MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat addresses Christians all over the world, from his office in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Monday Dec. 24, 2001. Despite strong international pressure, by nightfall Israel remained unbending in its decision not to allow Arafat, a Muslim, to make his annual trip to Bethlehem for the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass.(AP Photo/Mohammed Rawas)