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2023-12-16 15:11:16 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 71D4D75F9E8FBEF07CBE5419A5C6616CB66827130CD2B62D9660C222FD4EF5DB
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Hamas did not “ban Christmas”. Rather, the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem came together and asked their priests and congregations in the Occupied Territories to refrain from celebrating Christmas this year in solidarity with Gaza https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/blog/2023/11/11/statement-on-the-celebration-of-advent-and-christmas-in-the-midst-of-war-on-gaza/ https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/12/08/opinions/christmas-cancelled-bethlehem-palestinian-christians-rabie/index.html https://theworld.org/stories/2023-12-14/christmas-canceled-bethlehem https://www.npr.org/2023/12/16/1219245873/bethlehem-christmas-gaza-israel
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