BETHLEHEM (PIC)– Palestinian activists decorated a Christmas tree in Manger Square in Bethlehem with teargas grenades and rubber-coated bullets.
Dozens of Palestinian youths in Bethlehem have collected tear gas grenades and rubber-coated bullets fired by Israeli forces during clashes and used them for the decoration of the Christmas tree.
One of the activists told the PIC reporter that this action is meant to send a message to foreign tourists coming from all over the world to celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem that this city is subjected to an Israeli racist repressive occupation.
These tear gas grenades and rubber-coated bullets were made in the United States and provided to the Israeli occupation to be used against Palestinian children elderly people and women in different parts of Palestinian towns cities and refugee camps he continued.
He explained that this is a straight message to the international community and the US administration to support peace instead of continuing to support the occupation.
