In this time of Christmas we are reminded as Christians of the place of Christ's birth, that little town in Bethlehem. It still exists in apartheid ruled Palestine. A zionist, not a jewish, government holds the land in a stranglehold even after 50 years of conflict.For the past half century the people of the people who live in that place that was once the site of the Holiest night have not known the security of peace or the divinity of security and peace.
For the past 50 years people like me have fought and railed and educated, and inevitabley delt with the frustration that comes from fighting a grass roots battle against monetarily endowed giants who feed the ignorance of people the world over.
As in so many situations art has risen to the surface to give voice to the frustration and the anger we all share.
Banksy has just put up a new show in Bethlehem. Check him out if you can.
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