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Religion Under Siege | Christmas in Gaza: Israeli Military to Allow “Some” Gaza Christians to Leave for Holiday

500 Gazans to Be Allowed to Visit Bethlehem by Jason Ditz, December 18, 2012 | AntiWar.com Christmas in Gaza is likely as grim as most other days in Gaza. The situation is improving some with the latest ceasefire, but with the blockade still operating in parts, the tiny strip is a lousy place to spend […]

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Jerusalem Patriarch welcomes Christmas in Gaza mass

Maan News Agency | Dec 16, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem marked the beginning of Christmas celebrations in a church service in the Gaza Strip on Sunday. “Jesus knows the meaning of homelessness, murder and injustice, but the Christmas holiday is about peace, tolerance and justice,” Fuad Twal told the […]

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Christmas message from the mayor of Bethlehem

By Vera Baboun | Maan News Agency | Dec 16, 2012   In a silent and unique night that held the tidings of a glorious event, Jesus Christ was born in the manger of a humble grotto in the town of Bethlehem. The prophecy was fulfilled “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear […]

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Christmas in Palestine – Christmas tree lit in Bethlehem

Maan News Agency| Dec 16, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A giant Christmas tree was lit on Saturday evening in Bethlehem’s Manger Square marking the beginning of Christmas celebrations in the West Bank city. Palestinian Authority prime minister Salam Fayyad attended the ceremony, along with the mayor of Bethlehem Vera Baboun, the governor Abdul-Fattah Hamayil, the […]

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Colonizing Christmas: Facts on Israeli Occupation and Bethlehem

 Saturday December 15, 2012 00:08 by Palestine News Network – PNN at IMEMC PLO Negotiations Affairs Department Issued Their Latest Fact Sheet entitled “Colonizing Christmas: Facts on Israeli Occupation and Bethlehem”. Bethlehem is a vivid example of the severe and appalling effects that Israeli colonization policies have had in Palestine. Illegal confiscation of land, expulsion […]

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Christmas in Palestine 2012 – in pictures

Last update Dec 22, 2012 Continuous updates of new photos during the Christmas 2012 Click on one of the photos to start a slideshow To Christian related news during the season will be continuously updates below this album More photography below the related news Special Topic | Zionist Crimes against Christianity Fact Sheet | Palestinian […]

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International Law Legal Intifada by Palestinians Against Israel (Must Read)

Why the US Threatened to Cut Off Aid to the Palestinians if They Pursued and Were Granted Observer Status at the UN An Interview With Professor Francis Boyle By Dennis Bernstein | Sabbah Report | Dec 4, 2012 Francis A. Boyle meeting with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat at the Presidential Compound in Gaza in December […]

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#Christianity under Attack | #Israel seizes financial accounts of the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem

[ PIC 12/11/2012 – 09:51 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The head of the Board of Directors of the Jerusalem District Electricity company, Yousef Al Dajani, called for an urgent processing of the file of the crisis of the company’s accumulated debt for the Israeli occupation. This came after the Israeli water company implemented a […]

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#PHOTOS | ISRAEL DECLARES ITSELF THE HOLY CAPITOL ON PILGRIMAGE CERTIFICATES

Nov 10, 2012 Leaving Christianity worldwide in total ignorance about all crimes committed against Christians suffering occupation as well, the impunity of Israel ascends itself now it is even declaring itself the Holy Capitol of Christian Jerusalem, as is stated on the pilgrimage certificate which the Israeli bureau of Tourism hands out. (Head Tip to […]

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#ChristianityUnderAttack | Jerusalem patriarchate threatens to close Holy Sepulchre

A general view of the Church of Holy Sepulchre during the Christian Orthodox Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem’s Old City (Photo: Reuters) Al Akhbar | November 2, 2012 Jerusalem’s Greek Orthodox patriarch Theophilis III has threatened to close the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to protest Israel’s freezing of the patriarchate’s bank accounts. The patriarchate […]

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Father Attallah Hanna slams attempts to recruit Christian Arabs in Israeli army

[ PIC 01/11/2012 – 11:48 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Father Attallah Hanna, the archbishop of Sebastia in Jerusalem, strongly denounced the Israeli army for its attempts to recruit Christian Palestinians from the 1948 occupied lands. Father Hanna said those who participated in suspicious meetings with Israelis to encourage the Christian young men of Palestine […]

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Interfaith dialogue is no answer to Israel’s racist bullying

By Stuart Littlewood | Sabbah Report | Oct 4, 2012   The Cathedral Church of St. John in Albuquerque decided earlier this summer to back out of hosting a Sabeel conference. Other groups, including the New Mexico Council of Churches, have also kept their distance. So the Albuquerque Episcopalians got jumpy and ‘disinvited’ the Friends […]

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#PHOTOS | Palestinians condemn anti-Christian vandalism

Maan News Agency | Oct 3, 2012 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The PLO’s top negotiator and the Palestinian Authority on Tuesday strongly condemned racist and pro-settler vandalism on a Jerusalem monastery. “Price-tag” and “Jesus is a son of a bitch” were sprayed on the gate of the Monastery of Saint Francis, just outside of the Old […]

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The Pope and the Palestinians ~ by Franklin Lamb

Franklin Lamb – Shatila Refugee Camp, Lebanon | Palestine Chronicle | Sept 13, 2012 The only time this observer recalls Yassir Arafat ever becoming frustrated with the late American journalist Janet Stevens, whom he adored as a daughter, was during a visit in August of 1982 when the PLO leader, mentioned in conversation, as he […]

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