Since Dec. 6, Palestinians have held sporadic demonstrations to protest President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that the American ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (RNS) — Artisans in and around Bethlehem specialize in carving wood from a tree that makes several appearances in the Bible. They consider the work — a millennium-old ...

The Romans practiced crucifixion - literally, "fixed to a cross" - for nearly a millennium. It was a public, painful, and slow form of execution, and used as a way to deter future crimes and ...