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Saturday, December 21, 2013

Israel hates Christmas? Not quite.

On Friday I showed that an article in the Independent, by Mira Bar Hillel, was filled with lies and misinformation.

She pretended that Israelis wanted to ban Christmas trees, based on a year-old news story where a single person made such a call.

Indeed, the Jerusalem municipality distributes free Christmas trees to anyone who wants one.

And this weekend I saw this on the cover of an Israeli entertainment magazine, noting where anyone can find notable Christmas activities in Jerusalem this week: