I-TEL AVIV, I-ISRAEL: Umfazi wase-Arabhu wase-Israel uphethe umntwana onxibe njengo-Santa Claus njengabantu balungiselela iKrisimesi eJaffa, indawo exubeneyo yama-Arabhu-e-Tel Aviv, kwa-Israyeli. UbuKristu yenye yeenkolo ezaziwayo kwa-Israyeli kwaye buqhutywa ngabantu abangaphezu kwama-150 amawaka abemi bakwa-Israeli (malunga ne-2.1% yabemi). Malunga ne-127 lamawaka (iipesenti ezingama-80 zabahlali abangamaKristu) akwa-Israyeli ngamaKristu angama-Arab. (Ifoto ngu-Uriel Sinai / Getty Izithombe)
IYERUSALEM Ngelixa amaKristu enqunyulwa iintloko, ethuthunjiswa kwaye enyanzelwa ukuba aguqukele kwi-Islam yi-ISIS, kukho ilizwe elinye laseMbindi Mpuma apho amaKristu anokubhiyozela usuku lwabo olungcwele ngaphandle koloyiko. I-Israel yindawo ephela kuyo yonke iMbindi Mpuma apho ubuKristu abuzange bunyamezeleke kuphela, kodwa buye bachuma.
IKrisimesi kwa-Israyeli ayinakuthelekiswa nanto kwihlabathi liphela, kunye namaKristu enkolo nganye eza kunye ukubhiyozela ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo. Ngenxa yoku, iKrisimesi kwa-Israeli ayisiyiyo into yosuku olunye. AmaRoma Katolika kunye namaProtestanti abhiyozela nge-25 kaDisemba, ama-Orthodox amaKristu abhiyozela nge-6 kaJanuwari, kwaye ama-Armenia angamaKristu abhiyozela ngoJanuwari 18. Ngapha koko, iJerusalem yaziwa ngokuba sisixeko seKrisimesi ezintathu.
INazarete yiyo ekhaya kuluntu olukhulu lwamaSirayeli lwama-Arabhu. Kutshanje ibibambe intengiso yayo yasesitalatweni yonyaka yeKrisimesi, egcwele ubugcisa kunye nemisebenzi yezandla kunye nokutya okumnandi kwesintu. Imvumi yase-Israel u-Keren Hadar, kunye ne-Upper Galile Choir kunye neGalile Orchestra, badlale kwikonsathi edibeneyo ye-Hannukah-Christmas nge-19 kaDisemba. Nge-24 kaDisemba, umngcelele wesintu kwisitrato esikhulu saseNazarete watsala abantu ababhiyozelweyo abangama-30,000. indawo ephambili ye-Basilica yo-Annunciation. Kamva ngala mini, ababukeleyo babemangaliswa ngumboniso waminyaka le wemipu, eyayixhaswa liSebe loKhenketho lakwa-Israyeli.
EYerusalem, kukho imithendeleko emininzi yeKrisimesi eyenzeka kwidolophu elikomkhulu lakwa-Israeli, ukusuka kukhenketho olunezihloko ukuya ekuvuleni nasekuthengeni. KwiSixeko esiDala saseJerusalem, uSanta Claus ucenga ababukeli ukuba bathenge umthi weholide, ngelixa iJerusalem International YMCA ibambe iKonsathi yeKrisimesi yeeCarols kunye neekonsathi zomoya ovulekileyo.
Inani lamaKristu kwa-Israyeli likhule kalihlanu, ukuya kuthi ga kwi-158,000 yabemi bakwa-Israeli, ukusukela oko u-Israyeli wazimela ngo-1948. Oku kukhula kobuKristu akuvakalanga nakweyiphi na indawo eMbindi Mpuma.
Idatha ipapashiwe yi-Central Bureau of Statistics ityhila ukuba iipesenti ezi-2 zabemi bakwaSirayeli bangamaKristu. Ama-Arabhu angama-Arabhu ahamba phambili ngokubhekisele kwimfundo ngokuthelekisa naliphi na elinye iqela lenkolo elifumana imfundo kwa-Israyeli. Ngo-2011, inani labafundi abangamaKristu abangama-Arabhu abafanele ukufumana idiploma yamabanga aphakamileyo lalimi kuma-64 eepesenti, xa kuthelekiswa neepesenti ezingama-48 zabafundi abangamaSilamsi, iipesenti ezingama-55 phakathi kweDruze kunye neepesenti ezingama-59 kwinkqubo yemfundo yamaJuda ngokubanzi.
Ngelixa indawo yamaKristu ichuma kwa-Israyeli, okuchasene ngokupheleleyo kuyenzeka kwenye indawo kuMbindi Mpuma. Kwi ukufunda epapashwe ngumbutho wamazwe ngamazwe wamaKatolika Uncedo kwiCawa eliSweleyo , AmaKristu ajongene nokucinywa kuMbindi Mpuma kwisithuba seminyaka elishumi njengoko ebulawa yi-ISIS okanye enyanzelwa ukuba abaleke intshutshiso. Usekela Mongameli u-Elijah Brown uxelele i-Fox News: IKrisimesi yokugqibela ibikokokuqala ukuba iintsimbi zingakhali kwisixeko sase-Mosul kwiminyaka engama-2 000.
Nangona kunjalo, ukutshutshiswa kwamaKristu akuMbindi Mpuma kunjalo kungaphelelanga apho kwabo baphantsi kolawulo lwe-ISIS. E-Saudi Arabia, amaKristu avinjelwe ekubeni ngabemi kwaye akukho semthethweni ukuba ngumnini, uprinte okanye ungenise izinto zonqulo lobuKristu. ELebhanon, isizwe esasinamaKristu amaninzi, i-Islamic radicalization karhulumente kunye nenkxaso ye-Iranian ye-Hezbollah iholele ekuphumeni okukhulu kwamaKristu kweli lizwe kule minyaka.
Kukwakho ke namaKrestu aphantsi kolawulo lwamaPalestina, athe amanani awo ancipha ukusuka kwiipesenti ezili-15 zabemi ngo-1950 ukuya ngaphantsi kwesi-2 seepesenti namhlanje. Izixeko ezityebileyo kwimbali yobuKristu, ezinjengeBhetelehem, ngoku ziphantsi kolawulo lwamaSilamsi kwaye ziphantse azinaye kwaphela amaKristu. Le Krisimesi kwi ngokukodwa , Igunya lasePalestine lilinganisela ukubhiyozela iKrismesi kwi-West Bank, nto leyo edanisa amaKrestu asekuhlaleni.
U-Israyeli umi njengendawo yamaKristu afuna ukuvuya kwaye agcine ukholo lwawo, ngokuchasene kakhulu noMbindi Mpuma. Mhlawumbi leKrisimesi, akufuneki ukuba sibhiyozele le nyaniso kodwa singawalibali amanye amaKristu akuMbindi Mpuma angenalo ithamsanqa lokuhlala ngaphakathi kwemida yakwa-Israyeli.
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