Bethlehem

December 25, 2012

O Little Near-By Town of Bethlehem: Christmas 2012

The following was published on Dec. 24 at Times of Israel by Judy Lash-Balint Every Christmas I mak...

December 25, 2012

‘The Jewish state which ruined Christmas in Bethlehem’: A Guardian Production

Christianity is close to extinct in the Middle East. The only place in the region where Christians a...

December 17, 2012

BBC’s Connolly reports on ME Christians: omits the one place they thrive

You can always tell that Christmas is on the horizon by the fact that as the nights get longer, West...

June 30, 2012

Harriet Sherwood advances myth that Bethlehem is being “economically strangled” by Israel

A recent report by Harriet Sherwood entitled “Palestine seeks world heritage status for Church...

June 20, 2012

My tour of Dheisheh Refugee Camp, near Bethlehem

The Dheisheh refugee camp, adjacent to Bethlehem, was established as a temporary refuge for 3,400 Pa...

March 30, 2012

Global March to Jerusalem violence update: & +972’s Lisa Goldman gets owned by IDF on Twitter

Though GMJ organizers’ ambitious anti-Zionist plan for a million man march on Israel’s b...

December 29, 2011

Denis MacEeoin’s letter to Archbishop Vincent Nichols, on his criticism of Israel during Christmas sermon

This letter is published with the permission of Denis MacEeoin (editor of Middle East Quarterly) ...

December 25, 2011

Are UK Archbishops leading their Christians into the Coliseum?

A guest post by AKUS Christmas in Nigeria was met with a horrendous attack by Islamic extremists on ...

December 23, 2011

How the Jews steal Christmas: Ugly Guardian story evokes Jesus as an “oppressed” Palestinian

As NGO Monitor noted about the above cartoon, a Christmas card distributed by the NGO War on Want: T...

December 23, 2011

Christmas in Bethlehem, 2011

A guest post by AKUS Christmas is a time for solemn messages of good will and hope from various impo...