Christmas events

Israeli police assault Christians, restrict their participation in Holy Fire rituals

Saturday-19-April-2025

The Israeli occupation police assaulted Christians who wanted to attend the “Holy Fire” or “Holy Saturday” ceremony that started in the morning at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and prevented many of them from reaching the holy site.

Hamas calls for escalating Gaza solidarity events on the occasion of Christmas, New Year

Wednesday-1-January-2025

“Let Christmas celebrations be global occasion to intensify all forms of global solidarity, activism with Palestine, pressure to stop Zionist aggression on Gaza,” Hamas Movement said in a statement on Tuesday evening.

Disappearance of Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem for the 2nd year amid Gaza’s genocide

Wednesday-25-December-2024

For the second consecutive year, the city of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank is commemorating Christmas this year without the usual festive displays, mourning for Gaza amidst the ongoing Israeli genocide that has persisted for nearly 15 months.

Hamas condemns Israeli assaults on Christian worshipers in J’lem

Saturday-15-April-2023

The Hamas Movement has strongly denounced the Israeli occupation police for assaulting on Saturday a number of Christian worshipers in the Old City of Jerusalem and obstructing their access to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher to mark the Holy Fire occasion.

Follow-up committee slams Israeli curbs on Christian event in J’lem

Thursday-13-April-2023

The Higher Follow-up Committee in 1948 occupied Palestine has described the recent Israeli restrictions on the number of Christian worshipers attending Saturday's Holy Fire ceremony in Occupied Jerusalem as a “siege on the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.”

Nazareth: No Christmas festivities after Trump’s Jerusalem decision

Friday-15-December-2017

Nazareth mayor Ali Salam has cancelled all Christmas celebrations in protest at US president Donald Trump’s recognition of Occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.