The normally bustling Bethlehem is empty, with Christmas celebrations called off due to the war.
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9,000 Palestinian children killed by the Israeli military so far. 20,000+ total Palestinians killed in Gaza. “Heavy death toll on both sides?”
"Heavy toll on both sides" ABC news clearly doesnt know how mathematics works, one side has 21k dead and 100s die daily while the IDF has lost a total of 150 in 2.5 months. What a joke
Our government is a disgrace. They are literally funding terrorism in gaza. Israel is the most vile and evil place on earth
Sorry Palestinians we are betryed you people😢
May peace be restored immediately in Gaza and West Bank, and the joy of Christmas – the birth of Jesus Christ came back to Bethlehem and all over the world…
I feel so bad for these people 😭😭😭😭😭😭
“If Christmas was truly about Jesus, then the world would hate it…”
Did you happen to see the heartwarming Christmas video that Trump shared on his official YouTube channel this morning? 🎄 Sending warm wishes for a Merry Christmas to all! 🎅💖 May you be blessed by God's grace!
Sacrifice the sacred cow for christians christmas at the alter in the USA
Thankfully Jesus isn’t found in walls of physical temples and His kingdom is not of this world or in. Buildings. He is alive and his spirit is available to be within us.
Merry Christmas. ❤
Crazy. Merry Christmas. The Prince of Peace is here. This is a reminder to me seek to love and love like him.
Yeshua is celebrated every day every moment. Jesus said know the truth and the truth will set you free. Christians need be strong, and be filled with the revelation of word the God and pray for your discernment to know Good and Evil do not be emotional. Discern the times. Read your Bible don’t just follow what the priest says please
The light is in the word . God said my people perish because of the lack of knowledge, please read your Bible. The end times.
Wow! If priests are so weak in their faith how they are going to lead the church. They need the revelation of the word of God . They themselves are becoming emotional they need discernment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk_HhlS7u00
Both sides have suffered, the Israelis want the hostages released but Hamas said that will only happen with a permanent cease fire and the PM of Israel says no way. I lot of people in Israel are angry at their Gov't for not having a cease fire, I have a feeling the PM of Israel is going to face defeat at election time.
0:12 "It comes as we learn of the heavy death toll on both sides of the conflict."
14 IDF soldiers versus 600+ Gazans [overwhelmingly civilians ] killed — not exactly an objective comparison. The cancellation of the Christmas festive in Bethlehem is another fallout of Israel's terror campaign in occupied territories. The dangerous conditions in East Jerusalem and the cancellation of Christmas have turned tourists away, which has had a spillover effect on small businesses that have relied heavily on tourism.
Hazb Saba could be a descendant of Christ Himself 😮. He looks like every description of Christ
For anyone who isn't sure, please see how the Zionists in Israel are treating the Palestinian Christians, Armenian Christians aswell as the Palestinian Muslims, and some of the Orthodox Jews who don't agree with what the Zionists are doing.
They're not just after the land of Palestine, they want Iraq, Syria too, that apparently had been promised to them too. PLEASE STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH YOUR CHRISTIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS
https://youtu.be/pa6igKc1M9s?si=tDjWkSxmCEYxEGtD
https://youtu.be/ZQ-4xE96kq8?si=R81U64mAx6invAzj bombing of a church
https://youtube.com/shorts/ewlfBaCNkaI?si=xaL9xscrRD5kdzEe
https://youtu.be/nHT-SjIM0tA?si=W-wqDDAQpprS3tCa
https://youtu.be/40pFbGqMj7w?si=jvLaVnYjhLe0h40y
https://youtube.com/shorts/v2w14c3wXlU?si=JlQirSrDJnL-Wb0b attacks on churches
https://youtu.be/Qh-Shp-Hcds?si=VelpGvt6z6MWCivM Christians being prevented to enter The Church of Holy Spelecre( the oldest chruch)
https://youtu.be/7Hhw2frU9nw?si=HwLxWJH1yWH3VVCf bombing of the church of Holy Seplecre.
PLEASE STAND WITH YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THEY ARE BEING GENOCIDED TOO, ITS NOT JUST THE MUSLIMS, NOW IS THE TIME TO STAND WITH THEM, WITH HUMANITY.
