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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Runners from around the world will convene next week in Bethlehem to take part in the 7th International Palestine Marathon.
The marathon, organized by the Supreme Council for Sport and Youth Affairs in cooperation with the Bethlehem municipality, will take place on March 22. It was officially recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 2017 in what Palestinians considered a major achievement. It's another international win for Bethlehem, which was selected in in 2015 as the Capital of Arab Culture for 2020 by a UNESCO-affiliated committee of Arab Ministers of Culture in Qatar.
