Cishe abantu abayi-7 abangenawo umsebenzi emkhakheni wezokuvakasha eBethlehem
Kulo nyaka eBhetlehema kuzoba noKhisimusi onokuthula nongaconsi phansi, lapho abantu ababalelwa ku-7.000 19 ababambe iqhaza emkhakheni wezokuvakasha bengasebenzi ngenxa yesifo i-COVID-XNUMX, kusho iMeya yaseBethlehem u-Anton Salman.
Cishe abekho abahambi noma abavakashi abavakashele eBethlehem selokhu kwaqala ukubheduka ngoMashi, lapho kutholakala ukuthi amacala okuqala e-COVID-19 eWest Bank eqenjini lama-pilgrim angamaGrikhi.
Engqungqutheleni yevidiyo ebingoDisemba 2, uSalman utshele izintatheli ukuthi imindeni engaba ngu-800 yaseBethlehem isale ingenayo imali njengoba amahhotela angama-67, izitolo ezingama-230 zezikhumbuzo, izindawo zokudlela ezingama-127 kanye nemihlangano yokufundela yezandla engama-250 aphoqeleka ukuba ivalwe edolobheni elithembele ezomnotho. ezokuvakasha.
USalman uthe yize kunomsebenzi wokugcina uKhisimusi uphila eBethlehem, uma kubhekwa isimo esikhona njengamanje, isikhathi samaholide ngeke sibe sesivamile. Imikhosi yezenkolo izolandela amasiko eSimo Esikhona, kepha ezinye izivumelwano kuzodingeka zivumelaniswe neqiniso le-COVID-19, kusho yena. Imihlangano yokuphothula izinqubo izobanjwa phakathi kwamasonto nomasipala ngoDisemba 14, esho.
Ukulungiswa kwesihlahla sedolobha likaKhisimusi eManger Square sekuqalile, kepha isikwele esivame ukuphithizela ngezivakashi ngalesi sikhathi sonyaka besicishe asinalutho ekuqaleni kukaDisemba, izivakashi ezimbalwa zendawo bezimisa ukuzithwebula isihlahla.
Kulo nyaka bekungekho sidingo sokumisa isiteji esikhulu semikhosi esiseduze kwesihlahla: ngeke kube khona izingoma zomculo ezenziwa ngamakhwaya asekhaya nawakwamanye amazwe ngesikhathi samaholide.
Isikhathi sokufika ebusuku esabekwa emadolobheni asePalestine kulandela isiphambano emacaleni e-COVID-19 sigcina abantu bengena ezindlini phakathi kuka-19pm no-00am futhi kuzoba nomhlangano omfushane wokukhanyisa izihlahla kuphela - imvamisa ojabulisayo. ukuqala kwesikhathi samaholide - Disemba 6, kusho uSalman.
“Kuzoba nabantu abangu-12 kuphela, ngesikhathi esincane. Bazokhuphukela esigcawini futhi abapristi bazosibusisa lesi sihlahla, ”kusho yena.
U-Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, umbhishobhi omusha waseLatin waseJerusalema, utshele iCatholic News Service ukuthi lo bhishobhi uba nezingxoxo neziphathimandla zasePalestina kanye nezakwa-Israyeli ukuthola ukuthi izobanjelwa kanjani imikhosi kaKhisimusi yenkolo. Kodwa ngokushintsha kwesimo nsuku zonke futhi abakwa-Israyeli nabasePalestine, ngamunye enezidingo zakhe ezihlukile, akukaze kuphothulwe lutho, engeza.
"Sizokwenza konke njengenjwayelo kodwa, nakanjani, sinabantu abambalwa," kusho uPizzaballa. "Izinto ziyashintsha nsuku zonke, ngakho-ke kunzima ukusho manje ukuthi kuzokwenzekani ngomhlaka-25 Disemba."
Uthe angathanda ukuthi amakholwa akwazi ukuya eMiseni likaKhisimusi kanye nabamele umphakathi wendawo ngokulandela imigomo edingekayo ye-COVID-19