If you want to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for FREE email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A group of Israeli settlers torched an historic mosque in the town of Al-Khader, near Bethlehem, on Tuesday. The settlers used 20 beehives as fuel for the fire, after [...]

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Merry Christmas

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Here is a sample of Israeli occupation practices against Non-Violent demonstrations south of Bethlehem against apartheid wall construction.

[Hat tip: Sami Awad]

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A while ago, someone asked me about visiting the Holy Land and what they can do during there visit. My answer was recommending the following program from “Holy Land Trust.” So here it is for all of you. Go ahead, VISIT PALESTINE!
THE 4th ANNUAL PALESTINE SUMMER ENCOUNTER
“Serve, Learn, and change your World”
May 24th - August [...]

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The Council for the National Interest Foundation is leading campaign to tell the Bethlehem Story in a Christmas Eve New York Times Ad:

CNI president wrote:
Over the weekend we received nearly one hundred generous donations and much excellent feedback on our Christmas Eve New York Times advertisement titled “Is Bethlehem Dying?” After just three days, we [...]

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Bethlehem Mayor, Victor Batarsa, said on Monday that Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, is facing the most difficult economic, political and touristic conditions as a result of the continuous and illegal practices of the Israeli occupation against the city and the surrounding area.
During a press conference on Monday, Batarsa stated that the Wall forced [...]

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Among the Olmert, Blair peace bulls**t: Rightists to set up new W. Bank outpost today
Right-wing activists and settlers said they intended to form a new outpost today in the West Bank, with the support of at least nine right-wing action groups. Approximately 100 youths prayed yesterday on the ruins of the settlement Homesh, which was [...]

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Got this apeal from Sam:
May I make an appeal that you attempt to get this article published in your local church/mosque/synagogue newsletters. Hopefully, people of faith will react and assist the Open Bethlehem project save the “O Little Town.”
Watching the Holy Land be defaced, daily,
Sam
It is worth reading:
O Little Town
By Nicholas Blincoe
Published in [...]

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