And in place of the usual nativity scene, representing the holy family, Bethlehem churches this year placed the models amid rubble and barbed wire in solidarity with the people of Gaza.
STORY: The mayor of the Occupied West Bank city, Hanna Hanania, said, This Christmas comes to Bethlehem in a different shape. Nowadays, Bethlehem as any other Palestinian city is in mourning, we feel. -December 24, 2023 at 02:54 am EST
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'Bethlehem is a message. It is not a city, it is a message of peace to the whole world,' says Father Ibrahim Faltas, a friar at the somber Christmas vigil