The prison walls have been closed...the Bethlehem Ghetto is now a reality.

http://bethlehemghetto.blogspot.com/

The prison walls have been closed

The Bethlehem Ghetto is now a reality. Please stand with the people of this city by visiting and helping us share this truth with the world. The people of Bethlehem need friends now more than ever.

The current situation is grim. The walls and fences that encircle Bethlehem have turned this 4000 year old city into a prison for its 160,000 citizens. The number of tourists visiting Bethlehem has dropped from nearly 92,000 in 2000 to a mere 7,249 in 2004. In the last five years 9.3 per cent of the Christian population of Bethlehem has emigrated. Restaurants, shops and commercial outlets have shrunk and Bethlehem's economy is threatened.

The loss of Bethlehem to the world, says Leila Sansour, 'would have a devastating effect on the cause of open democracy in the Middle East, on Christianity worldwide, and on the relationship between Christian nations and other countries.' http://bethlehemghetto.blogspot.com/

The events of the build up to the massacre in Warsaw should illuminate features of this situation.

How can you cage an entire culture without murderous intent?

Lives like own own are being crushed and we do nothing but look the other way.

we should just say no.

To funding for Israel.