Christmas 2009 in Bethlehem

The sights and sounds of Bethlehem area during the Holiday Season. Occupation forces doing what they do. Palestinians and Internationals still refusing to give up and engaging in civil resistance by celebrating Christmas (despite Israel's efforts to drive us out of our land). The Shepherds' Night Festival was put together by the Joint Advcacy Initiative f the YMCA/YWCA and the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement. The boycott of Israel must be our first priority to achieve justice

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[Kamel86]

Great video that shows the unity between Muslims and Christian in Palestine. Love it and miss those days when we used to celebrate with our Christian brothers in BeithLahim. In shalla next year i will.. Idk if it is you Mazin same justwheels or not. any way i read alot of your articles that you always post in USPCN and they are all awsome, keep the good work up and happy Christams to all ..Peace!

[saharsaleh]

Thank you Mazin and all who prepared, helped and planned this event and sharing it...

Thanks for allowing us to celebrate with you.....

Love to Bethlehem at Xmas and love to Palestine and the Palestinians........

xo xo xo xo

[emdeboer]

I was moved to tears by this videa. Thank you Mazin. Just one comment for vmesiter11: CUT OUT the Israeli/Nazi comparisons! !

What's happening in Palestine is bad enough, no need for outrageous equations, that offend even people like me, who are outraged about what is happening. Use terms like 'apartheid', or 'ethnic cleansing' if you like, but show me evidence of extermination camps in Israel before you say anything like 'zionazi' again!

[utubeJeannieGGG]

Seeing live video of places we hear about in the news adds a depth of understanding that the news bites leave out. Thank you! It's good to see the faces of regular people going about their lives under occupation.

[PeaceSalaam]

Thx for the corrections but some people try to label Palestine/West Bank as a "Muslim country" as Israel like to be all Hebrew, so what happens to the Palestinian Christians... should they lose their identity? I like to think that in Palestine we dont discriminate among Muslims & Christians; we both struggle equally under this illegal occupation!

[vmeister11]

Sorry for not being more explicit. Yes, you're correct. My point is to highlight how genuinely ecumenical the folks are in Palestine (which is technically mostly Muslim) to others (including the Christian minority). This is in vast contrast to the behavior of its neighbor Israel.

[PeaceSalaam]

@vmeister11 Its'not "Muslim Palestine" It is just Palestine for all Arab Palestinians Christians & Muslims, PEACE!

[vmeister11]

Wow, singing xmas songs, trees, santa in muslim palestine. Truly ecumenical people. Meanwhile in Israel (despite all the funding from the US) they have a lobby boycotting christmas in that "democratic" country. Google "ynet israel christmas lobby" What shameful zionazi people.