This year, Bethlehem is sombre and quiet. There is no Christmas tree and there are no holiday lights or tourists to see them.
Instead, the city of Jesus’s birth – which is in the middle of a war zone – is marking Christmas with a powerful and poignant message: solidarity with Palestine.
The Holy Family Cave is a sculpture that depicts a harrowing tableau: a bombed-out version of the traditional nativity cave, which many Christians traditionally believe is where Jesus was born in Bethlehem. It is the site of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim reports from Bethlehem.
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In our thousands, in our millions, we are all Palestinians.
Free Palestine ✊🏽🇵🇸
2023 main media can’t dominate news naration no more… so if you still support and sympathize with Israel, most likely (1) you are indeed part of Zionism; (2) too stupid to study the real problem; or (3) never considered the Palestinian people as humans.
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may ALL the pleasures, that Israel is inflicting on the entire region and people of Palestine, return to all of you fair and square, aameen..
zionism stole xmas this year.
zionism = nazism by measure of the crimes and misery they inflict.
Why they black statues 😂😂😂😂
Israel is the evil of this world
merry Christmas to all Palestinian christians (not to all other christians)
God bless my birth town. We are more 2 millions christians palestinian living in Latin America.
There’s a lot of hardheaded people on this planet 🌎 🤦
A powerful message for peace. Standing in solidarity with Palestine.
Yeshua is celebrated every day every moment. Jesus said know the truth and the truth will set you free. Christians need be strong, and be filled with the revelation of word the God and pray for your discernment to know Good and Evil, do not be emotional.
guys, do you think, what will make average joe american more shocked?
(1) the historical fact that jesus is native palestinian? with middle east etnicity, and not some white european dude from hollywood propaganda ..
(2) the fact that Arabs Christians / Middle Eastern Christians DO exist..
(3) the fact that there are christians who speak arabic, the very same terrorist language which terrified american 🤣
The message is that Islam supports taking elderly hostages and killing children.
Freedom, Justice & Equality for Palestine ♥️
Thanks to the community who shows its strong stand with peace…
The enter world support free Palestine ❤
That evil have to be in prison for ever
Christianity is fake religion only Islam is the truth
Hmmmmm, now, WHO bombed this Nativity Sculpture? Fo that matter, who killed Nahida and Samar Anton, as well as other Christians in Palestine?
Solidarité fraternelle avec vous Amis de Gaza
Vive la Palestine
Vive l’Etat Palestinien
SURRENDER en choose peace !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
❤🎂MERRY CHRISTMAS🎂❤Today on this holy day the birth place of Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) has been reduced to ruins.We all pray to God to send him soon to fix everything.Ameen ❤
If Isreal continues it’s judisation of Holy Land soon there will be No Christmas at all in Bethlehem
Been looking on Twitter at the truth the Youtube cowards won’t allow bringing to light here even in censored form: Will only say the attacks have intensified on Christmas day, terrifying images started pouring in again over the last day or so. Something tells me God will remember how the allegedly Christian nation of Israel spilled as much blood as possible right on Christmas.
God bless Israel.🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 Thank you Jesus. Glory to God ALMIGHTY, God of Israel.🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱
Fascinating how undermining Christianity is marketed as a protest against the so-called “State of Israel”
May God bless and protect Palestinians and Palestine. They have the right to live on their land free of aggressions from the ‘others’.
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I really don’t understand why so many christians around the world support zi0n!sts
Netanyahu said that even if America tells Israel to stop the war, it will listen. Because Israel does not count America to make its decisions. So America should stop all cooperation with Israel. Let’s see if Israel can compete with all the countries of the world.
Israel is obviously trying to push the Palestinians off the land. This is a given, hence the bombing. Hamas is only a side note to give reason. This is why the Arab country is not taking them in. Egypt is not opening up because, as is current, once the Palestinians leave, they cannot return. Only Jews from anywhere can. So, we must pray for humanity to return to leaders.
i pray for the innocent on both sides
Thank you for standing with your fellow Palistinian brothers and sisters. 👏👏👏.
Occupation really? The two sides should accept to live side by side. France occupied parts of Africa after independence they went back to France.
British went back to Britain. Spaniards to Spain. Portuguese to Portugal. Where will the Israelites go? Judea.
The celebration of a Jewish person over 2000 years ago.
