That is correct, Bethlehem is under occupation in the West Bank. People in Gaza cannot get permits to visit for Christmas. Also, people in the occupied West Bank who lost families when churches in Gaza were bombed and family members are being denied food, water, and medical aide do not feel that feasts and presents are appropriate. It is a time for prayer not presents.
The festivities and feasting are cancelled when over half of Gaza is being starved. Christmas itself, prayers, and hope that peace comes as Christ calls for is not. Listen to what the priests have said and not the title.
There are many Christian Palestinians. Where do you think the oldest churches in the world are.
With Kissinger gone, Biden can carry the torch.
Here is one from today with quotes from Israelis.
https://thegrayzone.com/2023/12/05/israeli-captives-confirms-hostages-killed-israeli-fire/
So until the hostages are released, killing thousands of kids and civilians is ok??? Have a heart. Asking for war to stop shouldn’t be a hot take. Both sides should stop and release all their hostages, but that shouldn’t preclude stopping bombing churches, schools, mosques, hospitals, and homes.
Hamas in no way is the govt of the West Bank. If anyone has a bit of soul left, they will see this for what it is, the elimination of Christians and Muslims from their homelands by military might against international law and my President Biden supporting this. After all I thought we leaned post George Floyd, we just shifted who we find ok to discriminate against and the rabid hate that was quieted has come back multiple times as strong. It’s almost like there was a built up hate pressure that has exploded. Stop ethnic cleansing, is it to high a bar to ask of our leaders (on both sides as the Republican talking points are just as bad or worse).
This has all been plannned.
I want them to not bomb kids. Bombing kids is what terrorists do. If you want to kill someone in a tunnel, go in the tunnel. You don’t bomb kids. You don’t bomb hospitals.
Seriously, fuck the Red Cross and their meddling /s.
And the US and UK give unconditional support.
They are arming the settlers. This is now somewhere around 100 dead in the West Bank.
You post in a lot of these. You do know that the Israelis have banned reporters? It would be good to have the NYT or anyone else there to document, I agree. Why aren’t they allowed in to document should be the question. Drone footage shows almost half the buildings leveled. When almost half of a city that had millions of people, over a million kids, how many do you think might die.
I feel like there are international laws that say this is illegal. That is unless you have Biden veto anything you don’t like.
And most are second or third generation born in camps after being forcibly moved from their homes by armed soldiers almost 60 years ago. Regardless of some adults actions,what we are supporting doing to kids is an unacceptable horror.
Just like he saw the picture of 40 beheaded babies, son died in Iraq, drove an 18 wheeler, convinced Strom Thurman to pass voting rights act and civil rights act, was raised in synagogues, etc, this guy is a liar.
Sadly, I thought the /s was obvious. Very sadly I am now seeing with over a million Gaza children now experiencing war crimes, I didn’t expect to see this being anything other than an obvious reprehensible situation. Anyone green lighting apartheid and etheric cleaning is a nazi. Hard stop. Fact.
I am happy to take the upvote for my sarcasm/gaslight. As the husband of a Palestinian, I and am glad some people with a soul struggle to see ethnic cleansing as ok, Seeing Biden/ Cory Booker/ AOC/ Peloci green lighting genicide has jaded me.
Your comment doesn’t make sense. He didn’t say he was told, he said he saw it and he never thought he would ever see anything like that. He said he saw a picture of 40 beheaded babies. That made the US people want to go to war. Regarding pixels, I never said anything like that, but I will say now that you brought it up, my expectation for Ned from Deluth and the president of the US are different. Regular people wouldn’t look that close, but we absolutely should have people going to the pixel to make sure this isn’t AI. Why would you expect less when war is the discussion.
Wow, racist much? Why is the Church if the Nativity in Palestine, the answer is that is where Christ was born and many Christians live there. One of the first things Israel bombed in Gaza was St Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church which was one of the oldest churches in the world. Last week Israeli snipers killed several at the Catholic Church in Gaza. There are not as many Christians in Gaza anymore as most fled over the last 16 years of blockade, but to suggest that all Palestinians are Muslim is an embarrassing take.