Masu yawon bude ido, mazauna yankin suna addu’a a Baitalami a ranar Kirsimeti

BETHLEHEM, Yammacin Gabar Kogin Jordan - An gudanar da bikin Kirsimati a birnin Bethlehem a ranar Alhamis tare da dimbin 'yan yawon bude ido da suka shiga tare da Kiristocin Falasdinawa na yankin a wurin haifuwar Yesu, a daidai lokacin da garin Yammacin Kogin Jordan ya yi kama da bayyanarsa sau daya a shekara a duniya.
Hankalin ya tashi sosai, tare da cikakkun ɗakunan otal da 'yan kasuwa suka ba da rahoton kyakkyawar kasuwanci a karon farko cikin shekaru, yayin da aka daɗe ana tashe tashen hankula tsakanin Isra'ila da Falasdinu wanda ya dagula yanayi da yawon buɗe ido.

An yi ruwan sama mai haske a Baitalami a safiyar ranar Kirsimeti. Daruruwan masu ibada da ’yan yawon bude ido dauke da laima ne suka yi ta tafiya cikin gaggauce a kan filin da ke gaban Cocin Nativity, wanda aka gina a saman babban dakin da aka yi imanin an haifi Yesu.
A cikin majami'ar zamanin Crusader mai haske, ɗaruruwan mutane sun yi layi biyar a jere tsakanin layuka biyu na ginshiƙai a gefe ɗaya, cikin nutsuwa suna jiran lokacinsu don saukowa ƴan matakai na dutse zuwa grotto.

Yawancin mutanen da ke tsohuwar cocin a safiyar Kirsimeti 'yan Asiya ne, tare da wasu 'yan Turai da Amurkawa da ke tare da su.

Bayan wucewa ta ƙananan ƙofar cocin, Wayne Shandera, 57, likita daga Houston, Texas, ya yi mamakin kasancewar tsohuwar cocin dutse. "Kuna jin ci gaba tare da dukkan mahajjata a cikin shekarun da suka gabata," in ji shi.
Don Julie Saad mai shekaru 55 na Denver, Colo., Cocin Nativity ya kasance wani ɓangare na babban ji. “Kasancewa a ƙasar da Yesu ya yi tafiya abu ne mai ban mamaki na ruhaniya,” in ji ta.

A Cocin St. Catherine da ke kusa, babban Limamin Kudus na Latin da aka nada kwanan nan, Fouad Twal, ya gudanar da hidimar safiya ta Kirsimeti na farko a sabon aikinsa. Domin gudanar da Sallar Tsakar dare a ‘yan sa’o’i kadan da suka gabata, cocin ya cika a jajibirin Kirsimeti tare da manyan baki ciki har da shugaban Falasdinawa Mahmoud Abbas, da kuma ‘yan yawon bude ido da suka samu tikitin shiga jami’o’in da suka wuce ta hanyar binciken tsaro.

Hidimomin safiya na Kirsimeti sun fi annashuwa. Galibin taron dai Falasdinawa ne na yankin, inda wasu 'yan yawon bude ido suka tsaya a baya, suna sauraron ta'aziyar harshen Larabci.

Barkewar zanga-zangar da Falasdinawa suka yi kan Isra'ila a karshen shekara ta 2000 da fadan da ya biyo bayan bukukuwan kirsimeti a Bethlehem na tsawon shekaru, lamarin da ya yi kaca-kaca da masana'antar yawon bude ido da ke zaman rayuwar birnin.

Ko da yake adadin yawon buɗe ido a wannan shekara ya ragu daga dubun dubatar da suka ziyarta a cikin shekaru kololuwa na ƙarshen 1990s da 2000, sun tashi daga shekarun baya-bayan nan, lokacin da wasu dubunnan baƙi suka kutsa kai cikin birnin Baitalami. A cikin wannan shekara, fiye da masu yawon bude ido miliyan 1 sun ziyarci garinsu, wanda ya samar da ci gaban da ake bukata ga tattalin arzikin yankin.

Har yanzu dai komai bai yi kyau a birnin Bethlehem ba, duk da raguwar tashe-tashen hankula da kuma sake fara tattaunawar zaman lafiya tsakanin Isra'ila da gwamnatin Abbas a bara.

Garin Bethlehem yana kewaye da bangarori uku da wani katanga na manyan shinge na kankare da katangar lantarki da Isra'ila ta kafa. Isra'ila ta ce katangar na nufin hana 'yan kunar bakin wake ne, amma saboda ya kutsa cikin yankin Yamma
k, Falasdinawa suna kallonsa a matsayin kwacen kasa da ba a san shi ba wanda ya shake tattalin arzikinsu.
A halin da ake ciki kuma, ƙaura ta rage yawan Kiristocin garin zuwa kusan kashi 35 zuwa 50 cikin ɗari na mutane 40,000, wanda ya ragu daga kashi 90 cikin ɗari a shekarun 1950.

Bukukuwan da aka yi a garin Yamma da Kogin Jordan sun sha banban da yanayin da Hamas ke gudanarwa a Gaza mai nisan mil 45. Mayakan da ke wurin sun yi ta luguden wuta kan al'ummomin Isra'ila da ke kusa da rokoki da rokoki tun bayan wa'adin tsagaita bude wuta a mako guda da ya gabata, suna jiran ganin ko Isra'ila za ta dauki mataki kan barazanar da ta ke yi akai-akai na murkushe su ta hanyar soji.

Kananan al'ummar kiristoci a Gaza - 400 daga cikin miliyan 1.4, sun dakatar da taronsu na tsakar dare domin nuna rashin amincewarsu da katangar da Isra'ila ta yi, bayan da kungiyar Hamas ta Islama ta mamaye yankin a bara, kuma ta kara tsananta a watan da ya gabata, lokacin da mayakan Gaza suka sake harba roka. .