This Christmas remember Palestine- Madonna and Child featuring the Palestinian flag and star of Bethlehem- painted by Irish artist and human rights activist Freda Hughes

 Madonna and Child featuring the Palestinian flag and star of Bethlehem- painted by Irish artist and human rights activist Freda Hughes 

Bethlehem, Palestine today ... Christmas Day 2025... "The birthplace of Jesus - Bethlehem, [Palestine] 🇵🇸 - is walled off from the world by Israel, shrunk to less than 15% of its size by land grab & isolated from its twin city Jerusalem. Yet Christmas for Palestinians is a joyous national holiday of hope in justice. Merry Christmas to all." Nour Odeh

Bethlehem, Palestine today

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Nour Odeh #FreePalestine

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The birthplace of Jesus - Bethlehem, [Palestine]  - is walled off from the world by Israel, shrunk to less than 15% of its size by land grab & isolated from its twin city Jerusalem. Yet Christmas for Palestinians is a joyous national holiday of hope in justice. Merry Christmas to all.

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Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City is named after Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. According to tradition, the Holy Family passed through Gaza during their flight into Egypt after the visit of the Magi, when Herod ordered the massacre of the innocents.

Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City is named after Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

chunguskitten

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Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City is named after Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. 

 

According to tradition, the Holy Family passed through Gaza during their flight into Egypt after the visit of the Magi, when Herod ordered the massacre of the innocents.

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The Flight into Egypt, stained glass in a choir chapel, Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, Paris, France- Fortunately, all the stained-glass windows survived the fire in April 2019. https://www.friendsofnotredamedeparis.org/the-stained-glass-of-notre-dame-de-paris/

  

New Icon Appears on Israel's Apartheid Wall - Jerusalem, Palestine 2023

New Icon Appears on Israel's Apartheid Wall - Jerusalem, Palestine

 

& to echo that:

Husam Zomlot

@hzomlot

Today marks 106 years since Britain issued its colonial #BalfourDeclaration, which gave our land away and reduced us to the "non-Jewish" population. The ongoing campaign of mass murder against our people in #Gaza and all over #Palestine is a stark reminder of the catastrophic consequences of that declaration. It is the responsibility of the UK to correct this historic injustice, demand an immediate end to Israel's aggression, recognise the #State_of_Palestine and collect international support to once and for all end Israel's #occupation.

 

 

Merry Christmas from the Holy Land - The Holy Family painting by Palestinian artist Maher Naji

"Let the art and love be our common language." —Maher Naji

 

 

Friends of Kairos Palestine #Churches #Prayer #Christians #Hope #Love #Peace #Faith #Bethlehem #Palestine

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 “Our word is a cry of hope, with love, prayer and faith in God. We address it first of all to ourselves and then to all the churches and Christians in the world, asking them to stand against injustice and apartheid, urging them to work for a just peace.”

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In this historic document, we Palestinian Christians declare that the military occupation of our land is a sin against God and humanity, and that any theology that legitimizes the occupation is far from Christian teachings because true Christian theology is a theology of love and solidarity with the oppressed, a call to justice and equality among peoples.

To read the document, click here: http://www.kairospalestine.ps/?q=content/document 

To sign the document, click here: http://www.kairospalestine.ps/?q=node/19

It's a worrying and uncertain time right now for people across the globe, including in occupied #Palestine. Parts of the #WestBank remain on lock-down and already stretched #healthcare services face even greater challenges. We express our continued solidarity with all of those in the region.

With the complete lock-down on the city of #Bethlehem, we hear that the usual #Friday prayers at the separation barrier went ahead online tonight instead. In these very difficult circumstances, work for #peace and #justice can and will continue. Let us keep our creativity and inspiration.

We encourage you to keep following our social media in the coming weeks for more on how you can stay up to date and keep working for justice in these challenging times.

#CoronaCrisis #Palestine #Israel #Solidarity #FridayPrayers

 

‘The girl on the bus comes back to me–she reminds me to wait for the adhan, the call to prayer. The sun to rise. The church bells to ring. I’m in Bethlehem.’ Photograph: Nathalie Handal

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Friday 4 December 2015 : In the latest in our series of essays on what life and work are like for writers around the world, Nathalie Handal describes an existence where hearts race so fast it’s hard to find time for grief

Crucifixion: Nathalie Handal on being Palestinian, writing and enduring love

By Nathalie Handal for The Writing Life Around the World from Electric Literature

I sit by the window and wait for her to finish her story. She has the posture of a ballerina. Her honey-colored eyes against her hot magenta headscarf offer a striking contrast. We are on a bus at the Bethlehem checkpoint en route to Jerusalem. The anthology of Arabic verse I’m carrying inspired the exchange. She tells me that each time she enters Damascus Gate she recreates the day that changed her forever. Then adds that she has eleven versions so far. I don’t know what she is speaking about and for a second the sky’s paleness distracts us. She explains... READ MORE