Joint List head puts Christmas tree in office

While the opposition is busying blabbering on during their filibuster — which has passed the 41-hour mark — to fight a war on the police recommendations bill, Joint List leader Ayman Odeh is fighting the war on Christmas by bringing some Yuletide cheer to the parliament.

Odeh writes on Twitter that there are no Christmas trees in the Knesset, and so he put one up in his office, for all to stop by and visit.

There is not even one Christmas tree in a public space in the Knesset. In fact, there is no mention of Christian or Muslim holidays. So, in honor of everyone celebrating the holiday, I decided to put a Christmas tree in my office. All are welcome to enjoy it, my door is open. pic.twitter.com/3rOQtsthPY

— איימן עודה أيمن عودة Ayman Odeh (@AyOdeh) December 27, 2017

Odeh’s party is home to the Knesset’s only Christian, Aida Toumeh Suleiman.

In 2013, Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein rejected a request by MK Hanna Swaid to place a Christmas tree in a public space in the parliament, telling him he could put one in his office instead.

Some 2 percent of Israelis are Christian.