Betelehema, Palesetina - Ua kani ʻo "Jingle Bells" ma luna o Manger Square i ka Lāpule i ka wā i wehe ai ʻo Betelehema i kahi mākeke Kalikimaka a ke kūlanakauhale Palestinian i manaʻo ai e kōkua i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kahi makahiki boom no ka mākaʻikaʻi me kahi kau hoʻoliʻiliʻi maikaʻi.
"He makahiki maikaʻi loa ia," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ke kiaʻāina o Betelehema ʻo Victor Batarseh, e wānana ana i ka poʻe malihini kipa he 1.25 miliona i ka hopena o ka makahiki 2008 a me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka hapalua o ka hana ʻole kūloko.
“ʻAʻohe o mākou moe moe. I nā makahiki ʻelua i hala, ua hakahaka nā hōkele a pau. ”
Ua luku ʻia ke kālepa ʻana ma ka ʻāina hānau o Iesū i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai kahi kipi kūʻē Palestinian e kūʻē i ka hana ʻIseraʻela i 2000 - mau mahina ma hope o ke kipa ʻana a ka pope a me nā makahiki he millennium e like me ka laka ʻana i kahi wā e hiki mai ana no Betelehema ma ke ʻano he magnet no nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a me nā huakaʻi i kahi ʻāina i lana ka manaʻo no ka maluhia.
ʻEwalu mau makahiki i hala, ua pau ka manaʻolana no kahi noho hope loa me ka ʻIseraʻela, e like me nā puka pōkā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka hale pule ʻo Nativity e hōʻike nei i ka pā kaua he ʻelima mau makahiki i ka makahiki 2002. Akā ʻo ka emi ʻana o ka hana ʻino i hoʻowalewale i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e makaʻu hou ʻole i ka make e hū ana nā pōkā pahū a me nā hakakā kaua ma nā alanui.
"Ua ʻike maka mākou i kahi rebound i ka mākaʻikaʻi," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Khouloud Daibes-Abu Dayyeh, ke Kuhina mākaʻikaʻi o ka Palestinian Authority ʻoiai ʻo ia e mākaʻikaʻi ana i nā mea hana lima a me nā mea hoʻonaninani hoʻolauleʻa ʻia e kūʻai ʻia ana mai nā hale lāʻau i ka mākeke Kalikimaka ʻo Kelemania.
"Ua hoʻihoʻi mākou iā Palestine ma ka palapala ʻāina ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi," i hoʻopuka ʻo ia, me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka nui o ka nui o ka poʻe noho hōkele ma mua o 70 pākēneka, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 10 pakeneka i kekahi mau makahiki i hala.
Hāʻawi ka ʻIseraʻela i kekahi o kēlā mālie ma nā alanui o Ierusalema kokoke i ka hana ʻana o nā haneli mau mile (mile) o nā paia a me nā pā a puni ke Komohana Komohana. Hoʻopiʻi ka poʻe ma Betelehema i ka pale no ka hoʻonāwaliwali ʻana i nā mea kipa, nā mea pono e hele ma waena o nā wahi kaha koa ʻIseraʻela e hiki i ke kūlanakauhale
"I ko mākou hiki ʻana aku, ua ʻike mākou i ka hale kiaʻi. ʻAʻole maikaʻi ia no nā Karistiano, "wahi a Kinga Mirowska, 24, mai Krakow, Polani ʻoiai ʻo ia e hele ana no kahi i manaʻo ai ka poʻe Kalikiano ua hānau ʻia ʻo Iesū e Maria ma kahi hānai holoholona no ka piha o nā hale hoʻokipa o Betelehema.
KAUOHE A ME KA PULE
Ke holo nei ʻo Khalil Salahat i kahi hale kūʻai hoʻomanaʻo me nā keʻa lāʻau ʻoliva a me nā hānau hānau. ʻAʻole like me nā hoanoho he nui, nona nā hale kūʻai i paʻa mau ʻia a hiki i ka wā Advent ma mua o ke Kalikimaka, ua paʻa ʻo Salahat i loko o nā makahiki wīwī akā ʻaʻole ia e pili i ka haʻi ʻana i kāna mau pilikia āpau i ka wā e kū mai ana ke emi ʻana o ka honua.
"Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka makahiki i hala," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ke nānā nei i mua i kahi huakaʻi i manaʻo ʻia e Pope Benedict i Mei e lawe i kahi hoʻonui.
"Akā manaʻo ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka ʻIseraʻela - makaʻu lākou i ko Palestinian a haʻalele lākou i kā lākou kālā ke hele mai lākou i aneʻi. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ke ʻole ka paia, ka ʻoihana. ”
He manaʻo i hoʻopiʻi ʻia e nā luna Palestinian.
"Inā kū ʻole ka hana, e maʻa mau ana mākou i ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ke koʻikoʻi psychological," wahi a Meia Batarseh.
Ua ʻike ʻo Daibes-Abu Dayyeh i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka maluhia i hui pū ʻia: "ʻIke mākou i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ʻano he mea hana e loaʻa ai ka maluhia ma ka ʻĀina Hemolele ...
Eia naʻe he nui nā mākaʻikaʻi e ʻike iki i ke ola Palesetina. Nui ka poʻe makemake e noho i loko o ka ʻIseraʻela e holo i Israel, ʻo 10 km (6 mile) ka mamao. Hoʻohui ʻia nā heluna nui o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻEulopa hikina i nā lā huakaʻi puahiohio mai ko ʻAigupita mau hōʻoluʻolu lā kai ma ke Kaiʻula, kahi holo waonahele ʻelima mau hola i ka hema.
ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka nui o ka manawa, hiki i Bethelehem ke lilo i wahi huikau - kahi kūlanakauhale Muslim nui kahi o ke kāhea ʻana o ka pule mai ka mosque ma Manger Square i poholo i nā mele Kalikimaka e pāʻani ana no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a ma kahi e kūlike ai nā lāʻau pāma a me ka lā me ka hau i uhi ʻia e ka hau Kūʻai ʻia ʻo Claus ma ke kūʻai.
Akā no nā Karistiano he nui he ʻike neʻe ia.
"ʻO kēia ka home o Kalikimaka," wahi a Dennis Thomson, he ʻAmelika e hana ana ma Ierusalema, e kipa ana i ka Lāpule.
"He mea nui kēia i ko mākou honua," wahi a Violetta Krupova, he kauka Lūkini hoʻomaha loa mai St. Petersburg, ka mea i ʻike maka ʻia i kona haʻalele ʻana i ka halepule kahi i wili ai nā kahuna kūloko a me ka oli ʻana i ka Lākina. "Ua makemake au e hele mai i aneʻi no ka lōʻihi."
