Christians in Israel
I saw a couple of recent stories about Christians in the Holy Land. There was this article about Bethlehem:
http://religionnews.com/2017/12/19/in-christs-birthplace-olive-wood-artisans-carry-on-a-holy-land-tradition/
Here are my favorite media critics looking at that article:
https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/struggling-to-keep-olive-wood-traditions-alive-in-bethlehem
This article covers the Christian exodus from the West Bank, as seen from the point of view of the Christian hog butcher of Beit Jala:
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/1.830920
I thought they made for interesting Christmas reading. Trump made his announcement about Jerusalem in response to the shenanigans at the United Nations; I do not think he intended it to be connected in any way with either Hanukkah or Christmas.
