{"id":258070,"date":"2017-12-24T12:33:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T17:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=258070"},"modified":"2020-08-13T12:37:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T16:37:17","slug":"on-banksys-christmas-card-joseph-and-mary-cant-make-it-to-bethlehem-because-of-police-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/zh-hans\/on-banksys-christmas-card-joseph-and-mary-cant-make-it-to-bethlehem-because-of-police-state\/","title":{"rendered":"On Banksy\u2019s Christmas Card Joseph And Mary Can\u2019t Make It To Bethlehem Because of Police State"},"content":{"rendered":"
RAEL\u2019S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
Quite funny that a country, which is claiming to be Christian, USA, supports Israel, which is blocking the movements of Palestinians with walls; which would have made it impossible for Mary to give birth to Jesus in Bethlehem\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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The card has recently gone viral again because of the\u00a0holidays, but it is actually a few years old and seems to circulate around this time every year.<\/p>\n

The piece first appeared at Santa\u2019s Ghetto exhibit in London in 2005, which followed Banksy\u2019s trip to\u00a0the middle east.<\/p>\n

Regardless of when the image was created, it sends a powerful message about how divided the middle east is on racial and ethnic lines, creating a\u00a0massive refugee crisis, and widespread ghettos in many parts of the region. This current reality is obviously highlighted by the biblical story of Joseph and Mary, two refugees themselves who were said to travel across those lands thousands of years ago.<\/p>\n

When the state of Israel was created instead of integrating the Arab and Jewish\u00a0cultures\u00a0together, the ruling class put policies in place that would force the Palestinian people onto unfertile ghettos, separated from water sources and food growing lands by giant walls. The Palestinians were also not given the right to organize, own property, or work, and without these basic freedoms, they remain refugees. These policies would result in a growing\u00a0hostility\u00a0between the two groups which eventually flared up in physical violence. This violence has spread all throughout the oil-rich Middle East and has allowed the western establishment to have a permanent involvement in the region\u2019s affairs, just as they planned.<\/p>\n

The Palestinians have been tossed out into the wilderness, displaced from their homes and most of them are only asking for the ability to\u00a0work, trade and own property. To be given this freedom would prevent them from being displaced again and would establish a proper economy so the Palestinian people can have a fighting chance to become a thriving society. The American government, which is also a banker backed colony, used these same policies to wipe out the native people that inhabited North America. The Native Americans were also treated as\u00a0exiles\u00a0on their own land and were pushed further and further away from their homes until the only places left for them were small reservations that were mostly in the desert.<\/p>\n

On Banksy\u2019s Christmas Card Joseph And Mary Can\u2019t Make It To Bethlehem Because of Police State<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n