Christmas in Bethlehem

[yankeedoodle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3uDTWSOF0U

[yankeedoodle]

A Palestinian Christian worshipper prays after lighting a candle on Christmas Eve at the Church of the Nativity, built atop the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born, in the West Bank City of Bethlehem, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

From Alison Weir at If Americans Knew:
What Israel is doing against Bethlehem today...
https://israelpalestinenews.org/what-israel-is-doing-against-bethlehem-today/

While millions of Americans have been celebrating Christmas and singing about Bethlehem, Israeli forces have been attacking men, women, and children in the Bethlehem region, where shepherds are said to have received a profoundly wondrous message: "Peace on earth, goodwill to men..."

In the last few days:

- Israeli forces have invaded al-Khader town, southwest of Bethlehem, abducted people, and attacked school children;
https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-abduct-fourteen-palestinians-injure-two-in-west-bank/
https://imemc.org/article/army-injures-schoolchildren-for-second-day-near-bethlehem/

- invaded the town of Teqoua', east of Bethlehem, especially around the local schools, and fired gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinians who protested the invasions; https://imemc.org/article/army-invades-town-near-bethlehem/

- attacked and abducted shepherds; invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, abducted two young men from their homes, and took them to the nearby Etzion military base – the invasion led to protests before Israeli sharpshooters occupied the rooftop of Ebda' Cultural Center and shot a young man with live rounds in both of his legs;  https://imemc.org/article/army-abducts-fourteen-palestinians-shoots-two-in-west-bank/

- invaded Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, leading to protests, before shooting a young man with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the head;  https://imemc.org/article/soldiers-injure-one-palestinian-abduct-three-in-bethlehem/

- confiscated privately-owned Palestinian lands in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem;

demolished a home in the central occupied West Bank town of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem;  https://imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-demolish-a-palestinian-owned-home-near-bethlehem/

This is in addition to a multitude of attacks in other areas of the West Bank and in Gaza, where Palestinians have been shot, killed, and assaulted.  https://imemc.org/article/category/types/news-report/