Jolly old St. Nick, aka Santa Claus, has been making some news this year: Indonesia issued a fatwa forbidding Muslims to wear Santa hats; Christmas was reportedly banned in Maryland schools because it was deemed “offensive” to Muslims, while a school district in Oregon banned Santa Claus and religious-themed decorations in classrooms; there are no more Christmas school celebrations in Turkey, either, following a ban, despite its being “the homeland of the real Santa Claus”; and France banned Santa from its primary schools for being too offensively “religious.”
Santa Claus was not banned in Palestinian Authority-governed Bethlehem. Santa Clauses (yes, plural) were seen running through the streets of the birthplace of Jesus. But these Santas were not bringing joy, smiles, peace and goodwill to children; they were Palestinians dressed up as Santa, throwing rocks at IDF soldiers and violently trying to force their way through to Muslim holy sites without permits, to “pray.”
The Santas were tear-gassed by Israeli troops. Palestinians previously threatened to “smash” Temple Mount Security cameras; that area has been targeted with “Palestinian terrorism and violence, including stabbing, shooting and vehicular ramming attacks.” From bans to jihadi rock-throwing and brawls; pity what “Father Christmas” has been forcibly reduced to.
“‘Santa stands with Palestinians!’ Red-suited protesters clash with Israeli police (VIDEOS),” RT, December 25, 2016:
Wearing symbolic red suits and white beards, with some completing their outfits with traditional Palestinian keffiyehs and even gas masks, the protesters marched towards a checkpoint connecting Bethlehem to Jerusalem.
Calling for the free movement of people between the two cities, activists carried signs which read “Santa Claus stands with the Palestinian people” and “Jesus came with a message of peace, his city suffers oppression.”
The procession of roughly one hundred activists was halted on Friday by Israeli troops in front of Checkpoint 300, which serves as one of the main transit gates between occupied West Bank cities.
Israeli soldiers fired tear gas, pepper spray and stun grenades at Palestinians who allegedly attacked IDF lines with rocks.
A number of people were injured, including journalists, after the activists were met by force, according to reports. Several people suffered smoke inhalation injuries during the clashes. At least five journalists covering the event, were also injured, Ma’an reports.
Israel defended its actions, saying that Palestinians pelted stones at IDF lines, which forces the soldiers to respond.
“15 men … threw rocks at Israeli soldiers,” an Israeli border police spokesperson told Ma’an, adding that “some of them were dressed as Santa Claus and tried to cross the checkpoint between Bethlehem and Jerusalem.” The spokesperson added that two Israeli soldiers suffered light injuries in the clashes….

Stephanie says
http://quran.com/9/30 ‘… may Allah destroy them’ quran.com/8/17, 9/14
StandWithUs+: Christians of the Middle East
https://twitter.com/schnellmann_org/status/813433610699161600
Sam says
Well if Israel stops building apartments for its ciitizens peace loving Palestinians would immediately stop killing.
I was trying to be funny with the above sentence and sudddenly I am so mad at these hate mongering Muslims for this non ending, stupid, self damaging violance against a nation which is may be the most advanced country culturally, morally and technologically in the world. How could that be?
Angemon says
I can imagine how that story will be told in the usual suspects: “IDF attacks Santa and journalists”
mortimer says
It looks like this ‘cultural appropriation’ of Christmas was a reverse benefit to the Pallies. They are actually making Islam look like the religion of jihad, intolerance and bigotry by highjacking the Christian festival of ‘Peace on Earth’.
They are showing Islam to be moronic.
CogitoErgoSum says
This is what Islam brings to the world.
Champ says
…hell on earth!
tama says
Hahah only the day before the BBC was running some trite piece about ‘Palestinians’ welcoming Christians to worship in peace together in the holy lands.
Kiel says
Now that the infamous UN has made resolutions against Israel making it illegal to build settlements in Judea and Samaria it’s time for Israel to speed up the necessary infrastructure lacking in the two provinces. The PA and Hamas have made it perfectly clear that their aim is to eradicate the Jewish State. Israel should squeeze out criminal elements and their families as the first step towards expulsion of Muslim Arabs from Judea and Samaria.
