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Celebrating Christmas in Bethlehem, Palestine

The people of Palestine also celebrate. They need to, as any other people would need to celebrate.

(BETHLEHEM) - In this time of year, people around the world celebrate. They celebrate the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem Palestine.

They celebrate a birth that was meant to propagate a set of ideals to make the world a better place. 2010 years later, that same birthplace is plagued by a regime that practices the exact opposite of those ideals.

Life and Death of Rachel Corrie in Video

Rachel Corrie personified everything that is right and decent about the United States of America.

(RAFAH, Gaza Strip) - Gilad Atzmon: This video is one of the strongest and clearest messages I have ever come across. If Israel won't stop itself. Humanity will eventually unite against this disgraceful state!!

Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli military forces Caterpillar bulldozer on 16 March in 2003 while trying to halt the illegal destruction of a Palestinian doctor's home.

SOTT Report - Fake Terror

FBI recruits terrorists, plans attacks...

(CINCINNATI ) - Joe Quinn of www.sott.net sticks to the facts. His video report on FBI complicity in terrorism is dead on.

Almost 100 Gaza Laborers Shot this Year for Collecting Rocks

These are the stories about Gaza that you rarely if ever hear.

(GAZA) - Since March 2010, 97 people have been shot in Gaza for collecting stones. This is one of the few ways a person can actually make money here at all.

Beit Hanoun, Gaza is a dangerous place to spend time. 22 days before this report was filed, our party was shot at by Israeli soldiers in towers, here, in this same place.

Veterans for Peace Engage in White House Civil Disobedience to End War

"Hope demands for others what we demand for ourselves.
Hope does not separate us from them.
Hope sees in our enemy our own face..." -Chris Hedges

(SALEM, Ore.) - More than 100 people were arrested in a Civil Disobedience at the White House protesting the continuing wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and in Iraq.

Chris Hedges' extraordinarily anti-war soliloquy is inter-cut with interviews with Veterans from recent wars.

Killing in the Name...

Isaiah Weeps: Jewish National Fund, GOD-TV erase Bedouin village to bring Jesus’ second coming.

(AL ARAQIB, Occupied Palestine) - After researching this post and watching the video transcribed below, I don’t know whether to cry or scream at the grievous injustices done to Israel’s Bedouin in the name of the Jewish people (the Jewish National Fund) and Christians the world over (GOD-TV).

Israel: Free Abdallah Abu Rahmah Now !

One year has since passed since his Human Rights Day arrest, and Abu Rahmah is still being held indefinitely by the Israeli military.

(SALEM, Ore.) - At Burger King you can 'have it your way', but in the eyes of decency that still manage to exist within this mad world, there is only one way to receive your order of humanity.

The Little Town of Bethlehem in 2010 is Still Occupied Territory

"Peace, Peace, Peace, they say, when there is no peace." Jeremiah 8:11

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - The Associated Press recently reported:

"Tourism is one of the few areas of strong Israeli-Palestinian coordination. So far this year, 1.4 million tourists have visited the traditional birthplace of Jesus and 90,000 are expected during the Christmas season, a significant increase over last year, according to Israeli government figures. The numbers of visitors have been rising steadily in recent years.

Human Rights News: Activist Mother Gunned Down

Marisela Escobedo’s brazen slaying evoked mass outrage in cyberspace and on the streets in Mexico and abroad.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - A Ciudad Juarez woman who struggled for more than two years to obtain justice for her murdered daughter is now a murder victim herself.

Marisela Escobedo Ortiz, mother of 16-year old Rubi Marisol Frayre Escobedo, was gunned down December 16 by an assassin in front of the state capital building in Chihuahua City as she protested her daughter’s case.

Tornado Rips Through Rural Oregon Community
Video of the Destruction

Footage shows Tornado's destructive path.

(AUMSVILLE, Ore.) - A Tornado touched down at the southern end of Aumsville, Oregon last Tuesday at approximately 11:40 a.m. cutting a swath of destruction but fortunately sparing the people of this rural Oregon town from serious injury.

Unusual in the Northwest, the Tornado had a Fujita Scale rating of EF2 with estimated wind speeds between 110 and 120 MPH.