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Beit Sahour |
 | | As for Beit Sahour’s sheep today, they can no longer graze on the once beautiful wooded hill of Abu Ghuneim: In 1997 it was completely deforested to build the settlement of Har Homa. |
 | | Home to about 1500 residents, like Bethlehem and Beit Jala, the social structure is based on extended families, but while its traditional buildings are similarly built around a courtyard, or hosh, to house an extended family, they were not as identified with haras or quarters as is the case in Beit Jala or Bethlehem. |
 | | Beit Sahour is known for its non-violent resistance, and organizations concerned with peace, rapprochement and reconciliation. |
| www.bethlehem.ps /cultural_sites/towns_in_bethlehem/beit_sahour.php (596 words) |
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