BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP ... A giant Christmas tree sparkled in the adjacent Manger Square, and tourists packed into shops to buy olive wood crosses and other souvenirs.

Following the municipality's decision to suspend Christmas events and remove decorations, workers are busy dismantling the light canopy on Manger Square in Bethlehem. Credit: Marinella Bandini ...

Around 70% of Bethlehem's income comes from tourism, AP reported. Palestinian police officers lined up in Manger Square on Christmas Eve. Palestinian police forces assembled ahead of the Latin ...

CHRISTMAS in Bethlehem, usually a grand and religious ... In the centre of the city, the enormous Christmas tree usually found in Manger Square is not there. And chillingly, what would normally ...

“This has to be the last Christmas that is so sad,” he told hundreds of people gathered in Manger Square, where normally tens of thousands would congregate. PHOTOS: Bethlehem marks a second ...

The biblical town of Bethlehem marked a merry Christmas ... Present-day reality was visible at Manger Square as banners showing photos of Palestinian prisoner Nasser Abu Hamid were prominently ...

In the middle of Manger Square in the Old City of Bethlehem, a group of Palestinian teenage girls pose for selfies in front of a gigantic, shimmering Christmas tree. Visiting from Nazareth ...

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 ... decorate Manger Square were missing ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem marked ... The festive lights and giant tree that normally decorate Manger Square were missing, as were the throngs of foreign tourists that usually fill the ...