Alice Bragg

A short film explaining why Christians in Beit Sahour (near Bethlehem) are so concerned about new settlement on their doorstep, authorised only last December and not yet under construction. Settlements surround Bethlehem, leaving little room for families to expand into new homes. Instead, the land is forcibly sequestered and dense towns erected on the site. Xavier Abu Eid, a Palestinian Christian political analyst, explains the various methods by which the Israeli state takes possession of Palestinian land. It is already difficult - and extremely testing - for Christians in Beit Sahour. Restrictions are routinely imposed upon their movement and random acts of intimidation are a feature of everyday life. This newly authorised settlement is right next to Beit Sahour, on their field where the Angel Gabriel is purported to have visited the shepherds by night. If construction begins, it will push many Christian residents to breaking point and they will leave the Holy Land. If Beit Sahour goes, soon every Christian may be gone. #ProtectAncientChristians @DalrympleWill @journostephen @Vulnerable_VPP @OborneTweets @CottrellStephen

On this day, April 25, 1946, seven British servicemen, most of whom were WW2 veterans, were killed by Jewish Zionist terrorists in Palestine in such a brutal way that it revolted the civilised world. One of the victims was L/Cpl John Park The forgotten 'car park' murder 1/14🧵⬇️

@PaterNikodemus: “There is no Annunciation without Nazareth, no Christmas without Bethlehem, no Easter without Jerusalem.”

@stalinoverlord @janiesaysyay @ThatAlexWoman Thanks 👍

@janiesaysyay @ThatAlexWoman Viewer discretion is advised. hamas-massacre.net

I have just seen the unedited footage of the October 7th attacks. Please read: What I saw was young men chopping off heads, shooting everything in sight, slaughtering little crying kids calling for their mummy, throwing grenades inside houses and cars and shelters, maiming bodies, playing with them, setting humans on fire, looking like it's the happiest day of their life. They call their relatives to celebrate how many they have killed. The parents back in Gaza are thrilled. They cheer and ask for more. "Bring back some heads for the people to play with" - asks a commander. The savages wilfully oblige, using flick knives to remove the skulls from slaughtered bodies like butchers carving up a carcass. "Bring some home for the people so we can crucify them in the square" the Hamas leaders order. The mangled, blood soaked bodies of hostages were paraded through the streets. The Gazan crowds cheered and filmed, celebrating or coming to spit on the terrified youngsters in the back of pick ups. The young Hamas brutes with their ecstatic grins, taking selfies, shouting Allahu Akbar, looked like so many of the young men in dinghies. Trendy clothes, modern phones. Energy and conviction. The first wave of attackers on October 7th were Hamas soldiers. The second, amateur conscripts. The third, Gazan civilians delighted to join in. What even are these monsters. I am forever changed, seeing what I have seen. And it isn't fake. It's footage Hamas shot themselves. Israel must live with that right next door. I fear we now have it, in hotels and houses around the country

How did you see it and where? Were you invited to a private screening? How does this work? I’m not attempting to discredit your account, I am genuinely interested. Other journalist have recounted what they saw on that day; it seems to be a new way of reporting a story: showing journalists footage and asking them to describe it to their audience rather than just releasing it. Okay, but for the sake of credibility it would seem important to know how you gained access to the footage and where you viewed it - thanks

I presume Mandelson isn’t one of them…

The settlers are supported by the Israeli military. This is state policy. Can we start talking about sanctions, please? @FCDOGovUK @TheEconomist

A 1min film showing the impact of Israeli settlements on Christian communities in the West Bank. Including the various means by which these settlements come into existence. In some cases, on sites of significance to Christians such as The Mount of Olives. The land is initially expropriated for military use before being handed over to Israeli settlers. A densely packed satellite village is then rapidly erected. The reality on the ground for Christians, quite apart from those who have seen their property and land taken away from them, is losing access to services or finding that normal access routes have become dangerous. There are a number instances of settlers chasing or attacking vehicles as people drive their children to a school, for example. The settlements also restrict the natural expansion of Christian communities, making it harder for Christian families to live decent lives. In Beit Sahour, a Christian community of 11,000, situated beside the field where Angel Gabriel visited the shepherds to proclaim the birth of Jesus Christ, these restrictions include Israel’s refusal to allow the construction of a Children’s Hospital on the adjoining field. Nevertheless, on the very spot this hospital was proposed, a settlement was recently authorised. This authorisation was granted last December. Construction has not yet begun. Settlements foreshadow violence. Attacks by Israeli settlers on local residents in the West Bank rose in 2025 to five per day. In January of this year, gun licenses were granted to the new settlements. This is particularly frightening as settlers have immunity from prosecution. It is time to Protect Ancient Christians @CottrellStephen @ArchbishopSarah @churchofengland @bishopnorwich @billbraviner @jamie_hawkey @MadsDavies @journostephen @OborneTweets @Vulnerable_VPP @MENA_Rights

A 1min film showing the impact of Israeli settlements on Christian communities in the West Bank. Including the various means by which these settlements come into existence. In some cases, on sites of significance to Christians such as The Mount of Olives. The land is initially expropriated for military use before being handed over to Israeli settlers. A densely packed satellite village is then rapidly erected. The reality on the ground for Christians, quite apart from those who have seen their property and land taken away from them, is losing access to services or finding that normal access routes have become dangerous. There are a number instances of settlers chasing or attacking vehicles as people drive their children to a school, for example. The settlements also restrict the natural expansion of Christian communities, making it harder for Christian families to live decent lives. In Beit Sahour, a Christian community of 11,000, situated beside the field where Angel Gabriel visited the shepherds to proclaim the birth of Jesus Christ, these restrictions include Israel’s refusal to allow the construction of a Children’s Hospital on the adjoining field. Nevertheless, on the very spot this hospital was proposed, a settlement was recently authorised. This authorisation was granted last December. Construction has not yet begun. Settlements foreshadow violence. Attacks by Israeli settlers on local residents in the West Bank rose in 2025 to five per day. In January of this year, gun licenses were granted to the new settlements. This is particularly frightening as settlers have immunity from prosecution. It is time to Protect Ancient Christians @CottrellStephen @ArchbishopSarah @churchofengland @bishopnorwich @billbraviner @jamie_hawkey @MadsDavies @journostephen @OborneTweets @Vulnerable_VPP @MENA_Rights

