BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to people visiting the traditional birthplace of Jesus since 1927.

The "Olive Wood Factory" workshop of Bassem Giacaman in Bethlehem has been closed for over a year. The workshop machinery sits idle most of the time, the workforce has been halved, and the ...

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 ...

Around the corner from the spot where Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a Catholic family runs a small workshop carving Nativity scenes out of olive wood. The Zakharia Brothers woodworking factory has ...

In one room they have a fresh-cut tree and all of the handcrafted olive wood ornaments from Bethlehem. In another room, they have a white fake tree that lights up neon and was bought on eBay.

Giacaman moved to New Zealand in the 1980s but returned to Bethlehem four years ago to take over the family business, which includes an olive wood factory behind the gift store. There, Giacaman's ...

Juqman and his family have been working with olive wood for many years [Mosab Shawer /Al Jazeera Bethlehem usually receives up to 1.5 million tourists every year, according to the Palestinian ...

Bethlehem Plans Another Somber Christmas Under the Shadow of War in Gaza BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to people visiting the traditional birthplace of Jesus since 1927.