Judi says
Here, here.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
The comedian Dave Chappelle once did a skit about a blind black man who was deceived into believing he was a white man, and actually became the rabble-rousing leader of a KKK chapter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnyZ7WbYWbw
A similar prank was played on the 1993 WTC attack mastermind, the “blind sheikh” Omar Abdel Rahman, who was tricked by his mosque congregants into wearing a Santa hat:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-khWoj9vWNzk/V2EJ6ZtyweI/AAAAAAAAzbU/QELjXjGqL3o5pHopnUfbupfaDQfp1ccSgCLcB/s640/Muslim-Brotherhood-pressuring-White-House-to-release-Blind-Sheikh.jpg
ibrahim itace muhammed says
why not these christians as terrorists?you are the worst of mankind.continue branding all muslims as terrorists.islam will soon prevail even if force of devil dislike it.
gravenimage says
The repulsive ibrahim itace muhammed wrote:
why (sic) not these christians (sic) as terrorists?
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How many Christians demand access to pray at Muslim sites? Ridiculous. Of course these were Mohammedans
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you (sic) are the worst of mankind.continue (sic) branding all muslims (sic) as terrorists.islam (sic) will soon prevail even if force of devil dislike it.
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In other words, if we keep saying that Muslims wage violent Jihad against us, then they will be forced to wage violent Jihad against us.
And it is, of course, all the fault of the “filthy Infidels”. Why, if we pretended that Muslims weren’t waging violent Jihad against us…well, actually, they’d still be waging violent Jihad against us…
commonsense says
O Ib! Muslim hater kufaar heer at jihad wash not be understand you wise messge. But doo not stop write your messge to the devil Jew and Christians who actually Jew because like Jew they side with Jew to think they both have fight good Muslim like yu. On day EEsa come back and juge evil Jew and Christens, and they will go in Hell to Fire. So keep write to them and warn them of this and hoppe that they may learn frum yuu. You gud Muslim Ib so keep up good works and look me up if you need help to cut goat throte in street next Eid al-Adha. I bring nife if you need.
Baucent says
He might actually understand that.
Baucent says
And may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits.
gravenimage says
Palestinian “Santa Clauses” throw rocks at Israeli soldiers in Bethlehem
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These cynical Jihadi creeps dressing up as Santa probably had a double purpose–to try and lull Israeli soldiers in to a false sense of security so they could get close enough to harm them; and to lead clueless dhimmis watching the teargas response to think, “Oh, no! Those mean Israelis are attacking Santa!”.
God, I hate Islam.
Sheikh Yabooti says
Santa Claus is usually a pretty nice guy, but he should know better than to mess with Hanukkah Harry…
🙂
Byzantium1683 says
First I was surprised that the Palestinians would culturally allow this, even for fighting, but of course Its a publicity stunt. Says something how young men throwing rocks can be twisted into good publicity. (If it wasn’t for publicity at all, well my interpretation is still reasonable I think. Probably was though)
Mark A says
Isn’t this an example of what leftists call “cultural appropriation”?
ibrahim itace muhammed says
prostitute gravenimage,you mean a father diping his finger into his daughter’s vagina to train her to have indiscriminate sex like pigs according to evil mithraist bible in song of songs 22:13-18; is not an act of terrorism?continue saying terroooooooooooorism upto the end of your life, and then casted into hottest stream of hellfire for worshiping human partly a man and partly god.if you like you can worship all pigs totalled equal to one to show that you are in free civilised savager society
Baucent says
You are in for a surprise on the day of Judgement.
Cecilia Ellis says
Ibrahim, despite having a military career and teaching at both high school and collegiate levels, I must admit that never — repeat — never have I heard or read such filthy statements as those posted by you … incessantly.
Additionally, the Hebrew Scriptures do include the Bibilical book, “Song of Songs” as part of the Tanakh, specifically within the Ketuvim (“Writings”). However, the “Song of Songs” consists only of eight chapters, not twenty-two. As such, your reference does not exist … not that such is stunning.
Uniquely, the inclusion of “Song of Songs” in the Hebrew canonical texts was highly debated. Not until the first century A.D. was its inclusion in sacred writings permanently authorized, and then only because Jewish leadership interpreted it as allegory that represented Yahweh’s relationship to the Jewish people.
While one may well argue a variety of meanings, it is significant that Jewish and Christian Biblical scholars are committed to conducting historical, literary, contextual and rhetorical criticisms of the some twenty-five sayings contained in the “Song of Songs.” One, however, cannot say the same for Islamic scholars who must interpret the Quran as a literal, immutable revelation dictated to Muhammed … unless, of course, Allah abrogated certain verses with new verses that were deemed more convenient for Muhammed.