Politically, the Bethlehem Governorate is something of a stronghold of the Palestinian left. At the 2006 Palestinian legislative election the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and The Alternative both had their best votes there. Its current governor is Salah al-Tamari. So the Islamic terrorists are now closing Bethlehem.
I cant remember a time when they closed Bethlehem the birth of our savior. You can STILL Watch his birth here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yumoqNlaPCE
GOD forgive them as they don't know what they're going ❤
It's because Jews hates Christmas. Another propaganda demonstration for Isreal government telling the world they R in charge of Jerusalem no one will be celebrating of whom Jews hates to amit Jesus as Yahweh who was born 3000 years ago.
"on both sides…" msm media really out here comparing the two sides death tolls but not mentioning the glaring and overwhelming heavy losses on the Palestinian side in the form of women and children. or much less, that the cowardly evil iof were sniping women inside of the christian church and church goers around the church. shameful
Don't tell George Stephanopoulos he'll say AS"OF"YET THERE'S NO PROOF THAT CORONA BEER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR canceling Christmas then George points at the camera and says AS"OF"YET LIKE IT'S CORONA BEER'S FAULT the Israeli's aren't celebrating Christmas. 😅😂🤫🤣FAKE @$$ABC & fake@$$ GEORGEE BOY 🤣
Oh my God, the church father says this Christmas debut to Gaza children. Kind heart person than the rest of the world.
Hope USA evangelical Christian open their eye and stop supporting killing of innocent babies and children!!
May God protect Baytul Haim and Gaza
Atheists are on the rise everywhere !!!
No one cares.
Not American 🇺🇸 news.
Don’t tell us, tell your friends biden and the British that vetoed UN cease fire 🔥.
It’s just ABC hypocrites propaganda marketing
I can never imagine not celebrating the greatest time of year. Sending my prayers and thoughts to all of both Israel and Gaza
How dare you make “both sides” comparisons when Israel has used illegal white phosphorous bombs to burn THOUSANDS of children alive, bombed churches and 180,000 other buildings, is starving 2 MILLION people while Israeli soldiers posts videos of themselves sun tanning while detonating bombs that have killed 20,000 people, and throw dance parties in the sacred mosques they’ve destroyed in Gaza. The pastor said it himself in his interview Bethlehem is mourning the deaths of Palestinians, not the demonic Israeli army. Israel massacred innocent people in BETHLEHEM yesterday during a refugee camp raid. That was not Hamas. But ISRAEL that murdered 200+ civilians on Jesus’s birthday. The world knows who are the real terrorists and we will not accept this biased and manipulative “both sides” narrative.
Merry Christmas to all the people of Bethlehem may the birth of Christ protect you and heal you.
Now this seems apocalyptic
Shame on humanity, shame on Israel, shame on the US for supporting Genocide.
US lost moral authority a long time ago.
At this point its obvious only West has been pushing the false narrative of a war when its a horrendous genocide against Palestine
“Both sides of the conflict.” Liars.
Jesus was a JEW who was born in the city of Bethlehem which is a HEBREW name,
and yet this place is being controlled by Islamic terrorists who took over this land and persecute the Christians who live there claiming they own the land.
I feel bad for Bethlehem not because of the war in Gaza, but because of the fate it has to endure of being controlled by people who want to take down
every person and culture that is not Islamic ("from the river to the sea") backed by the UN.
Christmas doesn’t feel like Christmas in the states 😢
Israel killed Santa with a U.S. dumb bomb
🥀⛲️🥀ANTIRAPE🕯MAFIA🥀⛲️🥀
If I may add some context, because people that do not live in Israel are likely to not understand. I live in Israel and understand the politics, communities, etc.
There are an extreme small number of Christians in Gaza, approximately 0.03% of the population. In the West Bank and Jerusalem, there are around 50,000 Christians, which make up 1.8% of the population of the West Bank and Jerusalem. Christians in the West Bank and (East) Jerusalem define themselves as "Arab-Christians" and align themselves alongside the Muslims that define themselves as "Palestinians" and hold the same sentiments against the "occupation", support for Gaza, support of terrorism against Israel and are very largely against the existence of Israel. Christians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza struggle to practice their faith openly due to living side by side with only Muslims, which frown upon them, so the Christians mostly hide their faith.
