{"id":4836,"date":"2017-12-27T10:39:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T01:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/?p=4836"},"modified":"2017-12-27T10:39:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T01:39:45","slug":"christians-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/christians-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Christians in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"

I saw a couple of recent stories about Christians in the Holy Land. There was this article about Bethlehem:
\nhttp:\/\/religionnews.com\/2017\/12\/19\/in-christs-birthplace-olive-wood-artisans-carry-on-a-holy-land-tradition\/<\/p>\n

Here are my favorite media critics looking at that article:
\nhttps:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/struggling-to-keep-olive-wood-traditions-alive-in-bethlehem<\/p>\n

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:
\nhttps:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/middle-east-news\/palestinians\/1.830920<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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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\/<\/p>\n

Here are my favorite media critics looking at that article:
https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/struggling-to-keep-olive-wood-traditions-alive-in-bethlehem<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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