativity, looters have pillaged its marble and monks have come to blows with chains and broomsticks over who should clean each sacred stone and beam.

Its sanctity has been tarnished at times, but not since the Samaritan uprising of 529 has the church marking the biblical birthplace of Jesus been seriously scarred in conflict. In the latest battle around it _ an unprecedented standoff between Israeli soldiers and armed Palestinians holed up inside _ interfaith ...

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