The rooftop of the city hall is packed with camera crews from around the globe to ... message, Bethlehem Mayor Hanna Hanania spoke this year of mourning — and condemned Israel’s prosecution ...

Meanwhile, an Israeli-built wall partially encircles Bethlehem, cutting it off from Jerusalem and stifling homebuilding and urban growth. Israel says the wall is a necessary security measure to ...

And while Israelis have just celebrated Independence Day, dating back to the 1947-48 war that is known by Palestinians as the ...

For a second year running, there is no Christmas cheer in Bethlehem. Tourists are shunning the city, and many residents are seeking a way out as the war in Gaza grinds on. Bethlehem’s Manger ...

Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus, were cancelled this year. The West Bank town was instead patrolled by Palestinian security forces amid the Israel-Hamas war.

“If Jesus were to be born today, he would be born in Gaza under the rubble,” Munther Isaac, the pastor at the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, told NBC News Sunday.

Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem were canceled amid the Israel-Hamas war. Bethlehem is home to the Church of the Nativity, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus. Christmas, normally the West ...

Article continues below The lack of visitors is, in part, down to the numerous major airlines cancelling flights to Israel, with around 70 hotels in Bethlehem being forced to close, leaving ...

A group of Israeli priests visit Bethlehem on Friday, December 22, 2023. Very few tourists have come to the city this year because of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (credit: MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — In the little town of Bethlehem, Christmas this year is barely a whisper. Palestinian scouts paraded ...