It's her fifth trip to Israel, but her first visit to Bethlehem. Nocera thinks the decision by the city's churches to forego Christmas celebrations is the right one, "because of the war and ...

Map locates the West Bank city of Bethlehem in Israel, southest of Jerusalem. It also locates the Gaza Strip to the west. The ministry says about 20,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war ...

The city of Bethlehem is feeling a profound impact from the Israel-Hamas war, miles away from the front lines of fighting in the Gaza Strip. The birthplace of Jesus is canceling many of the ...

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 ...

supplied both Bethlehem and the nearby city of Jerusalem. In December 1917, Welsh infantrymen captured them; British prime minister Lloyd George declared it “a Christmas gift to the British ...

said the Rev. Elias Zahlawi, a priest in Yabroud, a city about 80 kilometers (50 ... and has lived in Jerusalem and Bethlehem for the past 15 years with her husband, a parish priest at the St ...

Bethlehem City Council abruptly ended its meeting in the wee hours Wednesday morning following five hours of public testimony both in favor and against a proposed resolution calling for a cease ...

It is also a beacon of hope for Bethlehem natives who find themselves caught in the middle of hostilities going on in the Gaza Strip between Hamas and Israel ... the main city centers, bringing ...

At its core is the belief that Israel is not only a strategic ... Kirk, if he had any curiosity about Palestinians or Bethlehem, would know that the city is led by a Christian mayor, as are ...

It's another Christmas in Bethlehem with the war still raging in Gaza. Palestinians in the city believed to be the ... Since the war began after Hamas attacked Israel, killing around 1,200 people ...