Bethlehem is revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ. This time of year, the town is usually packed with thousands of foreign tourists. But the war on Gaza means they’re staying away this year. Palestinian business owners who rely on income during the Christmas season say they’re suffering more than ever.
Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports from Bethlehem in the Occupied West Bank.
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*People in late 2024: “I remember Israel. It went too far for 76 years, and now is no more…”*
I hope that prediction is correct!
@@binaryflat attention you tube: alert; he is supporting a call for genocide
@@binaryflat Closer than many may think! 🧡
@SourceAwareness u been day dreaming like this for 76 years, and have learned nothing despite humiliation. 😂😂
Oh yes, because the first thing the Middle East needs is another conservative islamic country 😒
And not just that, but Palestine has proven itself to be a breeding ground for terrorism again and again….
Al Jazeera and Middle East Eye are excellent sources for Real Journalism. Thank you everyone for supporting and helping these important videos get out to more and more people. Love and Truth wins.. ❤🧡💛🧡❤..
Nope just propagandists for Iran.
@@punchthem4582 Cry some more. You keep visiting here, Einstein…
@@punchthem4582you have iranophobia 😂
@@punchthem4582cope harder nazionist
@@giveaway.paybackIranians themselves have i-ran-ophobia. 😂😂
The whole world is seeing the TRUTH about the illegal occupation. There is no turning back. The world is now knowing what Palestinians have been going through for 75+ years. Blessings, Everyone 🧡..
How to you “occupy” a place you have been living in for 4,000 years? Jews have been murdered, and enslaved, for thousands of years. The philistines have been trying to steal other peoples land for 75+ years. Stop getting your facts from tiktok.
The world? Even arabs dont help them, forget the world
And they still don’t care
*”If Israelis don’t want to be accused of being like the Nazis, they simply need to stop behaving like Nazis.” – Norman Finkelstein* 👈
Funny, coming from a fascist like he
How about Hamas surrender and give up murder and rape?
its a psychopath,but the left gave him power
They should do nothing as their PPL are kidnapped my so foolish
Merry (Day named after a Jew From Jewish Bethlehem who didn’t exist BEFORE 1948)— Day. Merry Christ-mas u pali baby rapists
American evangelical Christians funded zions against Arabs.
God is on the throne. Man isnt in chiarge,so as long as ppl are right wt Him,no worries.
The Israeli government needs to be held accountable for war crimes against the innocent Palestinian people, for crimes of apartheid, collective punishment, and genocide. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Innocent palestinians, apartheid, collective punishment, and genocide? YOU hit on all of the tiktok buzz words. Good job but all lies.
@@punchthem4582the only lies are those coming out of your mouth. Or perhaps you are truly delusional like those Evangelicals in US but most likely just one of them Hasbara trolls.
@@punchthem4582every human rights organization (even the UN) already stated israel guilty of apartheid and genocide. cope harder zionist.
@@punchthem4582it seem true because it is
@@punchthem4582denial is in Egypt 😂
Dear Gaza and West Bank, YOU ARE NOT ALONE. HEARTS ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE CRYING FOR YOU AND PRAYING FOR YOU TO BE SET FREE, AND TO HEAL FROM THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO YOU AND YOUR PRECIOUS LANDS. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. YOU REALLY AREN’T.
They are not alone they have Iran by their side.
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@@punchthem4582 no
Free Palestine❤
Blame it on Hamas/Palestinians in Gaza. They started this war. So disruption ensues.
no zionists started it 75 years ago
We blaming it on Israel 🇮🇱 n nothing or nobody else
@@rosesalah4382 Your blame doesn’t even hold up in courts. Your sentiment doesn’t even win over logic. Meaning, you only got loser’s sentiment. Carry that over to your life and your life would be in sh*ts.
@@rosesalah4382pathetic
Yes with videos they took
Their faces and demonic evil all on camera
The whole world is disgusted
Which is why Jordan and Egypt refuse to open their borders
Merry Christmas to all the hostages in Gaza and the IDF soldiers
United States of America
Gee… I wonder why?
