I-BETHLEHEM, i-West Bank - I-Bethlehem iphawule iKrisimesi ngoLwesine kunye nezihlwele zabakhenkethi ezijoyina amaKristu asekuhlaleni asePalestina kwindawo yokuzalwa kukaYesu, njengoko idolophu yaseWest Bank yayijonge ukubonakala kwayo kanye ngonyaka kwi-spotlight yehlabathi.
Umoya wawuphezulu, kunye namagumbi ehotele abhukishwe ngokupheleleyo kwaye abarhwebi baxela ishishini elilungileyo okokuqala ngqa kwiminyaka, njengoko ixesha elide lobundlobongela base-Israel-Palestine olwehlisa umoya kunye nokhenketho lubonakala lulula.
Imvula encinci yana eBhetelehem ngentsasa yeKrisimesi. Izihlwele zabanquli kunye nabakhenkethi ababephethe iiambrela babehamba ngokukhawuleza benqumla ibala eliphambi kweCawa Yokuzalwa kukaYesu, eyakhiwe phezu kwebala ekukholelwa ukuba uYesu wazalelwa kulo.
Ngaphakathi kwicawa ekhanyiswe luzizi yeXesha Lomnqamlezo, amakhulu abantu angcelele abahlanu kuluhlu phakathi kwemigca emibini yeentsika kwelinye icala, belinde ngokuzolileyo ithuba labo lokuhla ngezinyuko ezimbalwa zamatye ukuya kwigrotto.
Uninzi lwabantu kwicawa yakudala ngentsasa yeKrisimesi yayingabantu baseAsia, kunye nabantu abambalwa baseYurophu nabaseMelika ababajoyinayo.
Emva kokungena kumnyango ophantsi wecawe, uWayne Shandera, oneminyaka engama-57, ugqirha waseHouston, eTexas, wabonakala emangalisiwe bubukho obukhulu becawe endala yamatye. “Uziva uqhubeka kunye nabo bonke abahambi ngezonqulo kudala belapha,” utshilo.
KuJulie Saad oneminyaka engama-55 ubudala waseDenver, eColo., ICawa Yokuzalwa kukaYesu yayiyinxalenye yemvakalelo enkulu. Wathi: “Ukuba kwilizwe awahamba kulo uYesu ngamava okomoya amangalisayo.
KwiCawa yaseSt. Catherine ekufutshane, usolusapho waseLatin waseYerusalem, uFouad Twal, uqhube inkonzo yakhe yokuqala yakusasa ngeKrismesi kwindima yakhe entsha. KwiMisa yasezinzulwini zobusuku kwiiyure ezimbalwa ngaphambili, icawa yayizaliswa ngo-Krisimesi ngabahlonitshwa, kubandakanya uMongameli wasePalestine uMahmoud Abbas, kunye nabakhenkethi abafumana amatikiti kwaye badlula kwiitshekhi zokhuseleko.
Iinkonzo zasekuseni zeKrisimesi zazikhululekile ngakumbi. Uninzi lwamarhamente yayingamaPalestina asekuhlaleni, nabakhenkethi abathile bemi ngasemva, bephulaphule imfundiso yolwimi lwesiArabhu.
Ukuqhambuka koqhankqalazo lwasePalestine ngokuchasene no-Israyeli ngasekupheleni kuka-2000 kunye nomlo owalandela imibhiyozo yeKrisimesi eBethlehem iminyaka, ubetha ishishini lezokhenketho eliyindlela yokuphila yesixeko.
Nangona amanani abakhenkethi beeholide kulo nyaka ayengekabikho kumashumi amawaka awayetyelele kwiminyaka yee-1990 ekupheleni kweminyaka yee-2000 neyewaka leminyaka yowama-1, ayenyuke kwiminyaka yakutshanje, xa kwafika nje amawaka ambalwa abatyeleli. ekuhambeni konyaka, ngaphezulu kwesigidi esi-XNUMX sabakhenkethi bandwendwela idolophu yabo, bebonelela ngenkuthazo edingeka kakhulu kuqoqosho lwengingqi.
Sekunjalo, konke akuhambanga kakuhle eBhetelehem, ngaphandle kobundlobongela obunciphileyo kunye nokuqaliswa kwakhona kweengxoxo zoxolo kunyaka ophelileyo phakathi kwe-Israel kunye norhulumente wase-Abbas.
IBhetelehem isala ijikelezwe kumacala amathathu ngumqobo wamatye aphakamileyo ekonkile kunye neengcingo zombane ezakhiwe nguSirayeli. U-Israel uthi umqobo wenzelwe ukugcina abahlaseli ngokuzibulala, kodwa ngenxa yokuba ingena ngaphakathi kwi-West Ban
k, abantu basePalestine bakubona njengokuhluthwa komhlaba okukrwitsha uqoqosho lwabo.
Ukufudukela kwelinye ilizwe, okwakalokunje, kunciphise inani lamaKristu kule dolophu ukuya kutsho kuma-35 ukuya kuma-50 epesenti yabantu bayo abangama-40,000, ehle ukusuka kuma-90 ekhulwini ngeminyaka yee-1950.
Imibhiyozo kwidolophu yaseWest Bank yahluke ngokukrakra kunye nomoya waseHamas-run Gaza, iikhilomitha ezingama-45 kude. Amajoni ebeqhubhisa abahlali base-Israeli ngeerokethi kunye nodaka okoko kuphele i-truce kwiveki ephelileyo, belindele ukubona ukuba u-Israyeli uza kwenza ntoni na kwisisongelo sakhe sokuwabetha ngomkhosi.
Uluntu oluncinci lwamaKristu eGaza - ama-400 kubemi bezigidi ezisisi-1.4, barhoxisa iMisa yabo ezinzulwini zobusuku bekhalazela ukuvalwa kwe-Israel, okwabekwa emva kokuba umkhosi wamaSilamsi uHamas wabhukuqa lo mmandla kulo nyaka uphelileyo kwaye waqina ngakumbi kwinyanga ephelileyo, xa abahlaseli baseGaza baphinda baqalisa umlilo. .