Now, as your statements reveal your interminable and perverted obsession with sexual matters, you have personified the vile image many non-Muslims have of Muhammed and Allah. Nothing you write inspires anything good or presents truth. Both you and your words are despicable.
Your charges against good people are baseless and libelous. You should know, “For stern as death is love.” (Song of Songs 8:6)
commonsense says
Your literate and scholarly comment to Ibe is entirely a waste of effort, as you are essentially trying to argue with and enlighten a pile of hedge clippings. But your comment is, however, greatly appreciated by those of us with intact cortical functioning. Thanks.
Cecilia Ellis says
Thank you, common sense. That was kind of you.
gravenimage says
Yes–fine analysis, Cecilia.
gravenimage says
Appalling Muslim thug ibrahim itace muhammed wrote:
prostitute (sic) gravenimage,you (sic)
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Firstly notice that muhammed is incapable of actually addressing any of the points I noted above about the virtual certainty of these rock-throwing thugs being Muslim, and about Muslims using fake grievances to justify waging violent Jihad against us, when Jihad against the Infidel is intrinsic to Islam.
He is either incapable of anything even resembling a reasoned argument, or he is simply so enraged at an Infidel–especially a woman–taking him to task for this bullsh*t that he is completely losing it.
Which brings us to the next point: his referring to me as a “prostitute”. This is more proof that Muslims supposedly targeting the West because it is supposedly “decadent” is false.
It does not matter to muhammed whether I am an actual prostitute, a party girl, dating, or–as I actually am–a long-term married lady, or even if I had married as a virgin.
Muslims see *all* Infidels as “prostitutes”, and being married means nothing to them if the husband is an Infidel. Married women captured by Muslims have their marriages instantly annulled, and are fair game for rape, and for being forcibly married off to any Muslim. *Ugh*.
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mean a father diping (sic) his finger into his daughter’s vagina to train her to have indiscriminate sex like pigs according to evil mithraist (sic) bible (sic) in song of songs 22:13-18; is not an act of terrorism?
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I had asked muhammed dozens of times to identify the fictive verse that allows a father to do such a thing (never mind that usually he claimed that the father “diped” his hand into his daughter’s vagina to “see if it tasted like wine”–really, he can’t even keep his falsehoods straight).
Only one problem: the Bible verse 22:13-18 is not Song of Songs (also known as Song of Solomon) at all: it is Deuteronomy.
So–where to start? The passage in Deuteronomy is about a father defending his daughter’s having been a virgin before an unjust and cruel husband–just the opposite of what muhammed claims.
And what about the Song of Solomon? Far from being the story of an abused daughter, it is the testament of a bride deeply in love with her husband. This is where the line about wine comes from: “for your love is better than wine”.
Among other things, muhammed is incapable of grasping such a simple comparison, but instead believes that someone is ignorant about whether a vagina literally tastes like wine. In fact, these verses are full of such metaphores and similes.
More to the point, he is taking a verse about romantic love between equals–one of history’s great love poems–and interpreting it as a father sexually abusing his daughter–why should we be surprised?
Pedophilia and child abuse are *rife* among Muslims–romantic love is not even a concept in Islam.
No–defending one’s daughter against an abusive husband is not terrorism, nor is tender love between married people terrorism. That muhammed believes that this is is hideously ugly–and *very telling*.
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continue (sic) saying terroooooooooooorism (sic) upto (sic) the end of your life, and then casted (sic) into hottest stream of hellfire (sic) for worshiping human partly a man and partly god.if (sic) you like you can worship all pigs totalled (sic) equal to one to show that you are in free civilised (sic) savager (sic) society (sic)
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Not that muhammed believes that our merely daring to acknowledge Jihad terror from Muslims will bring damnation–and why not? Under Shari’ah law, no dhimmi is allowed to so much as mention Jihad terror, lest he and his community want to suffer more of the same.
And muhammed reveals again that he understands nothing about Christianity, but appears to believe that Christians worship domesticated animals.
As always, dealing with this vicious Mohammedan is most unpleasant–but most instructive as to the workings of the Muslims mindset. *Ugh*.
