It's possible also to break down the most difficult wall, the hatred ... year we have a sad Christmas in Bethlehem” said Pizzaballa. Reflecting a message of hope, Pizzaballa says he hopes ...

but this year it’s a message of sadness, grief and anger in front of the international community with what is happening and going on in the Gaza Strip,” Bethlehem’s mayor, Hana Haniyeh ...

Its shape, together with a depiction of an explosion, form a star, inspired by the Star of Bethlehem that led the Magi to Jesus’s birth. This conveys a message of hope. The artist, Tarek Salsaa ...

In his annual Christmas message, Bethlehem Mayor Hanna Hanania spoke ... There are 12 miles of high wall and fencing. There are Israeli checkpoints to get in and out of the city, where ...

This is in addition to the 10-metre-high wall that encircles three-quarters of Bethlehem, which has restricted travel for most Palestinians since its construction in 2002. Yet, Palestinian society ...

Makhoul said it was still important for him to spend Christmas time in Bethlehem, which is located about 10 kilometres (six miles) from his home in Jerusalem, beyond the separation wall built by ...

The strands of lights are falling down one after another, forming a kind of curtain of threads in front of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem ... on the separation wall between Israel ...