STOP THE PALESTINIAN HOLOCAUST!
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Zionist is the enemy of the all religion if you open your eyes
Is America Christian or not
Who has veto power
After peak
You go down
They are not, espeically those who call themselves Evangelicals. They only call themselves so. They keep their noses in the Bible but their hearts are closed to human suffering and souls are dead.
America has no religion. Hence the basis of the constitution giving freedom of religion to every citizen.
Sell on-line. People like your work.
Israel controls the occupied territories’ export and import.
I wuls want to visit palestine, palestinians.
*_Under international law Gaza is still considered occupied since 2005, and has been since 1967, since Israel still has not transferred sovereign powers, and instead maintains control over the Palestinian Authority’s ability to function effectively. Examples: water and electricity, airspace, supply of civilian infrastructure, etc…_*
please note; since 2005 it has been considered occupied minimaly
@@MiLaHashemAilai Please note: There is nothing “minimal” about preventing a territory from having full sovereign power over its own water, electricity and supplies, just to mention a few examples. Use your braincells on this one, man… It’s not complicated.
There is no Palestine.
@@HerrRohr Cry some more, Bibi.
@SourceAwareness the one who’s crying is the one begging for ceasefire and posting comments on AJ 24/7. 20,000 and counting ! 😂😂
They aren’t dancing in these streets celebrating the murder of Israelis now are they ? You reap what you sow.
They never were. Unlike Zionists mocking Palestinian deaths & posting footages proudly on Israeli TikTok. Sick. If you’re believing Israeli lies & giving them a free pass for genocide, then you really have to look in the mirror for the villain.
Netanyahu is problem creator
I’m afraid it wasn’t really the Grinch who stole Christmas…
Who would want to visit a land where a genocide is ongoing? No need to be and ethics expert to understand that Israel is rotten to its core.
Wisdom built a house for herself,
she carved [in it] seven columns,
she killed her cattle and seasoned the wine
and set the table.
According to the Bible Gaza is in trouble.
The UN is working on setting the conditions for a ceasefire. Merry Christmas from the USA.
Usa is also responsible for genocide
Genesis 12:1-4
Psalm 2:
Words from the most respected prophet in the Koran Jesus Christ
God Bless Israel, The hostages and IDF soldiers
United States of America
It is an abomination that the birthplace of Jesus is controlled by Muslim fanatics.
If Hamas surrendered all the fighting would stop and the people of Gaza would have a future. Mr. Finkelstein is a self hating Jew, btw. It’s well known in the Jewish Community.
I visited this shop last May. I’m so sorry this is happening to innocent Palestinians. As I’ve been to Israel many years ago, this year I wanted to tour the Palestinian territories. I was shocked at what I witnessed in Hebron and other areas. Apartheid on steroids. Praying for peace.
My original plan to visit Bethlehem in 2020 has to be postponed again 😢
What the current extreme nathanyaho government is doing is similar to what Hitler did
I think al jazeera forgot to mention ‘occupied’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣
“Occupied” goes without saying.
A ti 7 okt tuneli😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Love USA & The people but hate the government of the USA…👉😈🔥🌎💔
It’s really painful to see the suffering they are going through. This is not a war against humanity. It’s just pure G€no I’d€. Leaders are approving the atrocities and joking humanity. Shame.
Isaiah 17 1
A prophecy against Damascus: “See, Damascus will no longer be a city but will become a heap of ruins.
