BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Jack Giacaman enjoys telling customers that every day is Christmas in his shop, which features hand-crafted olive-wood Nativity scenes, camels and crosses. But this year ...

Christmas celebrations have been put on hold in Bethlehem this year as the war between Israel and Hamas carries on. Bethlehem, located in the West Bank, approximately six miles south of Jerusalem ...

Nestled in the heart of Bethlehem is the place revered as the birthplace of Jesus, the prince of peace. This year, however, there will only be a shadow of the dazzling Christmas tree in ...

“This year, we limited our joy,” Bethlehem ... in preparation for this festive season,” she said. In Bethlehem, Christmas was not just a celebration for Christians – it was a national ...

Christmas festivities in Bethlehem have been toned down for a second year running due to the ongoing war in Gaza. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the highest representative of the Catholic ...

Christmas in Bethlehem was solemn, somber and lonely in 2023, and will be again this year, he said. “There will be no celebrations, because there are no tourists,” Nissan said. Nissan was in ...

In the middle of Manger Square in the Old City of Bethlehem, a group of Palestinian teenage girls pose for selfies in front of a gigantic, shimmering Christmas tree. Visiting from Nazareth, a ...

But this year there will be no Christmas in the city that is synonymous ... cobble stone streets radiating from Manger Square in Bethlehem to the old city would normally be filled with colored ...

For the second year in a row, official Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem are canceled. Palestinians in the city deemed the birthplace of Jesus say they cannot rejoice while the war rages on in Gaza.

A view of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church's Nativity scene in Bethlehem. This year, it portrays a baby Christ born under rubble and wrapped up in a Palestinian keffiyeh. BETHLEHEM ...