A 'sombre' Christmas in the Holy Land

Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem. (Photo: Unsplash/Christian Burri) “A ceasefire and peace – these are the two things I want for Christmas,” says Brendan Metcalfe, chief executive of Friends of the Holy Land. Months of war between Israel and Gaza are taking a “terrible” toll on the entire region, with devastating consequences for people in the … Read more