Even the skies are crying on this day. Wake up Christians. You will be answerable to Jesus christ on his second coming.
We are all stand with Palestinian people and humanity. May God bless them
HILARIOUS….when did the Arab world CARE about Christians ??
When did Israel lose all level of humanity?
Millins of people acroos the world celebrating the birth of a jew on land they say they dont belong on. Just saying.
God Bless, both Muslim & Christian Palestinian,
I salute you all i am a ❤muslim
Help them
They are dying
I understand. I pray i have children before my grandmother passes like my grandfather who passed a revival is needed john 3:15-16 john 14:6 Epistle of James!
That’s cool. Church around the corner has something to do with Bethlehem! A street address.
Free palestine❤
This is not a war but throughout history when war happened in Korea, Vietnam, WW2 there was a Christmas truce. This is disgusting. israel did this with 75 years of atrocities that the world condoned. If god existed israel wouldn’t. It’s just that simple.
This is rubbish. Real Christians would not desecrate the celebration of the birth of Jesus like this.
Tell me and show me where Christians pray and practice Christianity in a muslim majority.
ISRAEL FOREVER.YESTERDAY,TODAY AND FOREVER.
THE LAND OF YHWH
Remember God is LOVE but also WRATH
Go live there
Why you r out barking ?!!
Warriors of Light 🌟 🦁🕊🇵🇸💙
Yet the Evangelicals in the US are some of Israel’s biggest supporters? WTF is wrong with them?
They are misguided heretics
Israel entered the history from its widest doors as the first bruital occupation led the birth place of Jesus to stop celebrating his birth and being sad instead of being happy these days.
📖Many people celebrate Christmas nowadays but do NOT know the real MEANING OF CHRISTMAS. 💝The reason why we give gifts at Christmas is because GOD GAVE US THE BEST GIFT. 🎁The GIFT OF HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST who offers redemption and forgiveness of sin, and new life in HIM. (John 3:16) He said He is the Way, the Truth and the Life and no one comes to the Father except through Him. (John 14:6) You cannot get to Heaven without believing and trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ. In Him, we live, move, and have our being. (Acts 17:28) ✝🎁
have a blessed Christmas everyone! 🥰
Dear PALESTINIAN and ISRAEL, please be peace in each other as no bullets, no bombs anymore! You are brothers and sisters from our generations of Abraham in both of blood are same! Jesus saying, you show Love to all as no hate! Merry Christmas to Holy Land of people!
Propoganda for terrorists channell.
hatred spread here in comments section
God be with you !🙏🤲
we are One . We are Ghq ZZa
Jesus iZZZ Palestinian ,
Figure it out. Bethlehem belongs to the Jews. So-called Palestinians don’t belong there.
So the Pope sits in the Vatican and issues denouncements. Why doesn’t he and maybe 12 of his disciples, sorry, Cardinals, all fly to Gaza and walk among the carnage. Bet u Israel would stop. They wouldnt bomb the Pope, would they?
Bro
They tried to kill the master of pop ; jessus
Do you think pop will stop their atrocities
Allah is a demon! Jesus is the only way to heaven.
You’re so dumb Allah means God in Arabic simply. Arabic Christians call God Allah too 🤦🏾♂️
Please Allah send your help over Palestine very soon, they have suffered and we’re helpless 😢😢😢 please Allah we never give up your help
Ironically, Jesus the Nazarene was a religious Jew born in the “west bank” city of Bethlehem, in Judea into the house of David. King of the Jews. Also, Bethlehem is the Hebrew word meaning, House of Bread. Bethlehem is also the burial place of the matriarch Rachel, wife of Jacob (Israel) whose son Joseph because the Viceroy of ancient Egypt, 3000 years ago.
So what
Tell me you are a Jew living out of Israel , go there
And no food!
Mexicans marching towards us border…while Arabs&Moslems broken legs are still watching tge massacre of the Palestinian people…on tv…what a SHAME…SHAME ON YOU…SHAME ON YOU…plz..fridays prayers home..
It’s not a war between people of different faiths,but between Profiteering Demons and Systematic Humanity
“HAVANA Act” was approved by the House as reimbursement in a vote of 427-0. “Havana Syndrome” signal as set of medical conditions and symptoms are known to me as System participant. Wireless Telepath System (WTS) participants in critical physiological condition.
