some churches are replacing the baby Jesus’s traditional swaddling blanket with the black-and-white scarf — which has become a symbol of pro-Palestine activism. The manger used as a crib ...

The manger has been replaced with a pile of rocks, and the baby Jesus is swaddled not with a thin blanket but with a black-and-white keffiyeh, the Middle Eastern-style scarf that has become a symb ...

Pope Francis has sent a clear message to Israel after unveiling this year’s Christmas nativity scene in St Peter’s Square. The display features a baby ... a black and white scarf worn by ...