Jamal al-Darawi, the head of the al-Nu'man Village Council, reported that Israeli forces, accompanied by employees from the ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to people visiting the traditional birthplace of Jesus since 1927.

Bethlehem is an important center in the history of Christianity, but Christians make up only a small percentage of the roughly 14 million people spread across the Holy Land.

On top of the conflict in Gaza, people here have ... a broader trend. “In Bethlehem, the breadwinners, who normally work in Christian tourism or are employed in Israel, are out of work due ...

Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to mark a solemn Christmas overshadowed by war, as Pope Francis led mass in the Vatican. In Bethlehem, in ...

Israel’s war against Hamas ... At his own hotel, the Bethlehem Hotel, he said he has laid off a staff of more than 120 people and retains just five employees. The city hosts more than 100 ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem ... 7 assault on southern Israel, Hamas killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and took more than 250 Israeli hostages. Israeli officials believe ...

Bethlehem prepared Tuesday to mark ... 7 assault on southern Israel, Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and took more than 250 hostages. The excitement and ...

Yet the people of Bethlehem have long proven that peaceful ... Before the war, he often traveled to Israel, just a few kilometers away, where he had many Jewish friends. "Actually, we all want ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP ... 7 assault on southern Israel, Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and took more than 250 hostages. Elsewhere, Christmas celebrations ...