Gunmen take over Bethlehem city hall overlooking Manger Square and Church of the Nativity

AP News Alert | December 20, 2005

[Wiseghy]

Hey,

The Pali's are an oppressed people, who have been forced to take up arms against those, allegedly, innocent Christmas pilgrams! (sar.)

[dinok]

Nice going GW and Sharon...give these animals the birthplace of Christ to desecrate.

[greasepaint]

I hope the manger is bullit and bomb proof.

I would not want that important relic
to be damaged.

[onyx]

Apparently, they want jobs and this incident has concluded.

[meanie monster]

agreed,,,this is pissing me off.

[ReignOfError]

well I certainly hope no one infringes on their civil liberties or tries to tap their phones

That's not the kind of (double) "tap" the Mossad specializes in.

[ReignOfError]

They got the green light to do away with Christmas (and Christians), when the MSM and PC Liberals did their level best to deny Jesus His birth. I hope Liberals are happy.

Yup. I'm sure this happened because Wallyworld greeters in the US are saying "Happy Holidays." instead of "Merry Christmas."

(Eye roll)

[Recon Dad]

Not to go to Israel. You felt like you were in any US city with everything we come to expect here. On the other hand the minute you cross into the West Bank you're stepping back in time. You don't feel safe and can't wait till you're back in Israel.

There is absolutely no way for these two peoples to live as close as they do to each other for long. If I was the Israelis I'd run the whole crowd into Gaza and bottle them in with a huge wall.

[meanie monster]

yap

[wayne_b24]

you and meanie monster are correct. we were there in october, and crossing into w. bank was definitely regressing .. dirtier, more graffiti, more wear and tear, more third-world looking - plus the free posters of arafat and homicide bombers. we enjoyed our visit of course, but we were definitely glad to cross back into israel - after getting stopped at the checkpoint for a half hour or so. scary, but instructive, and a great story. we love israel even more after that.

[Little Ray]

Why is it that Muslims can defile Christian sites any time they d@mn well please (they did this before, remember?), but we have respect Muslim holy sites?

I think we need to change the Rules of Engagment.

[Aquinasfan]

Why is it that Muslims can defile Christian sites any time they d@mn well please (they did this before, remember?), but we have respect Muslim holy sites?

Because the MSM is afraid of the Mohammedans, but not of Christians.

[familyop]

THE VATICAN AND THE STANDOFF AT THE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY

[Mike Darancette]

Gunmen take over Bethlehem city hall overlooking Manger Square and Church of the Nativity.

It's starting to look a lot like Christmas.

[Little Ray]

Which is one more reason I'm not a Roman Catholic.

A more appropriate response would have been declaring a Crusade against the Palestinians.