My biggest mistake was to invest all my money in my family business ... jobs for my workers.” The "Olive Wood Factory" workshop of Bassem Giacaman in Bethlehem has been closed for over ...

(BETHLEHEM, West Bank) — 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.

The little town of Bethlehem has cancelled ... o’-pearl jewellery and olive-wood handicrafts, restaurants, cafes, taxis drivers and tour guides have no business. Families are struggling.

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 Plans Another ... Tabash works with more than 25 local families who create hand-carved religious items out of the region’s storied olive wood. But with no buyers, work has dried ...

But when I arrived at the holiest sites where Jesus was born, preached, died – from Bethlehem and Nazareth to the Sea of Galilee and Jerusalem — the only Christian I found was myself.

For every Christmas since then, the community putz has been put together by the church's congregants and displayed at the nearby Christian ... led families who hopped on for a tour of Bethlehem ...

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 25: In an atmosphere of love and peace, the Catholic Church – Holy Family ... Christian brothers, to His Holiness Pope Francis. The message included a cave of the baby Jesus wrapped ...

The artwork, “Nativity of Bethlehem 2024,” was created with olive wood ... to strengthen Jewish-Christian ties, mainly through meetings with Jewish leaders and families of Israeli hostages.

while the scene in the audience hall was donated by people from Bethlehem and Palestinian authorities. It featured olive-wood statues of Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus, who was lying on a white ...