Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some ...

At Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, residents and businesses are facing the effects of the Israel-Hamas war during the holiday season. The city, usually filled ...

Israel says the wall is a necessary security ... Tarazi was born in Gaza City but has lived in Bethlehem for nearly 40 years. Four of her siblings were still alive in the Strip when the war ...

The city’s hotel occupancy rate plunged ... works in either tourism or in jobs in Israel. The unemployment rate in Bethlehem is roughly 50%, said Salman. Unemployment across the West Bank ...

in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) In the Oct. 7 assault on southern ...

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem’s visit to Gaza came as ... time is usually one of high tourism for the historical city of Bethlehem. The yearly religious celebration, shared among Armenian ...

Nigerian worshippers pray in the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — I discovered first-hand what it’s like to be surrounded by the eerie silence of Christmas at Christianity’s holiest sites during the Mideast war. I set out earlier ...

The city’s hotel occupancy rate plunged ... works in either tourism or in jobs in Israel. The unemployment rate in Bethlehem is roughly 50%, said Salman. Unemployment across the West Bank ...

Throughout the city, police officers were stationed ... from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, recalled celebrating Christmas in Bethlehem for 30 years. This year, he said, is the saddest ...

Israel's war against Hamas has been raging ... ahead of Christmas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. Credit: AP/Mahmoud Illean Qumsiyeh worries that when the war ends ...