Found on Facebook – a new group, “Reporters against whiny Christmas stories in Bethlehem” who say their common interest is “Philosophy”, and whose manifesto reads:
“A rebel group of Jerusalem-based reporters has reacted to the decade-long tradition of Bethlehem holiday stories by refusing to accept any holiday cheer this season. Refusing editors’ requests for ‘Christmas in the holy land’ tales of Palestinian woe and tourist shows, the group has announced it will refrain from filing any articles until an actual news event occurs. ‘We are doing this for the good of our readers. Who, if they have any memory whatsoever, will recall that we have written the exact same Bethlehem story for the past four years’, said a spokesman for the group. He continued that the decision was also financial, hoping to save the dying newspaper industry the cost of commissioning a new piece when they could just rewrite the previous versions. One journalist, who asked to remain anonymous, said the rebel group was trying to quell more extreme elements who called for a torching of all olive-wood products made in Bethlehem, and the expelling of shopkeepers who whined excessively“.
The group has 78 members.
This is the group’s icon image: