With no Christmas tree or decorations adorning the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, holiday cheer was absent in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem ...

Palestinian security forces deployed around the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday ... Traditionally, a grand Christmas tree would light up Manger Square ...

Remi Benali / Corbis Feuding monks at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem don't just cast ... The highly publicized fight at Christmas two years ago was essentially a territorial dispute.

Hordes of tourists and pilgrims are a common sight outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian ... overhead and no sign of the huge tree normally erected to celebrate the ...

For a second year running, there is no Christmas cheer in ... out as the war in Gaza grinds on. Bethlehem’s Manger Square in front of the Church of the Nativity is largely deserted, and souvenir ...

Edward Stourton presents a special Christmas Eve edition ... Rev Dr Munther Isaac, Dean of Bethlehem Bible College, has created a nativity scene in his church directly inspired by the suffering ...