Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! The dominating reality for Christian Palestinians this Christmas will be the 40-year Israeli occupation that continues to have a devastating impact on the Bethlehem region. The illegal separation wall, for example, cuts right into the north of the city (not simply "near", as Gove wrote) and in the area as a whole only 6% of the wall adheres to the Green Line. Christian and Muslim families have all lost land to the path of the wall - some villages face imprisonment in tiny enclaves. In July alone, the Israeli military confiscated 1,500 acres from the Christian majority town of Beit Jala, on the outskirts of Bethlehem. Occupation in Bethlehem means home demolitions and military raids. There are around 40 obstructions to freedom of movement in the Bethlehem region, including the wall, manned checkpoints, roadblocks, and gates. The economy has been devastated, like the rest of the occupied territories, by Israel's strangulation policies. With no prospect of either individual or collective freedom, dignity or opportunity under Israeli apartheid, many of Bethlehem's Christian residents see no alternative but to leave. These are the appalling, and worsening, political and economic "push" factors behind the worryingly high level of Christian Palestinian emigration, as surveys have corroborated. http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/ben_white/2007/12/shadow_over_bethlehem.html
The removal of Christians from the visible equation is important to maintaining bible-belt America's vital support for zionism. Oppression of Muslim Palestinians is more easily forgiven there. Obviously, Israel is hardening up for some harder measures in the near future. Thanks for the image from Santa's Ghetto, Sam. Images there have just brought back a lot of suppressed feelings I have about Palestine. I had put them out of mind for some time. But now I want a piece of that wall more than ever, to display with the chunk I have from the Berlin Wall. There was a time when I never could have imagined walls like that coming down. But they all do, the moment enough of us admit how unacceptable they are. We'll live to see the day, inshallah. عيد ميلاد سعيد يا بيت لحم
Yes, I feel that too. More "militants" will be targeted as the settlements expand over the West bank. I'm a Banksy fan. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Insha'allah And a Happy Eid to you too. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I was gonna ask if that was Banksy's work or not. Heh, I remember the last time he tried to tag up one of those walls, was gettin shot at and all. - N
Before the wall Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! After the wall Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Yeah, now the settlers can enjoy themselves while targeting the real inhabitants of the land. Before Israel Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! After Israel: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I'm sorry, what does that have anything to do with Europeans migrating en masse to the Middle East and taking over the inhabitants land and homes because some other Europeans said its ok?
the arab inhabitants wanted to kill the jewish inhabitants. you know, just like they told you in the mosque to argue with infidels on the web.
I'm sorry, what does that have anything to do with Europeans migrating en masse to the Middle East and taking over the inhabitants land and homes because some other Europeans said its ok?
dont pretend to be naive SAM, we all know what you think Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! so zionist are trying to take over the world? :shrug:
Sam's trying to take over the world- Sam's trying to take over the world- Nya, nyanyanyanyanya She is :bugeye:
