This Week in History: Church of the Nativity siege
BY MICHAEL OMER-MAN, JPOST— Purported birthplace of Jesus Christ became site of five-week standoff between IDF troops and Palestinian terrorists in 2002. On April 2, 2002, a routine arrest raid in Bethlehem quickly spiraled into one of the most unexpected controversies resulting from an Israeli military operation in the past decade. Fleeing IDF troops, some…