WTS has to process itself before it’ll start to culminate (to die).
Life on the Planet is subject to ELF(f). Kinetic energy of falling down Earth on Sun’s orbit generates planetary Static ELF(f).
No matter what you listen to on ELF(f) will not be worse than it is. Loss in your family due to inaction. Your children do not talk “HAVANA Act”, public law 117-46, they listen on subconscious level. Investigate
“The first day of Peace; will be the last day of Occupation “, powerful message ❤ free Palestine 🇵🇸
Solidarity with Palestine!
World Christians, listen to God， not CBN
Once again, they killed little Jesus again as their ancestors did
Surely God is with the true believers.
Ruining a Christian holiday because you aren’t getting your way from a foreign government is the most disrespectful thing I have ever seen. This is not about Gaza anymore but how people feel entitled to ruin a Christian holiday, I will NEVER support their cause after such blatant disregard by its supporters.
More lies by Hamas propaganda outlet
The city were Jesus was born is the true Holy Land . This War got to stop
Every community in the world either Muslim Christian Jews and all the religions people who have humanity they show the mercy and pray for Palestinians may Allah help them all and save the Palestine 😢
Free Palestine Free Palestine ❤️
I stand with palestine ❤💚
free Palestine save Palestinians…
I’m Christian n I condemn those Christian who supported Israel and praise jew as the choosen people
The zionists are horrible anímals
JESUS WAS PALESTINIAN FROM BETHLEHM
Meanwhile Palestinian Christians are being targeted and intimidated and leaving Bethlehem in unprecedented numbers. Al Jazeera glosses over this inconvenient fact.
Un gran ARTISTA,muy bueno⛪❄️👼👼👼👼📯🎷🥁🎺🎺
Palestinian supporters are supporters of terrorist regime, Hamas is a terrorist organization. Palestinians have brought this upon themselves by supporting a terrorist regime. Hamas have no qualms about destroying everything. This is a threat to the western world and must be quashed before it all falls apart and a full blown War will be the end result. Hamas is a terrorist organization! What were we fighting in WW2, Fascism! The same could be the said about Palestinians standing behind a terrorist organization. All I have seen is the western world becoming more susceptible to the fascist element that seems to be becoming a greater threat to the western world everyday.
Bethlehem belongs to Christians, not Palestinians.
We Filipinos fought against the Spanish, American and Japanese colonizers/occupiers. Same thing I feel for the Palestinians. Soon Palestine will be free.
I have such love for the Christian church, the real church was/is/always will be revolutionary. Standing up in the face of corruption, and evil. This is the real Church.
This is totally blasphemous against the Lord Jesus Christ and the blessed mother of God you will not be please go home Israel and Church and synagogue belongs to God and it belongs to the ten commandments which God started thousands of years ago please go home this is our day our time you blasphemous against our Lord and our blessed mother of God this will not be this time or the next time you will not be forgiven you go against the Lord Jesus Christ you go against the blessed mother you will not be forgiven for this age or age come in the future
This is the house of the Lord you made it as a den of thieves leave the church leave Israel and people peace pray for Israel
Consider supporting solidarity of peace and joy promise I hope Christmas forever and always will be in the future until Lord Jesus Christ come back home to the promise people who love peace and joy promise you
Kafie sarahnia hai
Free Free Palestine
Palestine ko support ki bahut jaroorat hai
Palestine ko support karna Duniya ma insaniat ko support karna hai
Save humanity Save Palestine
Palestine ko support karna duniya ma insaniat ko support karna hai
“Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, for your reward is greater in heaven” 0:31 that verse is just being resembled by Palestinians! They will have a great great reward.. they’re the winners in Gods eyes!
The attack on Bethlehem during our Holy season is a crime against Christianity. The USA should pull our support from Isreal.
Standing in Solidarity with Palestine! ❤
They all Palestinians, may all be protected and be free 💙
Free free Palestine
in the Bible, Jesus calls the Jews who do not believe in him and want to kill him, childrens of the devil, and tells them that they are liars. John 8:44 You are from your father the Devil, and you want to fulfill your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning. He didn’t stick to the truth. Because there is no truth in it. It is natural for him to lie. Because he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But I speak the truth. That’s why you don’t believe in me. 46Which of you can prove to me that I am sinful? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47He who is godly listens to the words of God. So you do not listen because you are not of God.”