Countries in the Middle East are known as Muslim-majority countries. However, the Middle East is also home to tens of millions of Christians in the world. Like Christmas in Western countries, Christmas is also celebrated throughout the Middle East in some way, although not all countries in the region mark it as a public holiday. … Read more
The Pope announced from St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican: “Our heart tonight is in Bethlehem, where the Prince of Peace is still rejected by the losing logic of war, with the roar of weapons that prevents him even today from finding his place in the world.” According to the Vatican, about 6,500 believers attended … Read more
(CNN) – Church bells echo through the maze-like streets of Bethlehem. With Christmas approaching, the city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank was supposed to be crowded with visitors, but it has become almost deserted this year. Local leaders took a decision last month to reduce celebrations in solidarity with the Palestinian population, as violent fighting … Read more
After more than two thousand years we are back where we started. The not at all peaceful events of Christmas Eve in the Holy Land with the panicked search for a shelter and other adversities are currently taking place again in a desperate manner. Israeli newborns were brutally massacred as in Herod’s Bethlehemite infanticide; Palestinian … Read more
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There is no Christmas tree in Bethlehem’s main square, no holiday decorations, and no foreign tourists who fill the city’s streets every year during the Christmas season. In the empty square, only dozens of Palestinian security forces fighters can be seen patrolling there. Although the traditional scene of the birth of Jesus is decorated in … Read more