Faith leaders and residents in Bethlehem are grappling with how to mark the festive holiday while fellow Palestinians continue to be killed.

The video is from late October 2022, not December 2024, and was recorded outside of a church in Beit Sahour, a small town near Bethlehem.

Latin patriarch, after visiting Catholics in Gaza, urges faithful in West Bank city to 'not give up,' as pope in Vatican laments 'bombs on schools and hospitals' ...

Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating their Christmas season traditions in Bethlehem. They include the “putz,” a Nativity scene that tells the story of Christ’s birth with miniature ...

The excitement and cheer that typically descends on the Palestinian town of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank during ...

Banksy, “The Scar of Bethlehem” (2019) (photo courtesy Bisher Qassis) Last Christmas, the Vatican displayed more than 100 crèches, including a scene by a Ukrainian artist with bomb shrapnel ...

But as Bethlehem prepares to mark its second Christmas under the shadow of the war in Gaza, there are almost no tourists, leaving the Nativity Store and other businesses unsure of how much longer ...

On Bethlehem's Manger Square, Christmas decorations and pilgrims are notably absent for a second wartime festive season in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city.

Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating their Christmas season traditions in Bethlehem. They include the “putz,” a Nativity scene that tells the story of Christ’s birth with ...