Palestinian Christians Cancel Christmas in Jesus' Birthplace of Bethlehem
Palestinian Christians Cancel Christmas in Jesus' Birthplace of Bethlehem MAAJID NAWAZ A Radical Dispatch 1) Christmas in Bethlehem is Cancelled For what is reported to be the first time in history Palestinian Christians cancelled Christmas in Jesus’ birthplace of Bethlehem, in solidarity with their fellow Palestinians in Gaza. The Times of London reports 25th December 2023: “.. few in Bethlehem had any desire to celebrate. ‘We are in mourning,’ Rana Bishara, 52, a Palestinian Christian artist from Galilee, said. She had travelled all day to reach Bethlehem and display her artwork, a bronze cast Baby Jesus inside an incubator, in memory of the premature babies who died in Gaza after power to their unit was lost. ” The lead up to this decision by Bethlehem’s significant Palestinian Christian population can be detected in the Israeli Defence Force’s (IDF) brutal siege of a church in Gaza. Half Palestinian British MP Layla Moran had been trying to alert Parliamen...