After Two Years in Bethlehem: Christmas, a New Year, and the Newborn Ray of Hope

On a personal level, this is perhaps my first such New Year and Christmas where I am profoundly happy. And the sole reason for this is an email received from Palestine. A friend from Bethlehem sent a video and informed that due to the two-year-long massacre in Gaza, Christmas had not been celebrated in Bethlehem or across Palestine for the past two years. This year, the Christmas tree has been decorated in Bethlehem. Christmas has been celebrated.

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PI Wire: Over 700 Global South leaders call for an end to Israeli apartheid and de facto annexation

The Progressive International’s Wire features the statement on the occasion of the start of the 76th UN General Assembly to underline that, since its original publication, Israeli apartheid, de facto annexation and the oppression of the Palestinian people has continued unabated – despite the fact that Trump and Netanyahu are no longer in power.

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