Anti wall demonstration on Saturday the 24th ofDecember at the Nativity scene on the Boston Common (Boston USA).
Peace loving people will be meeting at the Park street T stop At 1:00 during the regular anti-sanction/ anti-war vigil. Afterwards (2:00-4:00pm) we will move to the Nativity display (by the fountain near the T stop) and establish our mock wall to educate people about the hardship it causes the residents of Bethlehem andJerusalem both Christian, Muslim and other.
Due to construction of the wall the three wise men anda pregnant mother will be denied access to the mangerby an Israeli checkpoint. People will be able towitness first hand the racism of the occupation.
There will be a wall making session on Thursday in Newton (Boston) to construct each section out of foam board, paint them like cement and decorate them with sloganssuch as, the wall must fall, solider why did you killFadi?, Free Palestine, victory to the intifada, stopkilling Balata's children and what ever activists orspectators are inspired to write.
Please join us on Saturday and bring a camera to this creative and inspiring protest.
Any questions? Contact email:
FreedomForPalestineNow@yahoo.com
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The little town where Jesus was born is the site of the Church of the Nativity, which is ablaze with flags and decorations every Christmas. In the Holy Land town of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, thousands of people rang in the holiday in Manger Square. On Christmas Eve
natives and visitors alike crowd the church's doorways and stand on the roof to watch for the dramatic annual procession. Galloping horsemen and police mounted on Arabian horses lead the parade. They are followed by solitary horseman carrying a cross and sitting astride a coal-black steed. Then come the churchmen and government officials. The procession solemnly enters the doors and places an ancient effigy of the Holy Child in the church. Deep winding stairs lead to a grotto where visitors find a silver star marking the site of the birth of Jesus. Christian homes in Bethlehem are marked by a cross painted over the door and each home displays a homemade manger scene. A star is set up on a pole in the village square.
Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
Alternative Xmas Carol, sung by 'Just Peace UK ' anti-occupation protestors:
Oh little town of Bethlehem ,
How still we see thee lie!
A wall is laid where tourists stayed,
And tanks go rolling by.
And in thy dark streets shineth
No cheerful Christmas light;
The grief and fears of three sad years
Are met in thee tonight.
How silently, how silently
The world regards it all,
As now thy heart is torn apart
By Israel's ghetto wall.
They terrorize a people
A war crime and a sin;
Their winding "fence" can make no sense;
Revenge can still get in.
Oh promised child of Bethlehem,
Cast down the iron cage,
The walls of hate that separate
And harden and enrage;
Bring justice and make equal;
Come down from far above;
And come to birth upon this earth,
As hope and peace and love.
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