Ua loaʻa i kahi 300 mau Kalikiano Gaza kahi makana Kalikimaka mua mai ka ʻIseraʻela i kēia lā: ʻae ʻia e hele i Betelehema, mahalo ʻia e nā Karistiano a puni ka honua ma ke ʻano he wahi hānau o Iesū. He ʻumi kaukani o ka poʻe haipule e iho i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo West Bank i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma waena o Dec. 25 a me ka Eastern Orthodox Christmas ma Ianuali 7 e pule a mālama i nā lawelawe, he nui i ka Church of the Nativity.
Ua ʻae ʻia ka poʻe Kristiano Gaza e huakaʻi mai ka Pōʻalima ma lalo o ka hapalua o ka 750 Gazans i noi i nā ʻae, me ka ʻIseraʻela e kaupalena ana i ka huakaʻi ma waho o ka ʻāina a Hamas.
"Ua like ka noho ʻana ma ʻaneʻi i loko o kahi hale paʻahao nui," wahi a Constantine Dabbagh, ka luna hoʻomalu o ke Kōmike Area o Gaza o ka Near East Council of Churches (NECC), kahi hui kanaka ecumenical. "ʻAʻole hiki ke puka i waho, no kekahi kumu - maʻi, hoʻonaʻauao, hoʻomana, hui hou me nā ʻohana. No laila, inā hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokō i waho, he mea kupanaha ia.
He mau helu liʻiliʻi wale nō o ka ʻIseraʻela e haʻalele iā Gaza i hāʻawi ʻia i ka poʻe Kristiano a me ka poʻe Muslim mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka poʻe Palestine e hana i nā pōkā pepehi kanaka make ma luna o nā pahuhopu kīwila o ʻIseraʻela ma ke ʻano he kipi kipi kūʻē i ka noho ʻana o ka ʻIseraʻela ma 2000.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ʻIseraʻela i nā palena ʻoi aku ka ʻoi loa i ka wā o ka Islamist neʻe ʻo Hamas, ka mea i hōʻole i ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻIseraʻela, ua hoʻopio ikaika i kona hoa hakakā ʻo Fatah mai Gaza ma 2007. I kēia manawa he hapa wale nō o ka 1.5 miliona Palestinians ma aneʻi i ʻae ʻia e haʻalele e aʻo i waho a i ʻole e loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Ua ʻōlelo nā alakaʻi Kalikiano o Gaza i nā ʻae i hāʻawi ʻia no ka huakaʻi i Betelehema i kēia makahiki no hoʻokahi mahina, a loaʻa wale no ka poʻe i ʻoi aku ma mua o 35, kahi mea e hōʻoia ʻole ai nā luna palena o ka ʻIseraʻela. ʻO ka poʻe Kristiano o Gaza wale nō i hāʻawi ʻia i kā lākou palapala ʻae i ka lā 23 o Dek.
ʻO nā hoʻolauleʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ma hope o ka lawe ʻana o Hamas i ka makahiki 2007
No ka poʻe e hoʻolauleʻa nei ma ka home, ke hoʻomaka nei ka Kalikimaka e lilo i mea pōʻino i kēia makahiki ma ke kaua ʻo Gaza Strip, e hakakā nei e hoʻihoʻi hou i hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hana ʻino ʻana o ka ʻIseraʻela i ʻekolu pule i ka lā 27 o Dekemaba.
ʻOi aku ka haʻahaʻa o nā hoʻolauleʻa i kēia manawa ma hope o ka lawe ʻana o Hamas, a ma hope iho ua nui nā hoʻouka kaua ʻana i nā Karistiano a me nā ʻoihana Kalikiano e nā hui Islamist extremist. Ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe Kristiano o Gaza i kēia makahiki ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻomālamalama i kahi kumulāʻau Kalikimaka nui ma ke kahua nui o Gaza City e like me ka wā ma mua, a e hoʻololi i nā aloha a hui pū me nā ʻohana ma ka home wale nō.
Ua hōʻole ʻo Minerva Salim Saber kamaʻāina ʻo Gaza e hoʻolauleʻa i ka Kalikimaka i kēia makahiki. Hoʻokahi makahiki i hala aku nei, ua luku ʻia kona hale a ua pepehi ʻia kāna keiki i kahi hoʻouka kaua ʻo Israel. ʻO ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kēia makahiki, i ka lā hoʻomanaʻo o ka make ʻana o kāna keiki, ʻōlelo ʻo ia he hewa.
“ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ke noi nei au i palapala ʻae e hele i Betelehema no ka Kalikimaka,” i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Mrs. Saber, kekahi o nā Katolika Roma ma kahi o 200 i Gaza. "Akā i kēia makahiki, ʻaʻole wau e hana. ʻAʻole loaʻa iaʻu kahi lāʻau ma koʻu hale. Ua pōʻino au.
ʻO Archbishop iā Gazans: 'E hoʻomau i ke aloha'
Mai ka makahiki 2007, ʻo ke kaiāulu Kalikiano - ʻo ka Greek Orthodox akā ʻo ka Roman Katolika a me ka Baptist, nā hoʻomana i loaʻa i ko lākou aʻa ma Gaza a hiki i ke kenekulia ʻekolu - ua hāʻule mai ka 5,000 a i lalo o 3,000 i 2009, e like me ka Palestinian Central Bureau o Heluhelu.
ʻOiai ʻo ka emi ʻana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Saber ua manaʻo ʻo ia i ka lōkahi me kona mau kaikunāne Muslim Palestinian ma Gaza, a ʻaʻole manaʻo ʻo ia e ʻoki ʻia e ke aupuni Islamist.
Ua ʻōlelo ke poʻo o ka ʻEkalesia Orthodox Helene ʻo Gaza, ʻo Archbishop Alexios, i kēia Kalikimaka e aʻo ʻo ia i ka poʻe o kāna anaina i hiki ʻole ke hōʻea i Betelehema e hana maikaʻi i ko lākou kūlana, ʻoiai nā pilikia.
"E haʻi aku wau iā lākou e hoʻomau i ke aloha, a kōkua iā lākou iho a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe," wahi āna. "ʻO kēia ka mea maikaʻi loa e hiki iā mākou ke hana. ʻO ka mea e pono ai mākou he maluhia ma ka ʻāina i hiki ai i ka poʻe o ka ʻIseraʻela a me Gaza ke noho e like me ka pono o nā kānaka a pau, me ko lākou mau pono āpau.
