BETHLEHEM, West Bank - Ua hōʻailona ʻo Betelehema i ka Kalikimaka i ka Pōʻalima me ka lehulehu o nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hui pū ana me nā Kalikiano Palestinian kūloko ma ka wahi hānau kuʻuna o Iesū, ʻoiai ʻo ke kūlanakauhale ʻo West Bank i hōʻike ʻia i hoʻokahi makahiki i ka ʻike maka honua.
Ua hauʻoli ke ʻano, me nā lumi hōkele i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hōʻike ka poʻe kālepa i ka ʻoihana maikaʻi no ka manawa mua i nā makahiki, ʻoiai he wā lōʻihi o ka hana ʻino a Israeli-Palestinian i hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā ʻano a me nā mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua hāʻule ka ua māmā ma Betelehema i ke kakahiaka Kalikimaka. ʻO ka lehulehu o ka poʻe hoʻomana a me ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e lawe ana i nā umbrellas e hele wikiwiki ana ma ka plaza ma mua o ka Halepule o ka Nativity, i kūkulu ʻia ma luna o ka lua kahi i manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia ua hānau ʻia ʻo Iesū.
I loko o ka hale pule ʻo Crusader-era, he mau haneli ka poʻe i laina laina ʻelima ma waena o ʻelua lālani kolamu ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, e kali mālie ana i ko lākou manawa e iho i kekahi mau ʻanuʻu pōhaku i ka lua.
ʻO ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i loko o ka hale pule kahiko i ke kakahiaka Kalikimaka he poʻe ʻAsia, me kekahi poʻe ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika i hui pū me lākou.
Ma hope o ka haʻahaʻa ʻana i ka puka haʻahaʻa i loko o ka hale pule, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Wayne Shandera, 57, he kauka mai Houston, Texas, i ke ʻano nui o ka hale pule pōhaku kahiko. "Ke manaʻo nei ʻoe i ka hoʻomau ʻana me nā malihini a pau i nā makahiki i hele mai nei," wahi āna.
No Julie Saad, he 55 makahiki o Denver, Colo., ua lilo ka Ekalesia o ka Nativity i ka manaʻo nui. "ʻO ka noho ʻana ma ka ʻāina kahi i hele ai ʻo Iesū he ʻike uhane kupaianaha," wahi āna.
Ma ka halepule o St. Catherine kokoke, ua alakaʻi ʻo Fouad Twal, ka Patriarch Latin i hoʻonoho hou ʻia ma Ierusalema, i kāna hana kakahiaka Kalikimaka mua ma kāna hana hou. No ka Midnight Mass i kekahi mau hola ma mua, ua hoʻopiha ʻia ka hale pule ma ka lā Kalikimaka me nā poʻe hanohano, ʻo ia hoʻi ka Pelekikena Palestinian Mahmoud Abbas, a me nā mākaʻikaʻi i loaʻa nā tiketi a hele i nā māka palekana.
Ua ʻoi aku ka mālie o nā lawelawe kakahiaka Kalikimaka. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻaha kanaka he Palestinians kūloko, me kekahi poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e kū ana ma hope, e hoʻolohe ana i ka liturgy ʻōlelo Arab.
ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kipi ʻana o Palestinian e kūʻē iā ʻIseraʻela i ka hopena o 2000 a me ka hakakā ʻana ma hope o ka hoʻolauleʻa Kalikimaka ma Betelehema no nā makahiki he nui, e hōʻeha ana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ʻo ia ke ola o ke kūlanakauhale.
ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka nui o nā helu mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomaha i kēia makahiki mai nā ʻumi kaukani i kipa aku i nā makahiki kiʻekiʻe o ka hopena o nā makahiki 1990 a me 2000 millennium, ua piʻi lākou mai nā makahiki i hala iho nei, i ka wā i hele mai ai kekahi mau kaukani malihini. ʻO ka papa o ka makahiki, ʻoi aku ma mua o 1 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i kipa i ko lākou kūlanakauhale, e hāʻawi ana i kahi hoʻoikaika nui i ka ʻoihana kūloko.
Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole maikaʻi nā mea a pau ma Betelehema, ʻoiai ka emi ʻana o ka hana ʻino a me ka hoʻomaka hou ʻana o nā kamaʻilio maluhia i ka makahiki i hala ma waena o ʻIseraʻela a me ke aupuni o Abbas.
Ua hoʻopuni ʻia ʻo Betelehema ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻekolu e ka pale o nā papa sika kiʻekiʻe a me nā pā uila a ʻIseraʻela i kūkulu ai. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ʻIseraʻela, ua manaʻo ʻia ka pale e pale aku i ka poʻe pepehi kanaka, akā no ka mea, e komo ana i loko o ka West Ban
k, ʻike ka poʻe Palesetina he ʻāina hoʻokaʻawale lahilahi e ʻoki ana i kā lākou hoʻokele waiwai.
ʻO ka Emigration, i kēia manawa, ua hōʻemi i ka heluna Kalikiano o ke kaona i kahi 35 a 50 pakeneka o kāna mau kānaka 40,000, mai ka 90 pakeneka i ka makahiki 1950.
Ua ʻokoʻa loa nā ʻoliʻoli ma ke kaona o West Bank me ke ʻano o Gaza e holo nei ʻo Hamas, he 45 mau mile ka mamao. ʻO ka poʻe koa ma laila ke hoʻouka nei i nā kaiāulu ʻIseraʻela kokoke me nā pōhaku a me nā morta mai ka wā i pau ai ke kuʻikahi i hoʻokahi pule i hala aku nei, e kali ana e ʻike inā e hana ʻo ʻIseraʻela i kāna hoʻoweliweli pinepine e hahau iā lākou me ka pūʻali koa.
ʻO ke kaiāulu Kalikiano liʻiliʻi ma Gaza - 400 mai ka heluna nui o 1.4 miliona, ua kāpae i kāna Mass aumoe e kūʻē i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ka ʻIseraʻela, i kau ʻia ma hope o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o ka Islamic Hamas i ka ʻāina i ka makahiki i hala a hoʻopaʻa hou ʻia i ka mahina i hala, i ka wā i hoʻomaka hou ai nā pūʻali koa Gaza i ke ahi. .
