Indawo awazalelwa kuyo uYesu yanda ngokuphindwe kane kubakhenkethi beKrisimesi

IBhetelehem, indawo awazalelwa kuyo uYesu waseNazarete, ibona ulwando oluphindwe kane lwabatyeleli emva kwamaxesha asixhenxe amfiliba eKrismesi, watsho usodolophu wesixeko.

Malunga neendwendwe ezingama-250,000 eziya kundwendwela esi sixeko kule veki, zisuka kuma-65,000 kwiveki enye kunyaka ophelileyo, utshilo uSodolophu uVictor Batarseh kudliwanondlebe lomnxeba. Kuqikelelwa ukuba abakhenkethi abazizigidi ezisisi-1.25 kulindeleke ukuba batyelele eBhetelehem ekupheleni kwalo nyaka, nto leyo emele ukwanda kwepesenti ezingama-96 ukusuka ngo-2007, ngokutsho kweBethlehem Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

“Onke amagumbi angama-3000 eBethlehem abekelwe iKrisimesi,” utshilo uSamir Hazboun, usihlalo wegumbi. “Intswela-ngqesho esixekweni yehle yaya kutsho kuma-23 eepesenti ukusuka kuma-45 ekhulwini kunyaka ophelileyo.”

Ukhenketho kwisixeko sase-West Bank kwathatha umngcipheko onzulu kule minyaka isixhenxe idlulileyo, kwehla ngama-90 ekhulwini ukusuka ngo-2000 ukuya ku-2001 ngokusungulwa kwento ebizwa ngokuba yi-intifada yesibini yasePalestina, ebone ukunyuka kobundlobongela kulo lonke ummandla. Kulo nyaka, izidubedube ziye zatshona kwi-West Bank njengemikhosi ethembekileyo kuMongameli wasePalestine uMahmoud Abbas, obekwiingxoxo zoxolo no-Israel ukusukela ngo-2007, edibanisa ulawulo lwemimandla.

IHotele kaMichael Kreitem yaseBethlehem Star, ecaleni kwendlela yamandulo apho uMariya noYosefu babekhe banyathele khona ngaphambi kokuba babuye nonyana, yayizele qhu yinkitha yabahambi ngezonqulo abangamaKristu abathetha isiRashiya, bevela kukhenketho losuku olunye lwaseNazarete.

UCatalina Kolchik, oneminyaka engama-32 ubudala, uthe wayesandula ukubuya kwiCawe yokuZalwa, apho ngokwesiko lobuKristu, uMariya wabonakala okokuqala enoYesu Krestu.

Inkwenkwezi yaseBhetelehem

Ngaphandle kwecawa, eyahlulahlulwe nge-intshi nge-intshi ngabefundisi baseArmenian, bamaKatolika namaOthodoki, kwamiswa umthi wompayina oziimitha ezingama-50 (iimitha ezili-15), uhonjiswe ngezihombiso zaza zagqunywa yiNkwenkwezi yaseBhetelehem, echazwa yiVangeli kaMateyu. yiyo eyakhokelela izazi ukuya eBhetelehem ukuya kunqula uYesu.

Amanqaku aliqela amapolisa asePalestine abekwa kwindawo ejikeleze isiXeko esiDala kunye nakwiminyango yeendawo zonqulo, ehlola izithuthi kunye nabahambi ngeenyawo abadlulayo.

Umkhosi wakwa-Israyeli kunye neenkonzo zokhuseleko zasePalestina zilungelelaniswa "ukuqinisekisa ukuhamba ngokutyibilikayo nokukhuselekileyo kubahambi ngezonqulo, abakhenkethi kunye neenkokeli zonqulo," uLieutenant Col.

Irekhodi abakhenkethi abazizigidi ezibini abangamaKristu batyelele kwa-Israyeli kunye nemimandla yasePalestina kulo nyaka ngokutsho kweSebe lezoKhenketho lakwa-Israeli.

Sekunjalo, uSaied Querid, isiNgesi esisisithethi esisithethayo esisebenza njengomkhenkethisi kunye nomqhubi weteksi eBethlehem, uthe uninzi lwabakhenkethi ngamaKristu abeza esixekweni ukuze babone iindawo eziphambili kwaye baphele bechitha ixesha labo elininzi kwaSirayeli.

“Abantu basakoyika ukulala apha kwaye bachithe ngaphezulu kosuku olunye okanye ezimbini apha,” utshilo uQuerid. “Kukho ibala lokuba le yindawo eyingozi abantu abangayindwendwela. Uqoqosho lwethu lunethuba elininzi lokuxhamla kukhenketho kwaSirayeli. ”

Ukulwa eGaza

Ukulwa kuyaqhubeka eGaza apho iqela elihlaselayo iHamas lithathe ulawulo kunyaka ophelileyo kwaye ukufikelela kuthintelwe zizilumkiso zokuhamba ngamazwe ngamazwe. I-Islamic Jihad kunye nabanye omkhosi wasePalestine eGaza baphinde badubula imijukujelwa eSderot nakwezinye iidolophu zasemdeni zakwa-Israel ngelixa i-Israel iqhube uhlaselo lwasemoyeni eGaza emva kweenyanga ezintandathu zoxolo oluphele nge-19 kaDec.

Iindwendwe zaseBhetelehem ezisuka kwaSirayeli kufuneka zidlule kwindawo enqatyisiweyo yokuhlola, zinqumla udonga oluziimitha ezisi-8 ukuphakama olujikela kwiinduli eziseMpuma yeYerusalem. AmaSirayeli athi udonga lokhuseleko, malunga neepesenti ze-10 zesithintelo phakathi kwe-Israel kunye ne-West Bank, sisixhobo esiyimfuneko sokukhusela abemi base-Israel ekuhlaselweni kwePalestina ngelixa abachasi bodonga bathi ludibanisa umhlaba wasePalestina kwaye luphule umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.