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

Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in ...

Bethlehem is preparing for another somber Christmas under the shadow of war in Gaza. BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem ...

We hope by next year at the same day we’d be able to celebrate Christmas at our homes and go to Bethlehem,” said Najla Tarazi ...

The city of Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, will not have the usual ...

The birthplace of Jesus, typically flowing with cheer and tourists, was quiet as Palestinian scouts marched, some with signs ...

For the second consecutive year, the city of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank is commemorating Christmas this year without ...

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

It is already the second Christmas in Bethlehem to be marked by Israel's war in Gaza. Tourists and pilgrims have stopped coming to the city almost altogether, and the economic situation seems even ble ...

The town relies heavily on Christmas tourism. The economy in the West Bank already was reeling because of restrictions placed on laborers preventing them from entering Israel during the war.