Haifa’s Christians Get Ready for Christmas

Stand for Israel  |  December 23, 2024

The Christians in Haifa, which is a city in northern Israel, finally get to celebrate Christmas, after months of security threats from Hezbollah, reports The Times of Israel:

Up and down the hilly streets of Wadi Nisnas, the main Christian neighborhood in Haifa, are Santa Claus statues, reindeer, and colorful twinkling lights.

After more than 14 months of Iran’s proxy Hezbollah launching hundreds of rockets at the northern city, the decorations on display the week before Christmas were heartwarming. Last year, after the terror group began raining projectiles on the north on October 8, 2023, there was little hope that it would be a festive holiday season until the commencement of the 60-day ceasefire on November 27, 2024.

The city of Haifa has about 290,000 residents, a mixture of Jews, Muslims, and Christians. This holiday season, some 16,500 Christian residents seem grateful that they finally had something to celebrate.