The largest Christian communities live in Israel, nearly 200,000 (2% of the population), all over the country but a larger number in Northern Israel (70%). They class themselves as Israeli and largely as Arab Christians. They serve in the army, they live their lives as Christians and freely practice, they are against Islamic terrorism against Israel as they are Israelis themselves, they live in peace and have the same rights and opportunities as Jews, Druze, Bedouin, fellow Christians and Israeli-Arab Muslims.
Now I've stated the numbers and the gist of the situation…Anybody that aligns themselves with terror will never accomplish anything in life. They will struggle, their kids will struggle, the hate that is taught generation to generation eats at them, limits their minds and limits their potential successes and happiness in life.
When you see the Christians, Druze, Bedouin and Muslims living in Israel, fully accepting to live in peace, practicing their religions freely, being brought up to live happy and successful lives, giving to society, being extremely productive members of society, raising their children with love and not hate…. This is how people can choose to thrive and live normal lives.
Versus Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah, who run Gaza and the West Bank with an eternal hate for Israel (which is not just made up of Jews!) and will never thrive and stop fighting until Israel ceases to exist. They are not willing for a 2-State solution.. They want Israel to be wiped off the map which will never happen, and so they carry on living a life of self-struggle and hatred.
We should celebrate Jesus’ birthday everyday. He was born around August, September timeframe anyway. If they canceled public celebrations so what. I hope they are celebrating personally within their hearts. Days won’t mean a thing if this whole entire situation continues. Today should be prayer to Jesus for dying on the cross for our sins and salvation. Time is short folks. All glory, honor, and praise to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Lord, we call upon You in our time of sorrow, that You give us the strength and will to bear our heavy burdens, until we can again feel the warmth and love of Your divine compassion. Be mindful of us and have mercy on us while we struggle to comprehend life's hardships.
Amen 🙏 ✝️
Heart breaking. God bless us all.
They can’t celebrate bc they are dead 🤣🤣🤣wtf is going on in this world they aren’t just killing Muslims it’s Christian’s as well but u guys are just to dumb to understand
There is a literal genocide happening to the oldest Christians in the world. Amazing how Christian Americans don’t care….
Palestinian Authority controls Bethlehem.
Jesus was a teacher, not a prophet. What we might today call, an evangelist.
Under ancient Egyptian belief selection for entry into paradise was decided by examining the conduct of each individual towards his fellow man during his lifetime. Was he cruel, corrupt and covetous? Or, was he kind, honest and generous? Salvation meant a heavenly afterlife.
Mosaic Law, which was a form of military-like discipline, turned questioning of the deceased, in order to determine his character, into commandments to be obeyed during his lifetime. It was a path towards achieving a social/political objective. Outward appearance was all that mattered while attributes of the heart were ignored. An evil man could attain salvation by merely complying with the law. Salvation was the promise of a paradise-like existence during ones life on earth.
Christians have faith that they will be saved if they believe in Jesus. According to Jesus, complying with the law or doing good is of no avail if it conceals an evil heart. A desire to benefit ones fellow man that is genuine arises from within. Good persons, for entry into Heaven, are separated from those that are evil, corresponding to ancient Egyptian belief. Christian hope is of defeating death in the grave and enjoying a resurrection of life on earth.
There is a distinction between believing in Jesus himself, as the ultimate scapegoat for man’s sins and acknowledging that following his teachings by doing onto others as you would have them do unto you and turning the other cheek are the pathway to Heaven. Jesus, a descendant of Jesse, states that he is a son of man.
Christian Zionists insult Jews when they invoke Jesus who does not meet the requirements for being the messiah. The expectation is that the messiah will be a warrior, like David, that extinguishes their enemies, leading to a profligate, degenerate life of luxury with the others serving them.
The non believer demon worshiping illegal occupying israelis are fully responsible!
Except Jesus is the King of Israel….
US enabling Israeli genocide.