Happy Christmas Eve from the birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem 🇵🇸. Pictured is Palestinian Bethlehem Christian women posing for a picture, c. 1911.
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The first followers of Christ, Palestinian Christians, are being encircled and encroached upon by Israeli settlements and the Israeli West Bank barrier, which separates them from their land and livelihoods. If Jesus was born in Bethleham today he’d have a Green ID. Joseph and Mary, being from Nazareth, would have Blue IDs. Jesus would need a military permit to visit Nazareth or go to Jerusalem. cc: @salem.d.barahmeh