Assalamu’alaikum Warohmatullahi Wabarokatuh, Laailaahailallahu Muhammaddarrosulullah, I AM SCHOLAR MOSLIM INDONESIAN COLLEGIATE UNIVERSITY ISLAMIC IBNU KHALDUN BOGOR INDONESIAN. I AM Having Solution For Free Palestine, That Solution Is Live With Law Sharia Islamic Totality, Jihad Fisabilillah And Institution Sulthan Khilafa Islamic Ala Munhajinnubuwwah. This Is Commitement Live With Law Al Milkiyyah Ammah, This Is Sistem Distribution Islamic Food, Drinks, Shirt, Mie Instant, Rice, Corn, Potato, House, Water Clean, Car Ambulance Emergency, Beef, Chicken, Money, Volunteer Medic, Volunteer Army Mujahidin For Free People Palestine With Ikhlas Lillaahita’ala From State Daulah Khilafa Islamic Ala Minhajinnubuwwah. Commitement Live With Law Security Islamic Qisos, Hudud, Jinayah, Uqubat For Problem Killer Criminality And Genocide. 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸☪️☪️☪️🏴🏴🏳️🏳️🙏🙏🙏
How’d that seizure work out for you?
WAR IS NOT GOOD FOR BUSINESS! CHOOSE PEACE!
This is a land grabbing war and the civilians are the target. Is not about Hamas or hostages. Where are the Hostages or IDF still don’t know where they are
Not only israel A total team of some business men’s inspiration and interest may lies behind this torture against Palestinians patriotism. A question iare arising that those greedy men’s have not their own beloved cute ones to whom they are affectionate ? May they sacrifice them for greediness?
As a Christian, I am very sorry for Christians and Palestinians… God Bless you and we have to pray for peace for Palestine during Christmas…
The Bible states pray for the Peace of Jerusalem
Those are Jesus writings the most honored Prophet of the Koran
Dear Jesus we pray for the Peace of Jerusalem
We pray for the hostages that your Holy Spirit guide the IDF soldiers to recover all of them
We pray Hamas and Palestinian people to repent of their brutal rape , murder and kidnapping and that Hamas unconditionally surrenders
We pray for you to honor your word for Israel and The Jewish people
Genesis 12:1-4
Psalm 2:
Merry Christmas Jesus
United States of America
thnx to religion of peace
@@richarddawkins4607 Hamas has shown that they take humanitarian aide and build weapons tunnels in hospitals and churches and day care centers
Well that money is now going to go to Israel and the hostages
What happened to Israel on October proves we cannot send money to Gaza
Ask Jordan and Egypt why they refuse to take anyone from Gaza into their countries
?
Stop complaining
@@richarddawkins4607zar i ti znaš nesto psmetno napisati..
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SRETAN BOZIĆ..❤
b3cause theres an evil apartheid people surrounding those places.they are bsd luck even to bizness
✞❤🔥(John 3:16 AMP) *For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten ([a]unique) Son, so that whoever BELIEVES in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) Life.* 🕯John 14:6 AMP) *Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me.* 𝒮ℯℯ 𝒫𝓁𝒶𝓎𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉
Genesis 12:1-4
Psalm 2
Words from the most respected prophet in the Koran
Merry Christmas Israel
I’d buy a sculpture if they’re able to do mail order to other side of the world… even though I’m not Christian, not even religious.
One just have to be humane with a conscience to see how wrong Zionist oppression of Palestinians is & has been.
Israel should have been created in US, UK, and/or Germany, not Palestine. I’m all for a Zionist country in one of these Zionist loving places.
I will be honest. MSM is simply mislabelling the ‘re se sitting’. When your land is occupied (as are Gaza, Jerusalem and the West Bank since 1967 per international law 🏛⚖) it is heroic to ‘strive’ for freedom ❤
This is how this would go down in history books.. just like George Washinton and Nelson Mandela. Both were mislabelled by the same powers they stood against. May they rest in peace 🙏❤
Me and my family will pray for Gaza this Christmas
Wow!! This man is SO talented!! He is a master carver!!!!
This has got to stop!!!! Israel has to pay for all the damage they are doing everywhere!!!!! Israel is going down!!!!!
