Bethlehem prepares for a subdued Christmas as its tree lights up on December 6, marking the city’s first celebration in two years as Israel’s violence continues
Father Talat Awad, pastor of the Church of the Dormition in the West Bank, told The New Arab that Israel’s occupation spares nothing—“humans, stones, trees, or animals.” He added that Christians and church properties in Jerusalem now face the same destruction and violence long inflicted on Gaza’s churches.
As a closer analysis of both the changing character of US conservatism and the history of Muslim-American political behavior shows, a rapprochement is possible.
Pope Leo, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican State, praises journalists for risking their lives to report facts from conflict zones, including Gaza.
The community’s leaders have convened for a US conference to push back on Christian Zionism
The cultural and historical sites of Gaza form an integral part of world heritage. Their destruction amounts to crimes under international criminal law.
Israel exploits the religious beliefs of millions of American Christians, fostering a certain flavor of fanaticism to empower a doomsday cult in a twisted effort to serve the interests of this increasingly genocidal apartheid state.
The Church at the Crossroads event aims to showcase a counterweight to traditionally pro-Zionist Christian churches.
“Priests and nuns have courageously refused to leave the churches, choosing to remain in Gaza despite the imminent dangers,”.
“Let us pray that all our hearts may be converted, so that we may walk in the paths of justice and life, for Gaza and for the whole Holy Land. ”