As global attention on the war in Gaza wanes, an intensifying ethnic cleansing campaign is ramping up in the West Bank.
An American was just shot in the West Bank. The American press can’t be bothered.
Tags: Bethlehem
“Horrifying testimonies” of Israeli forces executing Gazans – Day 78
The little town of Bethlehem is quiet this Christmas, as more and more deaths are reported in Gaza. An Israeli former hostage discusses her captivity.
“All we do is count bodies” – Day 61
Worsening humanitarian disaster, bombing of northern Gaza approaching scale of WWII, Israel bombs 800-year-old mosque, UN chief hits “panic button,” more guns in Israeli civilian hands, West Bank struggles, US fails to acknowledge Israel’s baby abandonment a “war crime”, another exposé on Israel’s atrocity claims
Unholy days and nights in Bethlehem
The “little town of Bethlehem” that we sing about at this time of year is far different from what many of us imagine it to be.
Israeli settlers stab int’l female activist, break her leg
Israelis attacked Palestinians & international peace activists picking olives near Bethlehem, stabbing a young woman in the back and breaking her leg with an iron bar… The Israelis also uprooted 300 olive saplings and sprayed olive trees with chemicals…
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Teen Near Hebron
Osama Mahmoud Adawi, 18, is the tenth Palestinian to be killed by Israeli forces this month, and the sixth teenager (three of the dead were in their 20s, one was twelve years old). Palestinians have also killed one Israeli soldier.
Updated: Terrified by Israeli soldiers, 7-year-old Palestinian child died of heart attack
Rayyan collapsed and died when Israeli soldiers chased him, raided his home and accused him of stone-throwing. Israeli soldiers have killed 35 Palestinian children since the beginning of this year; no Israeli children have been killed. The U.S. and EU are calling for an investigation of the latest death…
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Child near Bethlehem
Invading Israeli forces used lethal force yet again, this time opening fire on a group of boys who were throwing stones, and killing Zaid Mohammad Ghneim. (The day before, Israeli forces had shot dead a 16-year-old in Nablus, and a few days before that, Israeli forces had killed a 16-year-old in Jenin.)
What Israel is doing against Bethlehem today…
While millions of Americans have been celebrating Christmas, Israeli forces have been attacking men, women, & children in the Bethlehem region, where shepherds are said to have received a profoundly wondrous message: “Peace on earth, goodwill to men”… Defense for Children reports: “Israeli forces targeted Palestinian children with excessive force making 2021 the deadliest year for Palestinian children since 2014.” (videos)
Hundreds of Israelis disrupt prayers in oldest Christian monastery In Palestine
Israeli assailants strive to intimidate monks who gathered to pray at Saint Saba Monastery in a deliberate attempt to stop the prayers.