December 22, 2007

Santa







These photos were taken at a recent protest against the apartheid wall .. it took place in the West Bank village of Umm Salamouna, south of Bethlehem.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is something that rick mercer would do!
what was the purpose of attending the protest dressing up like santa?

Jundi said...

hmm not familiar with this rick mercer that you speak of hehe .. i googled him though :D

as for the purpose .. well you know .. its xmas season .. the protest was held near bethlehem .. ya3ni do the math .. i guess they thought it was clever i dont know ..

here is the story ..
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071221/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictisraelbarrierdemo

Jundi said...

plus its good pr dont u think .. i mean when the world sees images of santa being beaten by a bunch of soldiers ..

Anonymous said...

It is very clever, since santa in his red suit is recognized world wide...