What do Palestinians want for Christmas this year? He attended a midnight mass with Twal where he praised Palestinian Christians for their role in creating a “rich and diverse society”.
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Baboun said city authorities would only decorate Manger Square, home to the church that hosts the traditional birthplace of Jesus, and two nearby streets, instead of the entire downtown area.
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Khloe Kardashian opted for a white onesie and showed off her playful make-up – a coat of lipstick applied by her niece North. Another of the Kardashian Christmas cards that showed up this year is the one for their usual annual Christmas card .
However, he slammed the Palestinian authority, saying that “there is a clear insistence of some leaders to overcome the reconciliation agreements and reach an agreement that is far from the reality in a way that makes such agreements to operate the crossing very hard to implement”.
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I’ve done that every year since I’ve coached. “Other days, they were in and out, in and out, but (Saturday) they fell for me”. Lee was the best player on the floor, scoring 27 points, hitting 9-of-10 free throws and playing 40 minutes.
A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces referred Breitbart Jerusalem to the PA for comment. He refused to confirm any specific terrorist plot against Bethlehem.
The patriarch’s motorcade, accompanied by Israeli police on horseback for the segment that is under Israeli security control, is set to move slowly from Jerusalem to the West Bank city of Bethlehem, just to the south.
Bethlehem has been a focal point for clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian protesters during the three month-long wave of violence that has gripped the region.
In the middle of Manger Square in the Old City of Bethlehem, a group of Palestinian teenage girls pose for selfies in front of a enormous, shimmering Christmas tree. Palestinian vendors hawked coffee, tea and Santa hats. Children sold sticks of gum.
Israel has also built part of its separation barrier here.
The Palestinian leadership made a decision to tone down the celebrations this year out of respect for the dead.
The news was not all grim as a lucky Christmas lottery ticket in Spain scored big for a Senegalese migrant, while music fans welcomed the announcement that The Beatles’ music would finally be available for streaming in time for the holiday. On the Israeli side, about 21 settlers have been killed.
Bethlehem’s Christian population faces regular Islamic intimidation.
The families who are waiting for the bodies of their beloved would lead the customary march with Palestinian flag and candles.
In Iraq, the mood was sombre, as the dwindling Christian community trickled in to churches.
Following the verbal altercation, Palestinian officials contacted the Israeli Civil Administration, which handles all non-military aspects of connected to the West Bank.
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Fadi Kattan runs a new boutique guesthouse, Hosh al-Syrian, in the Old City of Bethlehem.
Clergymen march in Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
At this holy time of the year, Bethlehem, the city of the Nativity, stands at the centre of attention of the whole world. “We have nothing to offer them”, Mr Alawi said.
The threat of persecution, including beatings and forced marriages between Christian women and Muslim men, are some of the reasons Christians have left.
“It’s just wrong. They shouldn’t have done it”, said Jane Hawash, 48, of the Christian village of Beit Sahour.
“It is a regular phenomenon in Bethlehem”. “All we can do is pray for them and pray for peace”. “What do you expect to happen?”
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It was “important to be here, to react and send a message of peace for Christmas”, said an Italian nun, Sister Donatella, as she walked among a procession of pipers and drummers.
