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Christmas reality: Palestinians use Christians as a pawn, Israel protects them
Ariel Ben Solomon25.12.2017
The Palestinian Authority and Israeli Muslim figures often voice support for Christians and seek to utilize them in the struggle against Israel, but it is the Jewish state that stands out as a defender of Middle East Christians.
People dressed up as Santa Claus walk through the market in Jerusalem’s Old City on Christmas eve, Dec. 24, 2017. Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90.
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Anti-Israel protests, Berlin Christmas market attack’s anniversary test German officials
Orit Arfa21.12.2017
Upon the anniversary of the 2016 Berlin Christmas market terror attack, Jewish community leaders and other activists say that German politicians wrongly disconnect last year's attack from Islamic motivations as well as the Islamist attacks that have hit Israel and other countries, leaving Germany—and particularly its Jewish population—susceptible to more terrorism.
On Dec. 19, Antje Böttinger (left), wrapped in an Israeli flag, and a woman wearing a Polish flag visit a memorial to victims of the December 2016 Berlin Christmas market terror attack. Credit: Orit Arfa.
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Hanukkah and Christmas lights intertwine in former Nazi hotbed
Orit Arfa19.12.2017
he bearers of Hanukkah candles in Tübingen, Germany, aren’t Jewish. In fact, many of them are descendants of avowed Nazis.
At the “synagogenplatz” (synagogue plaza) in Tübingen, Germany, a memorial to the local synagogue that was destroyed during Kristallnacht. Credit: Orit Arfa.
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Amid shifting war dynamics in Syria and Iraq, Mideast Christians still fighting for survival
Sean Savage23.12.2016
Damage to the Christian quarter of Aleppo, Syria, in January 2016. Credit: Aid to the Church in Need
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Christmas at Israel’s Church of the Nativity: where wishes come true
JNS.org01.12.2015
Click photo to download. Caption: Inside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Credit: Wknight94 via Wikimedia Commons.
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Armenian Christmas in the Holy Land: ‘you cannot imagine’
JNS.org01.12.2015
Click photo to download. Caption: Armenian Christmas in Bethlehem. Credit: Shan't Nalbandian.
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