A 1min film showing the impact of Israeli settlements on Christian communities in the West Bank. Including the various means by which these settlements come into existence. In some cases, on sites of significance to Christians such as The Mount of Olives. The land is initially expropriated for military use before being handed over to Israeli settlers. A densely packed satellite village is then rapidly erected. The reality on the ground for Christians, quite apart from those who have seen their property and land taken away from them, is losing access to services or finding that normal access routes have become dangerous. There are a number instances of settlers chasing or attacking vehicles as people drive their children to a school, for example. The settlements also restrict the natural expansion of Christian communities, making it harder for Christian families to live decent lives. In Beit Sahour, a Christian community of 11,000, situated beside the field where Angel Gabriel visited the shepherds to proclaim the birth of Jesus Christ, these restrictions include Israel’s refusal to allow the construction of a Children’s Hospital on the adjoining field. Nevertheless, on the very spot this hospital was proposed, a settlement was recently authorised. This authorisation was granted last December. Construction has not yet begun. Settlements foreshadow violence. Attacks by Israeli settlers on local residents in the West Bank rose in 2025 to five per day. In January of this year, gun licenses were granted to the new settlements. This is particularly frightening as settlers have immunity from prosecution. It is time to Protect Ancient Christians @CottrellStephen @ArchbishopSarah @churchofengland @bishopnorwich @billbraviner @jamie_hawkey @MadsDavies @journostephen @OborneTweets @Vulnerable_VPP @MENA_Rights

11,000 Christians live in Beit Sahour, a village adjacent to where Angel Gabriel proclaimed the birth of Christ to shepherds by night. A settlement has been authoised on this spot - Shepherds Field - which may account for the increased attacks by Israeli settlers in recent months. Construction has not yet begun on the settlement and there is still time to reverse permission and, by extension, these attacks. But we need to act soon. Otherwise, this Christian community will become too frightened to remain in the Holy Land and will emigrate elsewhere. The question is, do we have to courage to do so? @CottrellStephen @ArchbishopSarah @churchofengland @bishopnorwich @billbraviner @MadsDavies @debbiesellin @AndrewBowyer4 @IhabHassane @OborneTweets #BeitSahour #Christians #WestBank #HolyLand #settlers #settlerviolence

The Christians of Beit Sahour, only a few miles from Jerusalem, are fully aware of this. That is why the proposed settlement on their doorstop ‘Yatziv’ is such a threat to the community’s survival. The settlement will be built upon the field where Angel Gabriel appeared to shepherds proclaiming the birth of Jesus Christ - half a mile up the road in Bethlehem. Construction has not yet begun. We must act. @CottrellStephen @ArchbishopSarah @ArchbishopOKC @MatthewPFirth @BishStrick @BishopDewar @OborneTweets

BREAKING: Cardinal Pizzaballa and the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land have issued a statement expressing profound indignation and unreserved condemnation of the desecration of a statue of Jesus Christ by an Israeli soldier in a Lebanese village, calling it a grave affront to the Christian faith — and linking it to a broader pattern of IDF desecration of Christian symbols in southern Lebanon.

Greek Orthodox Christians of Beit Sahour remember the crucifixion on Good Friday, 2026. Last December an Israeli settlement was authorised just steps away from this Christian community. They now face the prospect of being forced to leave. When Christ’s followers no longer live in the Holy Land, no longer pray in the churches, and no longer sustain His spirit in the holiest places, where does that leave the Christian faith? @goarch @ocaorg @GO_Metropolis #GreekOrthodox #GoodFriday #BeitSahour #Christians #settlers #settlerviolence #westbank #israelisettlers

Greek Orthodox Palm Sunday procession through the streets of Beit Sahour, Shakira played by the Scouts marching band. How long will this ancient Christian community survive? #ProtectAncientChristians

A simple but powerful initiative to sell produce made in a West Bank Christian parish through a network of churches internationally. @jacknassar33 @CottrellStephen @churchofengland @HolyTrinityRoe @bishopnorwich @billbraviner @gtomlin @stjohnswoodley

“What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify him!” “Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!” Matthew 27:22-24 Greek Orthodox Christians of Beit Sahour remember the crucifixion on Good Friday, 2026. Last December an Israeli settlement was authorised just steps away from this Christian community. They now face the prospect of being forced to leave. When Christ’s followers no longer live in the Holy Land, no longer pray in the churches, and no longer sustain His spirit in the holiest places, where does that leave the Christian faith? @goarch @ocaorg @GO_Metropolis #GreekOrthodox #GoodFriday #BeitSahour #Christians #settlers #settlerviolence #westbank #israelisettlers

Greek Orthodox Palm Sunday procession through the streets of Beit Sahour, Shakira played by the Scouts marching band. How long will this ancient Christian community survive? #ProtectAncientChristians @DalrympleWill @OborneTweets @goarch @ocaorg @GO_Metropolis @MuntherIsaac @journostephen