Clerics brawl with broomsticks at the site where Jesus is believed to have been born. (BBC image)
Two days after the world celebrated the birth of the Prince of Peace, things weren’t so peaceful at the Bethlehem church built on what is believed to be the site of Jesus’ nativity.
Brandishing brooms, 100 black-robed Greek Orthodox and Armenian clerics fought one another inside the Basilica of the Nativity after a dispute broke out during the cleaning of the church. Palestinian police broke up the fray.
Tensions have long been high at the 1,700-year-old church, as different Christian denominations continually squabble over the administration of the holy site.
The BBC has the story, along with the sad video here.