# Ramallah · 23 December 2012 > Photos and videos from Ramallah on 23 December 2012. ## Facts - **What:** Ramallah · 23 December 2012 (News story) - **Where:** [Ramallah](https://apa.atyaf.co/location/ramallah), [Jenin](https://apa.atyaf.co/location/jenin) - **When:** 2012-12-23 - **Media:** 33 photos, 0 videos - **Credit:** © apaimages / Issam Rimawi, Mustafa Abu Dayehi, Thaer Ganaim - **Licensing:** Editorial licenses on request: https://apa.atyaf.co/pricing (sales@apa.atyaf.co). Previews are watermarked. - **Canonical URL:** https://apa.atyaf.co/story/ramallah-2012-12-23 - **Last updated:** 2026-10-20T21:08:17+00:00 - **Arabic version:** https://apa.atyaf.co/ar/story/ramallah-2012-12-23 ## Media in this story - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with the Egyptian ambassador Yasser Othman](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027739) — APA-PH-2012-027739 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with the Egyptian ambassador Yasser Othman, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Dec. 23, 2012. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian Man dressed as Santa Claus give the Children a present in the hospita](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027758) — APA-PH-2012-027758 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Issam Rimawi Palestinian Man dressed as Santa Claus give the Children a present in the hospital in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 23 December 2012 .Palestinian Christians across the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank are preparing for the upcoming Christmas celebrations. Photo by Issam Rimawi - [Palestinian Man dressed as Santa Claus give the Children a present in the hospita](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027759) — APA-PH-2012-027759 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Issam Rimawi Palestinian Man dressed as Santa Claus give the Children a present in the hospital in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 23 December 2012 .Palestinian Christians across the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank are preparing for the upcoming Christmas celebrations. Photo by Issam Rimawi - [Palestinian Man dressed as Santa Claus give the Children a present in the hospita](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027760) — APA-PH-2012-027760 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Issam Rimawi Palestinian Man dressed as Santa Claus give the Children a present in the hospital in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 23 December 2012 .Palestinian Christians across the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank are preparing for the upcoming Christmas celebrations. Photo by Issam Rimawi - [Palestinian Man dressed as Santa Claus give the Children a present in the hospita](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027761) — APA-PH-2012-027761 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Issam Rimawi Palestinian Man dressed as Santa Claus give the Children a present in the hospital in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 23 December 2012 .Palestinian Christians across the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank are preparing for the upcoming Christmas celebrations. Photo by Issam Rimawi - [Palestinian Man dressed as Santa Claus give the Children a present in the hospita](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027762) — APA-PH-2012-027762 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Issam Rimawi Palestinian Man dressed as Santa Claus give the Children a present in the hospital in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 23 December 2012 .Palestinian Christians across the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank are preparing for the upcoming Christmas celebrations. Photo by Issam Rimawi - [Palestinian child prepares for the upcoming Christmas festivities](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027763) — APA-PH-2012-027763 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Issam Rimawi Palestinian child prepares for the upcoming Christmas festivities in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 23 December 2012 .Christmas is celebrated Christians across the globe on December 25 every year. Photo by Issam Rimawi - [Palestinian Man dressed as Santa Claus walks in the West Bank city of Ramallah](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027764) — APA-PH-2012-027764 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Issam Rimawi Palestinian Man dressed as Santa Claus walks in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 23 December 2012 .Christmas is celebrated Christians across the globe on December 25 every year. Photo by Issam Rimawi - [Palestinian Family prepares for the upcoming Christmas festivities](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027765) — APA-PH-2012-027765 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Issam Rimawi Palestinian Family prepares for the upcoming Christmas festivities in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 23 December 2012 .Christmas is celebrated Christians across the globe on December 25 every year. Photo by Issam Rimawi - [Palestinian vendor decorates his store for the upcoming Christmas festivities](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027766) — APA-PH-2012-027766 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Issam Rimawi Palestinian vendor decorates his store for the upcoming Christmas festivities in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 23 December 2012 .Christmas is celebrated Christians across the globe on December 25 every year. Photo by Issam Rimawi - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the opening of the center filling vegetables Society's agricultural Burkin](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027777) — APA-PH-2012-027777 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the opening of the center filling vegetables Society's agricultural Burkin in the West Bank of Jenin, on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the opening of the center filling vegetables Society's agricultural Burkin](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027778) — APA-PH-2012-027778 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the opening of the center filling vegetables Society's agricultural Burkin in the West Bank of Jenin, on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the opening of the center filling vegetables Society's agricultural Burkin](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027779) — APA-PH-2012-027779 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the opening of the center filling vegetables Society's agricultural Burkin in the West Bank of Jenin, on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the opening of the largest College of Administrative and Financial Sciences](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027780) — APA-PH-2012-027780 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the opening of the