WITH AN INSTAGRAM QUOTE.
HE SAID WE'VE BEEN GETTING THAT
JEWISH MONEY AND IT'S KOSHER.
WE'LL TAKE YOU BACK TO
WHERE THE BIBLE SAID IT ALL
BEGAN.
BETHLEHEM IS HAVING THEIR
BUSIEST TOURIST SEASON IN
YEARS.
Reporter: IN THE HILLS
OUTSIDE BETHLEHEM, SOME WAYS OF
LIFE EVENT CHANGED IN 2000
YEARS.
A SHEPHERD TENDS TO HIS FLOCK.
NOT FAR AWAY IN THE HEART OF
MODERN BETHLEHEM AMES'S DENSELY
PACKED CENTER, FILING DOWN INTO
THE GROTTO WHERE THAT MANGER
WAS, WE MET A GROUP OF
AMERICANS.
KAREN McCARTY MADE HER
PILGRIMAGE FROM FORT WORTH,
TEXAS.
WE WATCHED YOU IN THEIR
SINGING.
YOU'VE GOT TEARS.
WHY?
IT'S VERY SPECIAL TO BE
WHERE HE WAS BORN.
Reporter: BETHLEHEM TODAY IS
UNDER THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY.
OVER THE YEARS IT'S BEEN
OCCUPIED BY MANY AND THAT
CULTURE MIX POURS INTO THE
STREET.
THERE'S CHICKEN CHORMA AND
FALAFEL, TRINKETS FOR TOURISTS
A AND THIS UNLIKELY STOP FOR
SOME PILGRIMS.
CHRISTIAN TATTOO ARTIST WALEED
ASH SAID HE HAS DROWN THOUSANDS
OF THESE CROSSES TO SAY LOOK
WHAT I HAVE.
Reporter: IT'S A PERMANENT
WAY TO MARK A PILGRIMAGE.
MAKING A TATTOO?
YES.
IN BETHLEHEM.
Reporter: IT'S HOLY AND A
HOT SPOT FOR CLASHES BETWEEN
PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS AS WE
WITNESSED REPORTING HERE LAST
YEAR.
OKAY.
NOW PROJECTILES HAVE JUST BEEN
THROWN IN OUR DIRECTION.
WE'RE MOVING BACK WITH MANY OF
THE PALESTINIANS HERE WHO ARE
RETREATING FROM WHERE THE
ISRAELIS ARE.
TELLPERSTEMPERS FLARED IN THE
WAKE OF MOVING THE CITY.
ONE FEATURE IS THIS GIANT
SEPARATION BARRIER, WHICH THE
ISRAELIS STARTED BUILDING BACK
IN 2002 AS A SECURITY MEASURE.
IT EFFECTIVELY CUTS OFF THE
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES FROM'S
RAIL.
THE SEPARATION BARRIER IS HERE.
THE HOTEL IS HERE.
THERE'S NOT A PLACE FOR A
HOTEL.
THIS WAS THE POINT.
Reporter: A STREET ARTIST
DEVELOPED THE WALLED OFF HOTEL
WHICH ADVERTISES THE WORLD'S
WORST VIEW.
IT'S BETH A PLACE TO STAY AND A
POLITICAL STATEMENT.
WE TRY TO PROTECT THE WALL.
Reporter: THIS HOTEL MANAGER
GREW UP HERE.
HELP POINTED TO WHERE BANKSIES
PAINT ANGELS.
REFUGEES.
Reporter: INSIDE THE HOTEL,
THE ARTIST CONTINUES TO EVOKE.
THIS IS DAVID BY MICHAEL
ANGELO.
Reporter: WE ASKED IF BOY
USING VIOLENCE, PALESTINIANS
MADE THIS BARRIER NECESSARY.
I THINK MORE OPPRESSION
RAISED THE CHANCE OF VIOLENCE
IN THE FUTURE.
Reporter: GAZING OUT AT THE
SEPARATION BARRIER, THESE
BELGIUM TOURISTS SAID THEY WERE
DRAWN BY SOMETHING MORE.
IT'S LIKE OPENING A DOOR.
I'M NOT RELIGIOUSLY MIND BUT
HERE I THINK YOU CAN FEEL IT A
LITTLE BIT, THE HISTORY.
I THINK I FEEL THE ROOTS.
IT MUST BE COMING FROM HERE.
Reporter: IT SURELY WAS A
DISTINCTIVE SPIRIT IN THE AIR