"Officials say 40 percent of the town's 32,000 residents are Christian, down from 90 percent in the 1950s. The rest are Muslim. Christmas decorations should be up by today. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will light the Christmas tree, a large cypress, in Manger Square. Bands of yellow lights are already strung across the main road at the entrance to Bethlehem"
That's right, Americans!! Those are MUSLIMS RESPECTING CHRISTMAS!!!!
Wait until you see who does not!
"In Bethlehem, a cheerful season; After tough years, Jesus's birthplace is bustling again" by Dalia Nammari, Associated Press | December 15, 2008
Christians gathered in Manger Square in front of the Church of the Nativity, believed by many to be the birthplace of Jesus. (Associated Press file December 2007)
BETHLEHEM, West Bank - After eight bleak years, Jesus's birthplace finally has a Christmas season to cheer about. Hotels are booked solid through January, Manger Square is bustling with tourists, and Israeli and Palestinian forces are working to make things go smoothly....
Sounds perfect for an Israeli false flag, doesn't it?
Bethlehem's economic fortunes are closely tied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Tourism blossomed in the 1990s, when peace hopes were alive, but was crushed by the outbreak of fighting in 2000. Christmas after Christmas, tourists were scared off by Palestinian violence and Israeli travel restrictions....
I'm not even going to comment on the Zionist bias.
Those balloons look threatening to you?
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Officials say 40 percent of the town's 32,000 residents are Christian, down from 90 percent in the 1950s. The rest are Muslim. Christmas decorations should be up by today. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will light the Christmas tree, a large cypress, in Manger Square. Bands of yellow lights are already strung across the main road at the entrance to Bethlehem.
Bethlehem is a typical West Bank town, with congested streets and noisy markets, very different from the biblical idyll visitors might imagine....
Meanwhile, the ZIONISTS RUIN EID!
The upbeat mood contrasts sharply with the dismal Muslim holiday season in the Gaza Strip. Because of an Israeli economic blockade imposed in response to repeated rocket attacks, the coastal strip is acutely short of sheep and cattle needed for the Muslim feast of the sacrifice.
Yes, it is the ZIONIST A-HOLES that DISRESPECT OTHERS' RELIGIONS!! The ARROGANCE of the "CHOSEN ONES" is ASTONISHING!!!! If the shoe were on the other foot, the Jew papers would be wailing about the Muslim beasts!
Meanwhile, Bethlehem is being turned into a showcase for Palestinian security forces, who have been gradually expanding areas under their control in the once unruly West Bank. Some 1,500 Palestinian police officers will be deployed in Bethlehem during the holiday.
Yeah, PIMP the FATAH THUGS, why don't you, Zionist MSM?
They are trying to look reassuring, though the dozens of armed officers who recently marched across Manger Square might have scared some tourists. Suleiman Emran, a security official, said officers are to greet the visitors with roses, candy and holiday greeting cards that include emergency phone numbers in case of trouble.
Israeli security officials say they are working with their Palestinian counterparts to ensure easy access to Bethlehem.--more--"
What, on the CHRISTMAS DAY FALSE FLAG?
