The wooden Nativity scene in the Vatican's main audience hall had generated headlines when it was unveiled Dec. 7 because of the presence of the keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered headscarf ...

A Nativity scene made ... the black-and-white checkered keffiyeh has become a symbol for the Palestinian cause. But Johny Andonia, a 39-year-old artist from Bethlehem who led the project, said ...

Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season ... s traditional swaddling blanket with the black-and-white scarf — which has become a symbol of pro-Palestine ...

The Christmas ... walk through scenes telling the Christmas story along with Christmas pageants and processions. Here’s a sampling. The Village Church’s annual Breakfast in Bethlehem for ...

Pope Francis prays in front of a Nativity Scene crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem ... of the presence of the keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered headscarf that has become a potent ...

Johny Andonia, a 39-year-old artist from Bethlehem who led ... had been removed from the scene without explanation. Amid the Israel-Hamas war, the black-and-white checkered keffiyeh has become ...

Pope Francis prays in front of a Nativity Scene crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as he arrives for a meeting with the donors of the fir tree set up in St. Peter's Square as a Christmas ...