If you read one thing this holiday season, let it be this oped by Rev Munther Isaac: "Jesus was not born into serenity but into upheaval. He was born under military occupation, to a family displaced by an imperial decree, in a region living under the shadow of violence... Indeed, Christmas is a story of empire, injustice and the vulnerability of ordinary people caught in its path." #Christmas #Palestine https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/12/24/christmas-is-not-a-western-story-it-is-a-palestinian-one