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A last Christmas in Palestine?
Canada Free Press ^ | 12/21/2005 | William John Hagan

Posted on 12/21/2005 9:08:56 AM PST by WJHII

A last Christmas in Palestine?

By William John Hagan

Canada Free Press Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Over two thousand years ago, in a town called Bethlehem, the first Christmas was celebrated with the birth of Jesus Christ. On that most holy of nights, a small group of people became the first Christians through the celebration of Christ’s virgin birth. It goes without saying that for a Christmas celebration to occur, the presence of a Christian people is a prerequisite. While Bethlehem, and much of the modern de facto state of Palestine, is the birth place of Christianity, it is also a land where Christianity is dying at the hands of a barbaric regime known as the Palestinian Authority.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel
KEYWORDS: bethelehemchristians; christians; christmas; hagan; israel; palestine
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1 posted on 12/21/2005 9:08:57 AM PST by WJHII
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To: WJHII

Islam has destroyed the area.


2 posted on 12/21/2005 9:13:12 AM PST by Dallas59 (“You love life, while we love death"( Al-Qaeda & Democratic Party)
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To: WJHII

Christmas is not dependent on a person, place or thing........


4 posted on 12/21/2005 9:15:58 AM PST by Red Badger (And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him)
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To: WJHII

I think it would be a great idea to have the British take the area again. Trouble I doubt we could give it to them.


5 posted on 12/21/2005 9:20:07 AM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: WJHII

Last Christmas (Formally White Christmas)

I'm dreaming of the last Christmas.
Just like Muhammad has foretold.
Where the Christians are weeping,
Their corpses seeping,
Brains and blood onto the snow!

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6 posted on 12/21/2005 9:21:38 AM PST by SteveSpeaking
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To: redgolum

Take out Mecca as payback.


7 posted on 12/21/2005 9:21:54 AM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: ncountylee

I hate to say it, but if the Christian minority in British Palestine had understood that it was safer to stand WITH the Jewish minority, and form a common front against Islam, then

Bethlehem would still have a Christian majority; it would have enjoyed 50 years of continuous economic development;
there would have been a free press, free speech, etc.

But when partitian came, they chose to follow 'Arab nationalism'--as if their fellow Arabs would accept them as equals even though they were not Muslim.

They had 1300 years to learn that this wouldn't be the case, and when final exam time came, they flunked.


8 posted on 12/21/2005 9:26:07 AM PST by CondorFlight
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To: CondorFlight

Time to spray the beehives.


9 posted on 12/21/2005 9:29:02 AM PST by samadams2000 (Nothing fills the void of a passing hurricane better than government)
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To: WJHII

For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this."
(Isaiah 9:6-7)


10 posted on 12/21/2005 9:32:10 AM PST by joesnuffy (A camel once bit my sister-we knew just what to do- gather large rocks & squash her-Mullet Ho'mar)
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To: WJHII
I'm sure the liberals will say it's all the Joos fault.
11 posted on 12/21/2005 9:34:10 AM PST by colorado tanker (I can't comment on things that might come before the Court, but I can tell you my Pinochle strategy)
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To: NYer; Salem; Esther Ruth; F15Eagle; Ashamed Canadian

Someone a lot bigger than all of us will see to it that Christmas is celebrated in Bethlehem again.......and that Someone for sure will take care of ensuring that the Philistine Authority (alias P.A.) isn't ruling Bethlehem any longer!


12 posted on 12/21/2005 9:38:43 AM PST by Convert from ECUSA (Not a nickel, not a dime, stop sending my tax money to Hamastine!)
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To: Convert from ECUSA

We can only pray.


13 posted on 12/21/2005 9:44:14 AM PST by WJHII
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To: WJHII

The Islamic war machine must be stopped. Knock on every door, proclaim loudly that Mohamed performs oral sex, first sign of anger or even disgust: off them.


14 posted on 12/21/2005 9:50:41 AM PST by SteveSpeaking
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To: Red Badger

Yeah, well, read the article.


15 posted on 12/21/2005 9:54:47 AM PST by RightOnline
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To: WJHII
"When 98% of the population refuses to do business with you because of your belief in Jesus Christ, it makes it almost impossible for Palestine’s Christians to make a living."

Welcome to the joys of Dhimmitude. I live in northern New Jersey and many of the Arabs here are Arab Christians who have left Palestine because of the persecution. Where are the Knights Templar when you need them?

16 posted on 12/21/2005 10:09:23 AM PST by jjm2111 (Whatever you do, don't say the "C" word!)
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In addition to economic oppression, Palestinian Christians face a far greater threat in the form of violence from their Islamic neighbors.

The worst recent example of such violence has taken place in Palestine’s only all Christian town of Taybeh. In what has been described as a pogrom against the town’s 1,500 Christians, a group of Muslim youths from the neighboring village of Dair Jarir carried out a two-day assault on Taybeh. According to a report by Daniel Pipes in the Gamla Intelligence Newsletter, the Muslims "broke into houses and stole furniture, jewelry, and electrical appliances. They threw Molotov cocktails at some buildings and poured kerosene on others then torched them. The damage included at least 16 houses, some stores, a farm, and a gas station. The assailants vandalized cars, looted extensively, and destroyed a statue of the Virgin Mary." "It was like a war," one Taybeh resident told the Jerusalem Post.

Hours passed before the Palestinian Authority security and fire services arrived. Fifteen of the Muslim attackers, who were arrested, spent only a few hours in police detention and then were released.


17 posted on 12/21/2005 10:42:59 AM PST by SJackson (There's no such thing as too late, that's why they invented death. Walter Matthau)
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To: Dallas59
Islam has destroyed the area.

Is there anything islam does not destroy? Why on earth do we continue to put up with this destructive death cult?

18 posted on 12/21/2005 12:01:59 PM PST by ariamne (Proud shieldmaiden of the infidel--never forget, never forgive 9/11)
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19 posted on 12/21/2005 12:08:00 PM PST by SJackson (There's no such thing as too late, that's why they invented death. Walter Matthau)
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To: Dallas59

As it seems by its own self-absorption, Islam destroys everything it touches.


20 posted on 12/21/2005 2:02:25 PM PST by onedoug
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