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This Christmas is different. Across the West Bank, we, as Palestinians feel alone as the world watches our brothers and sisters in Gaza face unimaginable suffering.
Israel pounded Gaza on Monday, exacerbating the dire conditions for civilians with no end in sight to the war that the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry says has killed more than 20,000 people ...
In most years, by this time, the celebrations of the glorious holidays have long been underway in Gaza. The Gaza Strip is a small area inhabited by 2,300,000 citizens, between 1,000 and 1,300 of ...
Bethlehem, a town nearly synonymous with Christmas, is located in what is now the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Many Palestinians are too distressed by the war in Gaza to hold Christmas ...
Meanwhile in his Christmas message, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decried Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel that initially prompted a massive Israeli invasion of Gaza, writing ...
As Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Christmas, most of Gaza’s small Christian community are taking refuge in the compounds of two churches, terrified, in mourning, and threatened ...
This Christmas season, however, is not a time of celebration. Amid the Israeli military assault on Gaza that followed the horrific October 7 Hamas attack, the Christian communities of Gaza have ...
Christmas joy may feel a long way off in the Holy Land, but even a distant murmur of it can make the difference our hearts crave. The Very Revd Canon Richard Sewell is dean of St. George’s ...