Marginalized Palestinian Christians prepare for a somber Christmas under the shadow of war in Gaza
It is normally a moment of pure joy for the Rev. Khader Khalilia, the excitement, the giggles, the kisses, as his young daughters in their Christmas pajamas open their gifts. But this year, just the thought of it fills Khalilia with guilt. “I’m struggling,” said the Palestinian American pastor of Redeemer-St. John’s Lutheran Church in New York. “How can I do it while the Palestinian children are suffering, have no shelter or a place to lay their heads?” Thousands of miles away, near Jesus’ biblical birthplace of Bethlehem, Suzan Sahori has been working with artisans to bring olive wood...
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