Champ says
Baaaaad Santa! 😀
gravenimage says
🙂
f c king says
I wonder what some advanced civilization that intercepts radio signals containing this kind of news and islamic state execution videos think about our planet’s people ?
medaber_emet says
Latma לאטמה was a satirical show. they are so talented
here is their version for islamic jingle bells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ob_xMuPbk
its so true
ibrahim itace muhammed says
sorry cecilia ellis, i wanted to refer to deuteronomy 22:13-18 and song of songs 7:1-4,8-9, for a father to dip his finger into his daughter’s vagina for her brother to have sex with her to taste if it is like wine.thank you for drawing my attention to the mistake. again,according to leviticus 20:21 the father can marry off his daughter at age of 3.in exodus 21:78 the father can sell his daughter. i know as usual you will tell us that those verses apply to israelites only.but when the church waged crusade wars it relied on samuel 15:3 to carryout mass killings of muslims.there are many christians who rely on those hebrew verses to practice savageries, including diping fingers and selling daughters.
Cecilia Ellis says
Ibrahim wrote: “i (sic) wanted to refer to deuteronomy (sic) 22:13-18 and song (sic) of songs (sic) 7:1-4,8-9, for a father to dip his finger into his daughter’s vagina for (sic) her brother to have sex with her to taste if it is like wine.”
Ibrahim, here is the actual wording of Deuteronomy 22:13-18:
“Suppose a man marries a woman, but after going in to her, he dislikes her and makes up charges against her, slandering her by saying, ‘I married this woman; but when I lay with her, I did not find evidence of her virginity.’ The father of the young woman and her mother shall then submit evidence of the young woman’s virginity to the elders of the city at the gate. The father of the young woman shall say to the elders: ‘I gave my daughter in marriage to this man but he dislikes her; now he has made up charges against her, saying, ‘I did not find evidence of your daughter’s virginity.’ But here is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.’ Then they shall spread out the cloth before the elders of the town.”
I took the time to write this so that other JW readers might see just how you have distorted and fabricated the scriptural passage.
Additionally, the Book of Deuteronomy is both a theological and a legislative book, many of its provisions being recorded, during the Babylonian Exile (587-539 B.C.), from pre-Israelic oral traditions. [Note the dates: a minimum of almost 2600 years ago.] The passage you cite is specifically economic law. The father, during the time of ancient Israel, owned his daughter — you know, like Islamic fathers do today — such that the groom paid the father an agreed-upon amount of money, i.e., he bought the daughter from the father. Should the groom find that he did not like being married to the man’s daughter, he might try to claim that the daughter was not a virgin in order to get his money back and to divorce the daughter. To preclude this, a law was established in which the father of the daughter could produce attire or bedding that was stained with the daughter’s menstrual blood shortly before the wedding or stained with blood as a result of an intact hymen being torn during sexual intercourse with her husband on their wedding night — you know, like Muslims do today in many parts of the world.
Having already addressed the “Song of Songs,” albeit different verses, your distortion remains the same, as the woman, who desires to be with one whom she loves, cannot do so because of social prohibitions — you know, like Islam today. She, therefore, wishes that the one whom she loves would be someone that society would allow her to be alone with, such as it does with a family member. She is not saying that she wants to have sexual relations with her brother or any other extended family member — you know, like Muhammad actually did with Zaynab, the wife of his adopted son.
gravenimage says
More from ibrahim itace muhammed:
sorry (sic) cecilia (sic) ellis, (sic) i (sic) wanted to refer to deuteronomy (sic) 22:13-18 and song of songs (sic) 7:1-4,8-9, for a father to dip his finger into his daughter’s vagina for her brother to have sex with her to taste if it is like wine.
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I already noted that Deuteronomy 22:13-18 is about a father defending his daughter against an cruel husband–which muhammed appears to believe is abusive. And Song of Songs, as I also noted, is about romantic love between a married couple.
He seems to thrown in a new twist about the brother. The only problem is that this is neither about a father sexually abusing his daughter, nor about incest between brother and sister.
I have noted before that muhammed’s reading comprehension is extremely poor; previously he interpreted my talking about Qur’anic scholarship as being about sex with a quadruped.
Really, I think a bit of ESL might be in order…
Yet more:
thank (sic) you for drawing my attention to the mistake.
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Is muhammed being polite to an Infidel woman? He’ll probably be ranting about her being a “prostitute” any minute, though, if he stays true to character.
