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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - DECEMBER 24: A worshipper lights votive candles in the Church of the Nativity, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve December 24, 2006 in the biblical city of Bethlehem, West Bank. The festivities in the town where according to tradition Jesus was born have been overshadowed by a long-dormant Israeli-Palestinian peace process and recent Palestinian in-fighting in Gaza and the West Bank. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - DECEMBER 24:  A worshipper lights votive candles in the Church of the Nativity, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve December 24, 2006 in the biblical city of Bethlehem, West Bank. The festivities in the town where according to tradition Jesus was born have been overshadowed by a long-dormant Israeli-Palestinian peace process and recent Palestinian in-fighting in Gaza and the West Bank. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)