The artwork depicts the birth of Jesus under Israel's West Bank separation barrier with a bullet hole shaped like a star. 9News
Bethlehem has been affected especially hard by the barrier, which surrounds large parts of the city.
Tourists flocked to the hotel yesterday to see the Nativity scene and other works by Banksy as part of their visit to the city during the peak Christmas season. "So we saw the Church of Nativity and then the second thing that we wanted to see was the wall with the Banksy hotel and the artwork," Mr Edelmuller said.
People pass by the "The Walled Off Hotel" and the Israeli security barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The nine-room hotel claims to have the worst views in the world.
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