Israel takes Bethlehem, first hand account

this was posted on the Islamaphonia mailing list by Nao.


Subject: From my former student, Paola Handal, who married and now lives in Bethlehem

October 20, 2001

I have been in Palestine less than a month. I always knew this place was unstable and had mixed feelings to move here but god works in mysterious ways and has brought me here. The last three weeks, rumors spread that things would get better. Bethlehem has been shut down for over a year and for a town that survives in tourism, it is slowly dying and its inhabitants are suffering. The town is a virtual ghost town and most shops are closed. Permissions to Jerusalem are not granted so people here remain desolate.

Just when I thought life here could be possible and I was slowly settling in, Bethlehem was invaded. ( Read more... )

ha!

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on the way home from seeing Mulholland Drive (yesss!) we were listening to one of the local Christian Radio stations, as we are wont to do, since i am fond of the oratorial styles of some of the old time preachers, and they play a lot of archival tapes on the radio here...

we came across a show by this extremist jackass by the name of Dr. Robert Morey, who not only brazenly mocked Islam in the most offensive manner possible, but also appeared to basically call for a religious war against Islam.
http://www.faithdefenders.com/specials.html
i encourage you to click and find out for yourself...
i am scared of the ever increasing intolerance on all sides.