What’s really going on inside the Church of the Nativity. The standoff between Israeli forces and Palestinian gunmen holed up inside part of Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity continues, with no quick resolution in sight, and no good options open to the Israelis. Intense negotiations are reportedly underway between the Israeli government and Vatican representatives, who hope to get the 60 priests and nuns inside the monastery compound released without bloodshed. The Vatican would prefer not to use the word "released," because that would imply that the Christian clergy are being held against their will. Rev. David Jaeger, spokesman for...