Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to the ongoing war in Gaza. There will be no giant Christmas tree in Manger Square, no raucous scout marching bands, no ...

Horses Seamus and Asa from the Bethlehem Mounted Police escorted the Broughal Middle School Rockets Marching Band to services at the Museum of Industrial History. According to its website ...

and no marching youth bands that otherwise mark the occasion. “This year, we limited our joy,” Bethlehem mayor Anton Salman told the AFP news agency. Prayers, including the Church of Nativity ...