For the last year, Bethlehem turned off the lights away from the ramps as a test and received only a handful of inquiries about the switch, Alkhal said. Given the success and significant costs to ...

The Christmas lights have been turned on at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, in front of a crowd of thousands. Pilgrims from all over the world gathered to see the tree, decorated with ...

The Christmas lights have been switched on in Manger Square in Bethlehem. Thousands of people came out to watch the event. With the spectacular Christmas tree being the main attraction.

Bethlehem is beginning to look a lot more like ... Mayor Robert Donchez flip the switch to turn on the Christmas tree lights.

Bethlehem, the normally bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus, resembles a ghost town this Christmas Eve, with celebrations called off due to the Israel-Hamas war. The festive lights and Christmas ...

Palestinians in Father Christmas costumes jump off a rock by a barbed-wire section of Israel’s controversial separation barrier near Wallajeh, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.