This Week in Palestine is the best magazine documenting life in this troubled but lively and steadfast land. The issue just out is remarkable about our progress in Bethlehem and comes at the time of Christmas. It is rich with articles and information and inspiration. As Sani P. Meo put it “This is an exceptionally rich issue that also happens to mark our seventeenth anniversary.” Read it online here: http://thisweekinpalestine.com/issue-archive/

Here is also their story about our nascent museum (also in Bethlehem) published in an earlier issue http://thisweekinpalestine.com/review/the-palestine-museum-of-natural-history/

Stories from besieged Gaza can be painful but also can be inspiring. Here is one that touches the heart: The story of everything: the Palestinian Steven Hawking http://wearenotnumbers.org/home/Story/132

Turmoil in Holy Land to overshadow Christmas celebrations http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769191

Les Israéliens tuent les civils palestiniens dans une totale impunité
http://www.info-palestine.net/spip.php?article15772

Tadweer Project for recycling in Bethlehem, Palestine (Indiegogo campaign funding needed)
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/palestine-recycling-initiative#/