BETHLEHEM, West Bank — The two tourists were from Berlin, so they knew something about walls. This section of the West Bank separation barrier was built 15 years ago, as violence raged. It is now a quiet tourist destination in the city where Jesus Christ was born: a hotel, gallery, museum, bookstore and spray paint shop by the elusive British artist Banksy. It is part whimsy and spectacle (note the plastic greeter chimp), part serious (note the very real Israeli security cameras). “Weird,” one of the Berlin tourists, Nadja Miller, 38, said.

Source: New York Times April 16, 2017 16:56 UTC