More than 500 runners started the race, but Israeli authorities barred 26 Palestinian athletes from entering the West Bank If Bethlehem's vertiginous hills weren't enough of a challenge, hundreds of athletes braved sheets of rain and whipping winds to compete in the West Bank's first ever marathon on Sunday. At 8am, more than 500 runners gathered at the starting line outside the Church of the Nativity, built on what is believed to be the site of Jesus's birth. Foreign diplomats and international...
More than 500 runners started the race, but Israeli authorities barred 26 Palestinian athletes from entering the West Bank If Bethlehem's vertiginous hills weren't enough of a challenge, hundreds of athletes braved sheets of rain and whipping winds to compete in the West Bank's first ever marathon on Sunday. At 8am, more than 500 runners gathered at the starting line outside the Church of the Nativity, built on what is believed to be the site of Jesus's birth. Foreign diplomats and international...
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