For Palestinians, celebrating Christmas is an act of resistance 

Palestinian Christians join Patriarch Theophilos III, the heads of various churches in Jerusalem, and diplomats from several countries in lighting the Christmas tree at the Imperial Hotel, which is under threat from Israeli settlers, at the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. (Photo: Saeed Qaq/ APA Images)Last week, His Beatitude Theophilos III, Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem, led the annual interfaith lighting of a Christmas tree inside Jerusalem’s Jaffa Gate. The lighting this year took place at the Imperial Hotel, a Greek Orthodox property that Israeli settlers sought to occupy earlier this year. “This simple ceremony of the lighting of a tree shows us the way and shines as a sign of hope in the darkness,” he said. For Palestinians, the celebration of Christmas—on town squares, in churches, and in homes—is itself a creative act of nonviolent resistance. Source

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