Christian pilgrims are now so numerous in the Old City of Jerusalem that this ancient metropolis seems to becoming for Christians what Mecca is to Muslims. They are arriving in record numbers.
"October saw the greatest number of Christian tourists here for 30 years," said a hotel manager at Jaffa Gate. "Since the end of September we have been bursting at the seams. People have been waiting in queues for up to three hours in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to enter the Tomb of Christ."
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