When Americans on Christmas sing “Oh Little Town of Bethlehem”, do they realize that their tax money and elected officials are contributing towards driving Christians out of the “little town of Bethlehem”
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Munther Isaac منذر اسحق
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Palestinian Christian Theologian. Evangelical Lutheran Pastor in Ramallah, Palestine. Director of Bethlehem Institute for Peace and Justice.
- How Palestinian Christians are celebrating Easter this yearThis Palestinian pastor wants Christians to remember Gaza this Easter, as Gaza’s Christians face starvation and extinction.
00:00 - I was quoted at the ICJ. Gratefully for having our voices aplified. "I want you to look in the mirror and ask: where was I when Gaza was going through a genocide?"
00:00 - Thank you Democracy Now for sharing part of my sermon “Jesus in the Rubble”Reverend @MuntherIsaac, the pastor at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, delivered a powerful Christmas sermon on the war in Gaza and why the world must stand with Palestinians. "The hypocrisy and racism of the Western world is transparent and appalling," he said.
00:00 - Canceling Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem is not the headline. The Genocide in Gaza is!
- Two American Jewish women who entered a “closed military zone” to help Palestinian olive farmers were deported and banned from Israel for 10 years. Settler terrorists who burn trees and beat farmers face no punishment—protected by the army itself. This is apartheid in plain
- Sadly, Gaza as we know no longer exists. This is an annihilation.
00:00 - Palestinian, and Palestinian Christians in particular, have lost a dear friend today. Pope Francis was beloved in Palestine. He conveyed true compassion to Palestinians, most notably to those in Gaza during this genocide. His pastoral heart was evident in his insistence on
- Today we learned that an Israeli military court has placed Palestinian Christian young woman Layan Nasir, who was arrested last week, in administrative detention for four months (renewable). No charges have been presented. Layan is just one of thousands of Palestinians who are in
- History books will record that the US Congress hosted a war criminal and gave him and outrageous number of standing ovations.
- I was asked today by a journalist if we received a response from the white house to the letter we sent from the churches in Bethlehem asking for a ceasefire. I answered that the response was the veto vote in the UN. They celebrate Christmas in their land, and wage war in our land
- It was my honor today to present a Palestinian Kufiyeh to her excellency Dr. Naledi Pandor, the South African minister of International relations, to express our love and gratitude as Palestinians to the people of South Africa. It was a symbolic gift and act from us as a token of
00:00 - A genocide is not a "mistake". Providing the weapons to commit this genocide is not a "mistake". The US is directly complicit in this evil."In Gaza today, a Catholic Church was struck by an Israeli shell. What is the president's reaction?" Press Sec: "It was not a positive reaction. He called PM Netanyahu this morning to address it. It was a mistake by the Israelis to hit that Catholic Church."
00:00 - This was the part quoted by the ICJ today: "If you fail to call this a genocide. It is on you. It is a sin and a darkness you willingly embrace. Some have not called for a ceasefire… I feel sorry for you. We will be ok. Despite the immense blow we have endured, we will
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