For today, a link to a report from National Public Radio; then, links to commentary and a link to an interview, both from ScheerPost; other postings are accessible by clicking on their sources’ names or initials below. — MCM

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Christmas in Bethlehem is somber due to the Israel-Hamas war. Reported by Asma Khalid and Jason DeRose | NPR  There are about 200,000 Palestinian Christians who live in and around Bethlehem, the Galilee region and Gaza. Usually crowds pack into Manger Square for celebrations but this year the mood is subdued. Click HERE to listen and read.

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The cost of bearing witness, by Chris Hedges | ScheerPost  The Palestinian novelist and playwright Atef Abu Saif and his 15-year-old son Yasser live in the occupied West Bank. They were visiting family in Gaza — where he was born — when Israel began its scorched earth campaign. Atef is no stranger to the violence of the Israeli occupiers. He was two months old during the 1973 war and . . . READ MORE . . .

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Invoking the Genocide Convention, Israel and the Kennedys. An interview from ScheerPost. Introduction: “Journalists for Sale co-hosts Max Jones and Diego Ramos speak with Sam Husseini about invoking the Genocide Convention against Israel, and the superiority of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) compared to the International Criminal Court (ICC). They also discuss the potential role of Israel in the Kennedy assassinations, and analyze why Israel is almost never mentioned in conspiracy theories about Kennedy’s death.” Click HERE to watch and listen.