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

The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to people visiting the ...

At Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, residents and businesses are facing the effects of ...

Palestinian priests share messages of hope and resistance as they celebrate a scaled-down Christmas in Jesus' birthplace ...

Bethlehem prepared Tuesday to mark another somber Christmas in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in ...

Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the occupied West Bank, observed Christmas without its customary ...

In a Christmas sermon, Palestinian Rev. Munther Isaac called out Western churches’ complicity in Israel’s assault.

On Bethlehem's Manger Square, Christmas decorations and pilgrims are notably absent for a second wartime festive season in ...

Around half of the population in the Bethlehem area, including nearby villages, works in either tourism or in jobs in Israel. The unemployment rate in Bethlehem is roughly 50%, said Salman.

The war, the violence in the occupied West Bank it has spurred and the lack of festivities has deeply hurt Bethlehem’s ...