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Podcast: Mission Network News - Middle East
Episode: Bethlehem Bible College supports jobs for Palestinians amid staggering unemployment
Description: Palestine (MNN) — Since the outset of the latest conflict in the Holy Land, 65% of West Bank businesses have reported a reduction in their workforce. Tourism in the West Bank used to attract 1.5 million visitors every year. Now, local tourism has dwindled to practically nothing.
Christian pilgrims used to flood Bethlehem, the town where Jesus was born. Shireen Hilal, Director of Outreach at Bethlehem Bible College, says today, Bethlehem is a ghost town.
“When visiting Bethlehem, of course, people come and see the Nativity church, and then they go to their restaurants. We have many of the...