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BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — For decades, people in Bethlehem have watched as tour groups spend a few hours at the Church of the Nativity, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, and then return to ...

has been open only a month, but owner Jane Buscemi knew right away she wanted her Main Street Bethlehem eatery on a new tourism map for the city. , Pa., resident who became familiar with the maps ...

"Now the tourism sector is dead." Drawn by historical sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, and Tel Aviv's white sandy beaches, some three million tourists flocked to Israel in the first nine months ...

The West Bank town was instead patrolled by Palestinian security forces amid the Israel-Hamas war. Tourism accounts for an estimated 70% of Bethlehem's income — almost all of that during Christmas.

On the concrete walls travel posters welcome us to Israel. I see one of the Kinneret. In the end, we never did make it to Manger Square where at the Millennium ─ Bethlehem 2000 ─ the rooftops ...

I have written columns defending Israel, but as a journalist on the ... They’re not wrong. And with tourism dead, Bethlehem is among the West Bank’s most depressed places.

Christmas is not necessarily the optimal time to visit Bethlehem. Not, at least, this year, after the mayor announced that Christmas is cancelled as a result of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza.

On January 7, Bethlehem will host an international Santa convention. Tourism has suffered in the past during outbreaks of violence between Israel and the Palestinians. But the Palestinian Tourism ...

"Now the tourism sector is dead." Drawn by historical sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, and Tel Aviv's white sandy beaches, some three million tourists flocked to Israel in the first nine months of ...