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again,according (sic) to leviticus (sic) 20:21 the father can marry off his daughter at age of 3.in (sic) exodus (sic) 21:78 the father can sell his daughter. i know as usual you will tell us that those verses apply to israelites (sic) only.
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Um–nope. Leviticus 20:21 counsels against a man marrying his brother’s wife.
Yes–slavery has existed in times past. As I have noted scores of times now, it is the West–Christians and Jews and their cultural heirs–who have *abolished* slavery. But Islam has never ended slavery–muhammed here was lauding Muslims for capturing Infidel women and using them as sex slaves just yesterday.
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but (sic) when the church waged crusade wars it relied on samuel (sic) 15:3 to carryout mass killings of muslims.there (sic) are many christians (sic) who rely on those hebrew (sic) verses to practice savageries, including diping (sic) fingers and selling daughters.
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Well, no. The Crusades were defensive wars, and there was no genocide. No one referred to Samuel. Note that as often as muhammed has made this claim, he has never been able to point to a single Crusader making such a citation.
And no Christian is selling his daughter–where did the ignorant muhammed get this idea? The selling of children is *illegal* in the West–if only this were the case in Dar-al-Islam, where Muslims sell off their children–often underaged–for whatever price they will bring.
And pedophilia is likewise illegal in the West–would that this were the case in Islam:
“Afghanistan: 8-year-old bride of mullah bleeds to death on her wedding night”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/05/afghanistan-8-year-old-bride-of-mullah-bleeds-to-death-on-her-wedding-night
That is just one horrific story. There are thousands more, as Muslims “marry” underaged girls on the model of the pedophile “Prophet”.
Florida Jim says
Trump will end the “Palestinian games” and remove all Palestinians to Iran or Libya. The game is over folks finally.
ibrahim itace muhammed says
florid jim,including christians among palestinians who are the custodian of christian holy places?no wonder the crusaders included christian palestinians in their mass killings?are palestinian christians fake as part of part amaleks you mithraist devil god said shall be erased for your masters the jews to settle in samuel 15:3?
gravenimage says
More ranting from this Muslim apologist. It is Muslims who are driving out and murdering Christians in the “Palestinian territories”, not Christians or Jews.
“Muslim persecution of Christians worsens in Palestinian territories, Israel”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/06/muslim-persecution-of-christians-worsens-in-palestinian-territories-israel
Walter Sieruk says
It figures . .For that character called Santa Claus is just a villain pretending to be a “good guy..” This Christmas season,just passed, with many decorations of glitter, one of which is that fictional fantasy non-entity called Santa Claus. Some Christians agree and some don’t that this third level myth is of no value and is even terrible. Only worthless mythical character that distracts and subverts the center of focus from the God -Man Jesus to valueless character of fiction, Santa Claus. For example during the 1960’s when I was eleven I was taken to a Presbyterian church Christmas social. The minister of that church gave no mention of Jesus but had a man come into the room as the guest of honor .He was dressed up and Santa Claus
Furthermore, some Christians have, well spoken, when they had said the Santa Claus is a type of Anti-Christ. Meaning a usurper of Christ or a Christ –like substitute. After all, Jesus taught many good values. This substitute for Jesus, [S.C.] wants little girls and boys to be good and rewards them for it. Also, in the Bible Jesus had great power and performed miracles. Likewise ,this usurper [S.C.] has great magical powers .As to visit with gifts the homes of millions of people in one night. A further example of this myth character being a Jesus usurper who is god- like is the song HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS . one of the lines in that song is “He doesn’t care if your rich or poor he loves you just the same….” What blasphemy .that some like Jesus ! Then there is the other song in which some of the lyrics are “He knows when you are sleeping ,he knows when your awake , he knows when you are bad or good so be good for goodness sake…” Now this clown [S.C.] is all-knowing, as in god-like .
The very worst of all was on Yahoo news ,this month, which ran a tragic story about a small terminally ill child who died in the arms of an actor playing the role of Santa Claus. In other words that was a news story of a child who dies in that that usurper arms [S.C.] and not in the arms of Jesus. In short Christians should feel nothing but disdain and abhorrence about that fictional character Santa Claus.
gravenimage says
Oh, pfffft. Santa Claus is a benevolent figure, and many devout Christians have no trouble with the man in the red suit, and don’t believe that a fun myth for kids takes away from the worship of Jesus at all.
And Muslims using Santa garb to get closer to their victims is just more Mohammedan perversity.