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Podcast: Democracy Now!
Episode: Column — “Christ is Still in the Rubble”: No Silent Nights in Gaza this Christmas Amidst Ongoing Israeli Bombardment
Description: By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
Christmas marks the birth of Jesus of Nazareth over 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem, Palestine, in what is now the Israeli Occupied West Bank. The occasion is both solemn and celebratory. The Church of the Nativity now stands on the site considered to be Jesus’ birthplace, in an animal stable, where the newborn is believed to have been placed in a feeding trough, or manger, as depicted in creches the world over. “Christ in the Rubble” is the name of one such creche, located a short walk along an ancient stone-paved street from Jesus’ recognized birthplace, inside B...