Banksy Unveils ‘Modified’ Nativity Scene at Bethlehem Hotel

On Sunday, tourists flocked to the Walled Off Hotel, a guesthouse designed by Banksy, to see the artist’s latest creation: The Scar of Bethlehem, a Nativity scene with what appeared to be a bullet hole looming over a quaint Biblical tableau.The work features Mary and Joseph kneeling beside the baby Jesus beneath a towering concrete wall—an allusion to Israel’s West Bank separation barrier. A gaping bullet hole shaped like a star hovers above the family. Graffitied on the w