largest College of Administrative and Financial Sciences in Palestine in the Arab American University in the West Bank, on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the opening of the largest College of Administrative and Financial Sciences](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027781) — APA-PH-2012-027781 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the opening of the largest College of Administrative and Financial Sciences in Palestine in the Arab American University in the West Bank, on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the opening of the largest College of Administrative and Financial Sciences](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027782) — APA-PH-2012-027782 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the opening of the largest College of Administrative and Financial Sciences in Palestine in the Arab American University in the West Bank, on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the opening of the largest College of Administrative and Financial Sciences](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027783) — APA-PH-2012-027783 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the opening of the largest College of Administrative and Financial Sciences in Palestine in the Arab American University in the West Bank, on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the opening of the largest College of Administrative and Financial Sciences](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027784) — APA-PH-2012-027784 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the opening of the largest College of Administrative and Financial Sciences in Palestine in the Arab American University in the West Bank, on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Burkin](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027785) — APA-PH-2012-027785 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Burkin in the West Bank of Jenin , on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Burkin](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027786) — APA-PH-2012-027786 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Burkin in the West Bank of Jenin , on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Burkin](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027787) — APA-PH-2012-027787 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Burkin in the West Bank of Jenin , on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Burkin](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027788) — APA-PH-2012-027788 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Burkin in the West Bank of Jenin , on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Latin](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027789) — APA-PH-2012-027789 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Latin in the West Bank village of Zababda of Jenin , on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Latin](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027790) — APA-PH-2012-027790 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Latin in the West Bank village of Zababda of Jenin , on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Latin](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027791) — APA-PH-2012-027791 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Latin in the West Bank village of Zababda of Jenin , on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Latin](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027792) — APA-PH-2012-027792 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Latin in the West Bank village of Zababda of Jenin , on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Latin](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027793) — APA-PH-2012-027793 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Latin in the West Bank village of Zababda of Jenin , on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Latin](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027794) — APA-PH-2012-027794 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Mustafa Abu Dayeh Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during the lighting of the Christmas tree in the church of Latin in the West Bank village of Zababda of Jenin , on December 23, 2012. Photo by Mustafa Abu Dayeh - [A Palestinian dressed as Santa Claus rides a cart pulled by a donkey in the West Bank city of Ramallah](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027795) — APA-PH-2012-027795 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Issam Rimawi A Palestinian dressed as Santa Claus rides a cart pulled by a donkey in the West Bank city of Ramallah ahead of Christmas on December 23, 2012.Christians across the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank are preparing for the upcoming Christmas celebrations. Photo by Issam Rimawi - [A Palestinian dressed as Santa Claus rides a cart pulled by a donkey in the West Bank city of Ramallah](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027796) — APA-PH-2012-027796 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Issam Rimawi A Palestinian dressed as Santa Claus rides a cart pulled by a donkey in the West Bank city of Ramallah ahead of Christmas on December 23, 2012.Christians across the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank are preparing for the upcoming Christmas celebrations. Photo by Issam Rimawi - [A Palestinian dressed as Santa Claus rides a cart pulled by a donkey in the West Bank city of Ramallah](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027797) — APA-PH-2012-027797 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Issam Rimawi A Palestinian dressed as Santa Claus rides a cart pulled by a donkey in the West Bank city of Ramallah ahead of Christmas on December 23, 2012.Christians across the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank are preparing for the upcoming Christmas celebrations. Photo by Issam Rimawi - [A Palestinian dressed as Santa Claus rides a cart pulled by a donkey in the West Bank city of Ramallah](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027798) — APA-PH-2012-027798 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Issam Rimawi A Palestinian dressed as Santa Claus rides a cart pulled by a donkey in the West Bank city of Ramallah ahead of Christmas on December 23, 2012.Christians across the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank are preparing for the upcoming Christmas celebrations. Photo by Issam Rimawi - [A Palestinian dressed as Santa Claus rides a cart pulled by a donkey in the West Bank city of Ramallah](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-027799) — APA-PH-2012-027799 · photo · 2012-12-23 · Ramallah, Palestinian Territory · © APA Images / Issam Rimawi A Palestinian dressed as Santa Claus rides a cart pulled by a donkey in the West Bank city of Ramallah ahead of Christmas on December 23, 2012.Christians across the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank are preparing for the upcoming Christmas celebrations. Photo by Issam Rimawi