In the West Bank, people witness more Israeli checkpoints and blockades, so faith becomes a source of encouragement and resilience, the pastor of Bethlehem’s Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church Reverend Dr Munther Isaac said.
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00:00You've painted a picture there for us.
00:03You speak of feeling powerless in many ways.
00:07Do you have any hope for peace
00:09or an end to Israel's campaign?
00:12Our hope right now is for the war to end.
00:14Our hope is to survive.
00:17It's honestly very, very hard to think beyond this.
00:20I think of our families and friends in Gaza.
00:23I mean, what hope do they have other than
00:26we hope we survive and then see what happens
00:29because their homes are destroyed?
00:32Here in the West Bank, all we hear about is the annexation.
00:35Israel taking more land.
00:37We're witnessing more blockades,
00:40more checkpoints surrounding our towns and villages.
00:43Even Bethlehem right now,
00:44all it takes is to close two checkpoints
00:47and Bethlehem becomes completely isolated.
00:49Another Gaza.
00:51And so right now, faith becomes a source of encouragement,
00:56a source of resilience.
00:59Our message this year has been one of resilience
01:02and to that we turn to our faith.