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From Gaza to Bethlehem: Celebrating Christmas under occupation
Photographer Samar Hazboun captures the subtle, intimate moments of Palestinians celebrating Christmas under siege and occupation, following three families from the Gaza Strip to Bethlehem in the West Bank.
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+972 Magazine
December 27, 2018
PHOTOS: Palestinian Santas protest the occupation in Bethlehem
Roughly 100 people march on a checkpoint in Bethlehem to protest the occupation and mark Christmas. Israeli forces respond by pepper-spraying and teargassing the demonstrators. Text by Oren Ziv. Photos by Oren Ziv, Keren Manor and Shahaf Polakow Around 100 members of the Palestinian Popular Committees marched towards one of Bethlehem’s main checkpoints on Friday to protest…
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Activestills
December 23, 2016
In Bethlehem, even running is a political statement
Despite their difficult circumstances, Palestinians in Bethlehem find ways to remind the world that Israel’s occupation cannot exist forever. The organizers of the Palestine Marathon, held annually in the West Bank city of Bethlehem since 2013, recently announced that its next run will take place on Friday 1st April, 2016. The event – one my…
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Amjad Iraqi
December 26, 2015
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PHOTOS: Palestinian Santa Clauses clash with Border Police in Bethlehem
Protesters held up posters with messages such as ‘For Christmas I want every Palestinian child back home.’ By Anne Paq and Mustafa Bader / Activestills.org A week before Christmas, Palestinians dressed up as Santa Claus marched toward the separation wall in Bethlehem last Friday, where they clashed with Israeli Border Police. The protesters chanted slogans…
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Activestills
December 20, 2015
Zionist Christians’ war on the true meaning of Christmas
The rhetoric of Christian Zionists consistently places loyalty to the modern state of Israel above the example and teachings of the Jesus born in Bethlehem whose birth Christmas celebrates. It’s time to stop calling such groups Christian Zionists and instead use the term Zionist Christians, to more accurately reflect their priorities. Photos and text by: Ryan…
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Activestills
December 17, 2014
Photos of the Week: From a razor-wire Christmas to ‘Marches for Freedom’
This week: Former hunger striking Palestinian prisoner gets a taste of freedom; African asylum seekers march through central Tel Aviv and the Negev desert demanding recognition as refugees and an end to detentions; an art exhibit in Bethlehem brings occupation to pilgrims, one tear gas canister at a time; a week after massive storm, Gaza…
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Activestills
December 26, 2013
PHOTOS: This tear gas brought to you by the U.S.A.
Text by Ryan Rodrick Beiler On the same day that Bethlehem’s minister of tourism noted that the US government provided $400,000 to decorate the city for Christmas, local activists brought a few more US-sponsored ornaments to show to visitors in this West Bank town at the height of its tourist season. The activists delivered used…
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Activestills
December 3, 2013
PM Netanyahu’s Christmas message: We are better than the Arabs (WATCH)
We now open our Christmas celebrations with the traditional Islamophobic message from the Prime Minister’s Office: While Prime Minister Netanyahu is using the holiday to present his tea-party talking points against anything Muslim, it’s a good time to remember that roughly 200,000 more than 170,000 Palestinian Christians are living under Israeli occupation in the West Bank, without proper political representation, freedom of…
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Noam Sheizaf
December 24, 2012
Asylum seekers arrested in Tel Aviv raid after authorities announce holiday reprieve
Immigration authorities announced a halt to arrests during the holidays. But just before the announcement went into effect, and as holiday preparations and celebrations got underway in south Tel Aviv, asylum seekers found themselves under arrest and at risk of deportation. By Rami Gudovitch Friday was a rainy day in Tel Aviv. The head of…
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+972 Magazine
December 23, 2012
Support Yuval Ben-Ami’s Christmas journey in the holy land
Dear +972 readers, Christmas – it all began here – and today, it hides around the holy land in some unexpected places. This December, +972’s resident travel writer Yuval Ben-Ami will find the smells, sounds, customs, and lives that go unnoticed at the heart of a holiday celebrated by billions around the world, and bring…
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+972 Magazine
December 7, 2011
How the mayor (of a Nazareth suburb) stole Christmas
Nazareth, Jesus’s hometown, is today a bustling city of over 70,000 people. The people of Nazareth are termed “Arab citizens of Israel” or “1948 Palestinians,” depending on one’s politics. About a third of Nazarenes are Christians, the rest are Muslim. On the hill rising above the dense town and its imposing Basilica of the Annunciation,…
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Yuval Ben-Ami
December 22, 2010
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