Santa Claus

A protester dressed as Santa Claus runs from a cloud of tear gas shot by Israeli Border Police, Bethlehem, West Bank, December 23, 2016. (Activestills)

PHOTOS: Palestinian Santas protest the occupation in Bethlehem

Roughly 100 people march on a checkpoint in Bethlehem to protest the occupation and mark Christmas. Israeli forces respond by pepper-spraying and teargassing the demonstrators. Text by Oren Ziv. Photos by Oren Ziv, Keren Manor and Shahaf Polakow Around 100 members of the Palestinian Popular Committees marched towards one of Bethlehem’s main checkpoints on Friday to protest…

By Activestills December 23, 2016

Palestinians dressed up as Santa Claus demonstrate at the separation wall, Bethlehem, December 18, 2015. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Palestinian Santa Clauses clash with Border Police in Bethlehem

Protesters held up posters with messages such as ‘For Christmas I want every Palestinian child back home.’ By Anne Paq and Mustafa Bader / Activestills.org A week before Christmas, Palestinians dressed up as Santa Claus marched toward the separation wall in Bethlehem last Friday, where they clashed with Israeli Border Police. The protesters chanted slogans…

By Activestills December 20, 2015

A Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus hands out flowers cars passing through the Huwwara military checkpoint, south of Nablus, during a protest against Israeli occupation, January 1, 2015. One protester was arrested during the action. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

‘A year with no checkpoints’: Handing out flowers in the West Bank

In one of the first Palestinian protests of 2015, demonstrators call for 2015 to be the year of no occupation and no checkpoints. Dozens of Palestinian and international activists, some dressed as Santa Claus, protested at the Huwwara checkpoint near Nablus in the West Bank on the first day of 2015. Some of the demonstrators…

By Activestills January 3, 2015

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A Christmas journey part 4: The stranger

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By Yuval Ben-Ami December 14, 2011