Arafat Won't Be Celebrating Christmas This Year

The Arab News is reporting thatIsrael has again Barred Arafat from making a trip to Bethlehem for Christmas. More specifically, they said he could go, they just couldn't guarantee that he could return to Ramallah.

For some reason, I just don't see Yassar as the kind of guy who has the spirit of Christmas in his heart. The holiday is already commercialized enough as it is, we certainly don't need it to become politicized anymore than it already is. If Yassar has to stay home and doesn't get to participate in the festivities, well that's just fine. It's not like he's a Christian. He's probably just going to look for a gift from the EU anyways.

I know that I'll be one very disappointed Christian when I don't see Yassar's terrorist mug staring back at me this year in the televised services at the Church of the Nativity. Very, very disappointing, indeed.

As an aside, I'm curious as to what possessed the Arab News to chose to run the particular picture they did in conjuection with this article. They're taking about Arafat and Bethlehem, yet run a picture of a kid shot with a rubber bullet in Balata. What gives with that?