Between them they make a good Santa Claus. Cardinal Murphy O’Connor has the right coloured clothes while Archbishop Rowan Williams provides the fluffy beard.

Together they are visiting Bethlehem. Their intention is to comfort the Christian community – although there are so few Christians left that their arrival will probably bring more comfort to Muslims, especially the terrorists among them.

Ekklesia dishonestly pretends that the fall in numbers is mostly the fault of – yes, you guessed it.

Many thousands of Christian Palestinians have been forced to emigrate because of high unemployment. Others no longer live in Bethlehem because their homes and businesses which has been annexed by Israel by the construction of the 30 foot high security wall that has been built around the town, separating it from Jerusalem.

Asia News tells us the real reason: Christians are being driven out of the formerly Christian town of Bethlehem by Muslim persecution. (See yesterday’s post for details.)

Both archbishops have given their support to the Open Bethlehem project, which is encouraging personal visitors and businesses to visit Bethlehem.

Open Bethleham? The Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster and Archbishop of Canterbury want Jews to stop defending themselves from terrorist attacks? Even though Islamic Jihad admit that the defense barrier is thwarting the terrorists.

They are visiting a largely Muslim town, a centre of terrorism, where the few remaining Christians are persecuted by their Mohammedan neighbours. Instead of protesting the persecution of their fellow-Christians, they seek to give comfort to the persecutors and support genocidal terrorists by pressing for the Jews to stop defending themselves.

You can just hear them, can’t you? “Ho ho ho! A merciless Christmas to you!”