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David, the second ruler of the Kingdom of Israel was born in Bethlehem
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Bethlehem was where the Prophet Samuel is said to have made David the King of Israel around 1000 BCE.
Bethlehem has been a center of Palestinian and Israeli conflict since passing into the hands of the Palestinian authority, and tourism to the city, which peaks each year around Christmas season, has often been adversely affected by political conditions. It lies a few miles south of Jerusalem. |
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