Celebrations are muted within the occupied territories as Israel’s conflict on Gaza rages.
Normally bustling with guests from all over the world this time of 12 months, Bethlehem is empty this Christmas.
Festivities are muted within the occupied West Financial institution as Israel exhibits no signal of ending its onslaught in Gaza.
Israeli bombs don’t discriminate. Every part and everybody within the strip is a goal: from hospitals to varsities, mosques to church buildings.
So what’s the significance of cancelling this 12 months’s festivities in Bethlehem?
Presenter: Dareen Abughaida
Friends:
Riham Jafari – ActionAid’s communications and advocacy coordinator
Frank Bosman – affiliate professor of cultural theology on the Tilburg Faculty of Catholic Theology
Sami El-Yousef – CEO of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem