JERUSALEM - Hiki i ka huakaʻi hele i ka ʻĀina Hemolele ke lilo i alahaka i ka maluhia, i ʻōlelo ʻia e kahi luna mākaʻikaʻi Israeli, e hoʻomaopopo ana i ka hopena maikaʻi o ka huakaʻi huakaʻi a Pope Benedict XVI i ka hana ʻana ma waena o nā luna Palestinian, Jordanian a me ʻIseraʻela.
"Nui nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma ka ʻĀina Hemolele akā ʻo kahi mea a mākou e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻole ai e pili ana i ka poʻe huakaʻi hele," i ʻōlelo ʻia e Rafi Ben Hur, ka luna hoʻomalu nui o ka Israelist Tourist Ministry, ma kahi hālāwai kūkā nūhou o Dec.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hana pū nā luna mākaʻikaʻi Israeli a me Palestinian e hoʻoikaika i ka ʻāina ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi huakaʻi. Ua hana pū kekahi me nā luna mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Ioredane, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
"Ke hoʻokau nei mākou i ka mea mua i ka hele malihini ʻana; ʻO ka huakaʻi pilikino kahi alahaka i ka maluhia, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, e kuhikuhi ana i ka huakaʻi ʻana o ka ʻĀina Hemolele o Pope Benedict XVI i Mei i ka hana" weliweli "ma waena o Israeli, Palestinian a me Ioredane. Ua kōkua ke kipa ʻana i ka pope i ka hoʻohihi ʻana i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma muli o ka emi ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
Ke kākoʻo nei ʻo ʻIseraʻela iā Betelehema ma ke ʻano he mea nui o ka ʻike huakaʻi me nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi i nā ʻāina ʻē, ua wehewehe ʻo ia.
"Eia kahi manawa kūpono e hōʻike ai he palekana (e hele i Betelehema) a pono e lawe i kēia manawa kūpono i ka manawa āpau," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
Ua ʻike ke Kuhina Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi Israel Stas Misezhnikov i nā alakaʻi haipule Karistiano ʻaʻole wale ma ke ʻano he "hoa aloha" i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻonui i ka ʻĀina Hemolele ma ke ʻano he wahi huakaʻi, akā ma ke ʻano he "hoa hana maoli i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā pilina me Israel a me kona mau hoanoho."
"Hiki i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka huakaʻi hele ke lilo i mea ikaika e hui pū ma o nā pono waiwai a me ka hana ʻana i kahi ʻoihana," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia
ʻO ka makahiki 2009 kahi makahiki kiʻekiʻe i ka mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi me kokoke 3 miliona mau malihini kipa i manaʻo ʻia e huakaʻi i Israel i ka hopena o ka makahiki. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Misezhnikov ma kahi o ka hapakolu o lākou i kipa aku iā Betelehema.
"Ua unuhi ʻia kekahi makahiki kiʻekiʻe i loko o ka ʻIseraʻela i kahi makahiki maluhia i ka Palestinian Authority," wahi a Misezhnikov.
Manaʻo nā luna mākaʻikaʻi Israel i kekahi mau mākaʻikaʻi 70,000 i ka wā Kalikimaka.
Me ke kūlana hoʻokele a me ka palekana o ka hoʻoponopono kūloko ʻO ka Hoʻokele Kūloko Betelehema DCO Commander Lt. Col. Eyad Sirhan ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hāʻawi ʻia nā ʻae huakaʻi i loko o ka manawa hoʻomaha lā Kalikimaka i nā Kristiano Palestinian āpau e noi iā lākou inā hoʻokō lākou i nā koina palekana.
E noʻonoʻo pū ana ʻo ʻIseraʻela i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻae i 100 mau Kristiano mai Kasa. E hiki i nā kamaʻāina Kalikiano o ʻIseraʻela ke hele kūʻokoʻa i Betelehema i kēlā manawa, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
"Aia kahi hōʻailona maopopo no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā kūlana o ka hoʻokele a me ka palekana ma ke komohana komohana a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā kapu," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i nā koa a me nā mākaʻi e lawelawe ana i ka hele ʻana i ka palena i Betelehema i ka wā Kalikimaka e loaʻa nā ʻōlelo aʻo i kēlā me kēia lā e wehewehe ana i ke ʻano nui o ka lā nui a me ke kaʻina kūpono no ka ʻae ʻana i nā poʻe huakaʻi, nā alakaʻi haipule a me nā Kristiano ʻIseraʻela a me Palestinian.
