Bilal Zeyada @bilal_mo@mas.to
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Christmas feels special and emotional this year, especially in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, where the nativity church lies (a holy site for Christians): they’re celebrating Christmas for the first time in three years.

Christmas is the Christian celebration of the birth of a Jewish Palestinian child who was born in rubble because his parents were left with nothing. He was born thanks to the generosity of good shepherds.

Do you celebrate Christmas?
👉 gofund.me/0962a012a

The Christmas tree today was lit at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on 6 December (Al Jazeera).
jmcnaughton @jmcnaughton@freefree.ps
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@bilal_moBilal Zeyada thanks for this post Khaled.

Speaking about Christians in Palestine, I was reminded of Rev. Munther Isaac in Bethlehem who has been delivering "Christ in the Rubble" sermons condemning the genocide committed by Israel and funded by the USA.

Here is Rev. Isaac speaking to Democracy Now! last year: democracynow.org/2024/12/23/re (starting at 47:13)

My family celebrated Christmas when I was younger but I don't really celebrate anymore.

Bethlehem Rev. Isaac Calls on U.S. to Stop Funding Gaza Genocide

Christmas celebrations are canceled in the West Bank and the city of Bethlehem, Jesus Christ’s birthplace, for the second year in a row in response to Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza and ethnic cleansing of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. We feature an excerpt of the Christmas sermon of Reverend Munther Isaac of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, titled “Christ Is Still in the Rubble,” referencing a sermon he gave at this time last year titled “Christ in the Rubble,” about the loss of Palestinian life to Israel’s assault of Gaza. We also go to Bethlehem to speak with Reverend Isaac. He shares his message to the U.S. and the rest of the world. “Our fear here in Bethlehem is that there is no one who’s going to hold Israel accountable,” he says. “We’re tired and sick of these wars, which are enabled by American tax money and American politics.”

www.democracynow.org · Democracy Now!

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