![]() HADDAD: I mean, it depends on which staffers we talked to. What response, if any, did you all receive? You met with lawmakers and their staffs on Capitol Hill and officials in the White House to press them on a cease-fire. KHALID: Tamar, you're here in the studio with me at NPR because, this week, you all came to Washington, D.C. No one feels - no one is in a mood to celebrate. We hope this war ends as soon as possible. And we're sending a message - enough, enough. ISAAC: Because it's impossible to celebrate when our people are going through a genocide. What does it mean to not celebrate Christmas? Why have you all decided to do that? KHALID: Munther, I want to start with you. Munther Isaac and Tamar Haddad, two of those Christian leaders, join us now. ![]() And as the war between Israel and Hamas continues, Christian leaders in Bethlehem say the city will skip Christmas festivities this year in solidarity with the people of Gaza. ![]() Bethlehem, long revered as the birthplace of Jesus, is in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. ![]()
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