A look gorgeous the motor was the joy of christmas and the joy of christmas is this year all over the place in every city in the west bank in. Love it for hollywood and im a large area go everywhere people are celebrating the joy of christmas the last time around we spoke to mayor and john salmond he described christmas celebrations in bethlehem as almost an act of defiance against the defacto u. K. U. S. Backed Israeli Occupation do you think that occupation is still on the minds of all the pilgrims that will be there celebrating this year well actually the wall speaks for itself the world by itself is and good patient so when you look at when youre at the end of the city you enter the city definitely there are a normal conditions however our persistence to conduct the celebration of christmas in the city. The nativity in the city of birth of peace it is yes. A determination that we are there to celebrate christmas despite all the paying actions and despite all the american policy we
You might as well throw your kids ations against Russian Diplomats in the case with the athletes and for our criminal liability. Youre watching our 2 international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. A suicide attacker has detonated a car bomb outside the back room airbase one of the main u. S. Military outpost in afghanistan the top comes not long after tom surprise thanksgiving visit to that same base local media reports say the powerful blast hit a medical facility close to the bases main gate at least 2 people were killed and more than 70 injured according to local sources issued out quickly followed its being reported 3 of the attackers remain at large and 3 others have been killed and another captured. A local t. V. Channel says the taliban has claimed responsibility the american president visit the air base and late november for the skipping speaking to the military personnel their term struck a upbeat tone. With the help of the
U. S. Backed Israeli Occupation do you think that occupation is still on the minds of all the pilgrims that will be there celebrating this year well actually the wall speaks for itself the wall by itself is an occupation so when you look at when youre at the city you enter the city definitely there are of normal conditions however our persistence to conduct the celebration of christmas in the city of the nativity in the city of birth of peace it is yes a determination that we are there to celebrate christmas despite all the playing actions and despite all the american policy we have the right to live joy to live peace and this is what we express in our celebrations and through our message of peace not only to us for do not live. Be is but to the whole world this well you mention the war what exactly has happened to beverly arms christians over cern 86 percent. Of christians of have left and the wall is being blamed for that as well as illegal new orchid patients around bethlehem when w
Important u. K. General election since the 2nd world war its also the 1st christmas election since 923 in all the head of Un Security Council discussions on the birthplace of jesus palestine occupied with angloamerican military support coming up in the show is israel trying to destroy the birthplace of jesus we asked the 1st female mayor of bethlehem where a boon about Israeli Occupation and accusations of the ethnic cleansing of christians from palestine. And fighting for justice in the middle east and one of britains most celebrated composers how it played on his Legendary Music for the snowman and composing for everyone from Princess Diana to the United Nations ahead of his performance tomorrow with welsh met so soprano Katherine Jenkins at the Royal Albert Hall possible coming up in todays going on the ground a 1st after tomorrows u. K. General election let alone the fallout from the u. S. Inspector generals report into obama corruption in the usa will come christmas when millions
Composers how it played on his Legendary Music for the snowman and composing for everyone from Princess Diana to the United Nations ahead of his performance tomorrow with welsh met so soprano Katherine Jenkins at the Royal Albert Hall also more coming up in todays going on the ground a 1st after tomorrows u. K. General election let alone the fallout from the u. S. Inspector generals report into obama corruption in the usa will come christmas when millions of people of the book all around the world look to bethlehem in palestine to celebrate the birth of jesus christ but is what is happening in bethlehem arguably just as political as the Major International stories we have covered on this program this year we can go now to bethlehem in palestine joining me is Beth Forman Vera and thanks so much vera for you coming on to if you could just paint as a picture of what beth them is like this year because obviously theres a wall theres the aida refugee camp banksy so tell the woman in black t