No festive lights or Christmas trees were put up in the city as the holy day for Christians was limited to religious rituals and prayers. Manger Square, the centre of Bethlehem traditionally ...

Bethlehem marked another somber ... that typically descends on the West Bank during Christmas week were nowhere to be found. The festive lights and giant tree that normally decorate Manger Square ...

According to the Christian Christmas story, Jesus was born in a lowly stable in Bethlehem because there was no more room in the local inns. Around 2,000 years later, almost all of Bethlehem's ...

Bethlehem (Palestinian ... "We are stronger, we belong to light, not to darkness," he said, standing beside a Palestinian flag. "Next year we want to see the biggest Christmas tree ever".

Nuns walk along the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem ... The festive lights and giant tree ...

The excitement and cheer that typically descends on the Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank on Christmas ... People light candles at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem [Mohammed ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem ... that typically descends on the West Bank during Christmas week were nowhere to be found. The festive lights and giant tree that normally decorate Manger ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP ... There will be no giant Christmas tree in Manger Square, no raucous scout marching bands, no public lights twinkling, and very few public decorations or displays.

The little town of Bethlehem has cancelled ... and as we come closer to Christmas it is supposed to be packed with visitors and tourists who come to pray and to light a candle of hope.

Bethlehem Plans Another ... There will be no giant Christmas tree in Manger Square, no raucous scout marching bands, no public lights twinkling and very few public decorations or displays.

A worshipper lights a candle in the Church of the Nativity, where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born, ahead of Christmas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024.