Christmas Time Pictures of Israel's Victims

Palestinian Hala H. Issa cries as an Israeli occupation army bulldozer (BACKGROUND) destroys her house in the Palestinian West Bank city of Bethlehem on December 17, 2002, a week before Christmas!


Palestinian demonstrators destroy an Israeli army gate during a demonstration in the Palestinian West Bank City of Nablus, December 19, 2002. Angry Palestinians destroyed the gate that the Israeli occupation army built to separate the city of Nablus into two parts to prevent Palestinians from leaving the re-occupied city.


Lebanese boys hold lanterns during a pre-Christmas celebration in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002. About 150 Lebanese and Palestinian schoolchildren took part in the celebration calling for world peace.


Palestinian youths carry their stone-throwing friend Alaa Sghedi, 15-year-old, after he was shot by Israeli occupation army soldiers in the southern Gaza refugee camp of Rafah near the border with Egypt Wednesday Dec. 18, 2002. Alaa, with several bulets to his body, including one in the head, died shortly after the shooting.


An Israeli soldier grabs a Palestinian from his neck as he prevents him of getting home into the Palestinian West bank city of Nablus at the Hawara checkpoint on the outskirts of the city Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002. Dozens of roadblocks, set up by the Israeli occupation army, have sealed Palestinian cities and prevent most people from traveling.


Relatives of Jawad Zeidan, 17-year-old, mourn over his body at the family house in the Palestinian Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday December 18, 2002. Zeidan was killed Tuesday night from an Israeli occupation army tank shell that hit his home.


Palestinian women collect their belongings from the remains of their destroyed houses in Rafah southern Gaza Strip Monday Dec. 16, 2002. Israeli soldiers demolished 16 Palestinian houses in the refugee camp near the Jewish settlement of Morag, leaving more than 100 people homeless. We send billions to Israel so that it can make Palestinians homeless rather than using that money for Universal Health Care in our own country.