{"id":2102786,"date":"2023-11-18T14:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T19:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christmas-decorations-at-jesus-birthplace-torn-down-as-bethlehem-casts-its-lot-with-hamas\/"},"modified":"2023-11-18T14:58:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T19:58:00","slug":"christmas-decorations-at-jesus-birthplace-torn-down-as-bethlehem-casts-its-lot-with-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christmas-decorations-at-jesus-birthplace-torn-down-as-bethlehem-casts-its-lot-with-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Decorations at Jesus&#8217; Birthplace Torn Down as Bethlehem Casts Its Lot with Hamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchristmas-decorations-at-jesus-birthplace-torn-down-as-bethlehem-casts-its-lot-with-hamas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2102786&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Christmas\u2064 Decorations at Jesus&#8217; \u200bBirthplace Torn Down as Bethlehem\u200c Casts Its Lot with Hamas<\/h2>\n<p>They began by going after the Jews. Now they continue by kicking the Christians \u200cin\u200b the teeth.<\/p>\n<p>If \u2063ever\u200d there was a sign of forced participation or unilateral thought and allegiance,\u2064 simply\u200c look at this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christmas-decorations-at-jesus-birthplace-torn-down-as-bethlehem-casts-its-lot-with-hamas\/\" title=\"Christmas Decorations at Jesus' Birthplace Torn Down as Bethlehem Casts Its Lot with Hamas\">latest action enacted<\/a> by Palestinian authorities.<\/p>\n<p>According\u2064 to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/christianworld\/article-773488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerusalem Post<\/a>, the\u200d city of Bethlehem \u200dhas announced they are removing all decorations commemorating the \u200dbirth of \u200bChrist.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBethlehem Municipality crews announced the \u2064dismantling of Christmas \u2063decorations installed \u2062several\u200d years ago\u2063 in the city\u2019s neighborhoods\u200d and removing\u200d all festive \u200dappearances,\u201d \u200cofficials wrote\u200b in a post on Facebook.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Their reason? To \u201chonor the \u200bmartyrs and <strong>show solidarity with our\u200b people in Gaza<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3530428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3530428\" style=\"width: 817px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3530428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bethlehem\u200d Municipality \/ Facebook \u2063screen shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Palestinian people are angry, upset, and\u200b sad due to the \u201cmassacre of\u2064 their people\u201d in Gaza. \u200bThis is how they see it \u200dand \u2063put it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should \u2063Bethlehem put the Christmas decorations back \u2064up?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting\u200b this poll entitles you\u2063 to \u2063The Western Journal \u200cnews updates \u2062free of charge via email. You\u200d may opt out \u2063at anytime. You also agree to our\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy\u200b Policy<\/a> and\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms \u2063of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% (33 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 \u2064Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Did anyone remind them \u200cthat Hamas began \u2064this war? Had Hamas not suddenly attacked Gaza and slaughtered, tortured, raped and kidnapped Israeli men, women and \u200dchildren \u200dOct. \u20637, none of this would\u200c have \u200coccurred.<\/p>\n<p>In the sorry perspective of the Palestinian officials, no one deserves to celebrate \u200bthe season now,\u200c not in all its\u200b glory, anyway. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/wng.org\/sift\/city-of-bethlehem-cancels-christmas-festivities-over-gaza-conflict-1700157375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WORLD<\/a>, the city is dismantling its Nativity scene \u2062and\u200b will no longer put \u200cup the 50-foot tree it usually decorates.<\/p>\n<p>This will have a\u2062 huge, devastating impact \u200don \u2064the town of 25,000, which \u2063brings\u200b in much of\u2062 its annual income from tourists \u200dwho journey to the birthplace of \u200cJesus Christ this time of year.<\/p>\n<p>This move shines a spotlight\u2064 on where Palestinians\u2019 total concern and\u200b allegiance lies: \u2063with Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>With this decision, the ruling Palestinian Authority is stomping on \u200ca significant expression \u200cof hope and peace for Christians\u200c around the world.<br \/>\nThey are casting more fire onto the\u200d world, adding to the fire that\u2063 Hamas started in Gaza on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/israel-declares-state-war-attack-holy-land-troops-mobilized\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oct.\u200c 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062decision lends credence to the reason \u2062Israel isn\u2019t listening \u2064to \u200ccalls from \u2062outside\u200b sources \u2064and countries to stop the war.\u2062 It\u200c isn\u2019t that\u200d they aren\u2019t interested in \u200cpeace. They just know that \u201cstopping the war\u201d won\u2019t achieve \u200cthat.<\/p>\n<p>For Hamas and \u2062many Palestinian supporters, peace will \u2064only come when \u2064the\u200c Jewish people no longer exist and Gaza is fully owned and occupied by them. They are speaking through action.<\/p>\n<p>Now those actions \u200chave come\u200c to \u2062roost on\u200d Christians\u2019 doorsteps, \u2063so to speak. \u2064The town of Bethlehem \u2062has done the unthinkable, and has \u200btaken an aggressive stance against Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve now forced every Christian\u2019s hand in some\u200c way. It will escalate \u200bthe temperature and unraveling around \u2062this war. It will also quicken the \u200bpace into a much faster one.<\/p>\n<p>This is exactly what the Palestinian Authority and Hamas want, I believe. You can\u2019t\u200d just view \u200bthis move as merely \u200c\u201cshowing empathy and support.\u201d \u200dIt is meant to provoke and get everyone involved.<\/p>\n<p>The Jews, the \u200dMuslims \u2064and now the Christians are all in the ring. World \u2062tension is reaching a\u2064 concerning level, whether it \u2064be over religions, ethnicities, states and more.<\/p>\n<p>Suffice to say, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dershowitz-goes-off-obama-israel-comments-ashamed-friend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world \u200bleaders<\/a> had better \u200cwake up and take this seriously. Otherwise, we may \u200bsuddenly find ourselves in a situaton\u200d where there is no\u200c turning back. 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