Israel-Hamas war looms over Bethlehem at Christmas



The mood was somber, streets deserted and stores are closed on Christmas Eve in Bethlehem, the Israeli-occupied West Bank city where Christian tradition says Jesus was born in a stable 2,000 years ago. NBC News’ Jay Gray reports on a very different Christmas from Bethlehem amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

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26 comments

  1. Only USA is supporting Israel โ€ฆ.if USA canโ€™t fight Arabs it has no one to fight

  2. Genocidal Monsters. Supported by the United States, Germany, Britain and so many other western countries which CLAIM to stand for human rights. The hypocrisy is appalling.

  3. NBC why do you call pro Israel comments hate speech

  4. High praise to the lift off of black news remember though your oath not to challenge authority nor belittle them

  5. – Netanyahu let the attack happen on his own country, despite knowing about the attack 3 days before it happened.
    – Music festival was organised with lot of foreigners just few miles away from the border. On whose order?
    – Music festival was extended by one day as the attack did not happen when it was thought to happen. Music festival was extended on whose order?
    – Noticing that music festival casualty were less, used IDF to increase the casualties in the music festival. On whose order?

  6. Israel regime is an extremist organisation. US politicians are support the teirrorist Isriael, for the political funding from AIPAC. US public is fully against this madness.

  7. Letโ€™s face it ! This holiday is really all about $$$$$$!

  8. The Palestinians and the middle eastern christians are the real christians. The western christianity is nothing but white supremacy garbed as christianity.

  9. Human beings used as human shields- repulsive

  10. The world pretend to be blind

  11. ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

  12. This is all because the Palestinians will not allow the Christians the freedom to worship God and to honor their Lord Jesus and to celebrate Christmas. Christians in the Palestinian controlled West Bank are living in a prison controlled by Palestinian Muslims. They donโ€™t have the same freedoms as those who live in Israel have. So sad!๐Ÿ˜ข

  13. It's all our foul governments fault, not the innocent people, Joke Bidumb definitely started this when he released all the money from south Korea to known terrorists, Joke Bidumb needs to be tried as a terrorist……..

  14. Politicians are fighting but kids and women dying! It's disgusting to use God for your personal vendetta! God don't want his creations to die! Evil want it!

  15. What's God got to do with it?

  16. Please keep believing this, yes we do give gifts and celebrate the season, but most still celebrste the birth of Jesus Christ and God's message of good will towards man! Now we dont expect atheists to share any such good will as they have shown thru time that they have none! So for you, happy nothing, because that is what you will recieve!

  17. We stand for Israel.โค Zechariah 12:8-9

  18. Shows you how false and meaningless all these religions are.

  19. The Jews don't give a ##@% about Christmas. They just want to annihilate the Muslims and vice-versa.

  20. Christians in the holy land being killed and persecuted by the Israeli far right government that is funded by US taxpayers

  21. Israel learned much from the natzees, huh? Apple didn't fall far from the tree…๐Ÿ•ฐ