Old news. So anything new? “Where no oxen are, the manger is clean”. Jesus, the Messiah was born outside of the city and His birth was not registered, keeping Him protected from the king who sought His life. Joseph and Mary were warned by the wise men or Magai, that Herod was seeking the death of all the first born or those who were born under the ✡ ✡ star, that they were following. To hide Jesus, Emmanuel, God with us, and to get Him the Messiah, Jesus, the Savior out of the Land as the weight of a government was already on alert to seek His death. Prophesy was fulfilled.
I am not hear to to tell them Jesus loves them until I’m ready to love, defend and fight for them as well. Just as they are. May God our Creator be with them, just as I am in Spirit, fighting daily, writing may God’s will be done and praying always with them and in behalf of them. Running the good race, fighting the good fight until our work on earth is done.
♾Infinity in the Kingdom of God will be our reward. I am with you as a servant of God. Praying always, even giving this vessel as I sleep to our Father in heaven for His work, to protect the innocent and all who hunger and thirst after righteousness, God’s will be done. His will is to give water to the thirsty, food for the hungry, medication for the sick and the afflicted and freedom to those who are imprisoned. I will not leave you and God has not left you nor abandoned you. You are loved. If man should fail you, God is with you. You are loved. We win. In the end, we win. If God is for us, who or what is able to stand against us? I will answer that, nothing and no one. God is with you people of Gaza, Palestinians, God is with you and nothing and no one is able to stand against you. Those who do will have their place in the Lake of Fire in Outer darkness. Hold on. May God and His servants come to your aid today, now. May God be with them and you always. Peace be upon you.
AYO BERAMAI-RAMAI ORASI DENGAN MENYILANG MERAH BENDERA ISRAEL, MENYEBUT ISRAEL DENGAN ISTILAH NEGARA BERDARAH, MENYEBUT BENDERA ISRAEL SEBAGAI BENDERA BINTANG BENDARAH DAN MENGAJAK NEGARA-NEGARA MEMBOIKOT SEGALA MACAM PERDAGANGAN ISRAEL.
Thank you Al Jazeera
So isreal shiuld do nothing as its ppl are kidnapped
Israel refugee malnutrition from Europe and British peole 🤬🤬🤬
This is crazy, outrageous, SAD , israili teroisht needs to stop her atrocities on Palestinians.
Christmas in the Holy Land and Netanyahu is acting as Herod!
If they said gaza attack them first in October then what west bank have done to Israel
Hahahaha i didn’t know about tourists visiting a stool country like an Israel i thought tourists attractive continent or countries were an Africa, Malaysia, Azerbaijan,Goa of an India etc
Keep working on that English. You’ll get it eventually.
@@DoomFinger511 ?
@@mahbubdawood2909 English… you’re horrible at writing it.
@@DoomFinger511 Thank you it’s my pleasure
@@mahbubdawood2909 lol
Better go to Rome
Freedom and justice for Palestine! 🇵🇸
The only one to blame is Hamas. Also in Israel there are no tourists. So Hamas has ruined Christmas for everyone not only Bethlehem. Next time don’t start a war you can’t finish and then when you lose Don’t cry and play the victim. Merry Christmas 🎅🏻 🎄
Jesus Christ the most respected prophet in the Koran is our Christmas gift
God Bless Israel for giving us The Bible and Jesus
Genesis 12:1-4
This is propaganda of Al Jazeera to gain sympathy of Christian community
The devil will never again think of attacking Israel…Only Idiots are with you….Civilised people are against Hamas
Israeli bad, Palestinians good. Al Jazeera continues to be biased news, aka Fake News. 🇺🇸🇮🇱
It’s not like Isreal ever had an economy. The whole country runs on Western handouts so i’m sure they’ll be fine.
In these Christmas days, Israël is committing genocide against palestiniens in Gaza. The Israëli politicians don’t respect any rules, neither human life.
Help Palestine with spreading the truth with social media
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I thought it is the Palestinian Christians who said they do not want to celebrate Christmas and they sent a signal to the world not to come to Bethlehem more than a month ago?