In the small Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh, Madees Khoury is busy bottling beers at her family’s microbrewery when the Irish Examiner visits. They don’t have the spirit to celebrate,” says Khoury, a rare Palestinian female brewer. We’re not lighting the Christmas tree out of respect for the martyrs who were killed. The Israeli settlers have attacked the water spring which supplies 14 Palestinian towns including Taybeh multiple times — damaging pipelines, destroying systems, and blocking Palestinians from fixing them. Sales for Taybeh beer have decreased by 70%.

Source: Irish Examiner December 23, 2025 02:30 UTC