Isma'il Kushkush

Associated Press

In this Monday, Dec. 12, 2016 photo, Palestinian woodcarver Muhammad Yusuf, works on olive wood figures in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Christmas is approaching and pilgrims and tourists have begun to arrive, crowding the souvenir shops that line the narrow streets and allies of the city where Jesus is said to have been born. But when visitors choose to take a piece of the Holy Land back home with them, they better check the labels. Many souvenirs, including the West Bank town’s trademark rosemary beads, are imported from abroad, mainly China.

Holy Land Flooded with Chinese Goods

Foreign-made crafts, especially Chinese ones, have come to represent a big part of the market in the Holy Land, including Christmas souvenirs.