Consider it an early holiday gift for Bethlehem: The Church of the Nativity has achieved World Heritage status. After decades of dispute, the news signals glad tidings for at least one group ...

The Holy Family Cave is a sculpture that depicts a harrowing tableau: a bombed-out version of the traditional nativity ... form a star, inspired by the Star of Bethlehem that led the Magi to ...

The elusive street artist has returned to Bethlehem for his latest politically-charged work — making a nativity scene that is dwarfed by a star-shaped bomb blast in the West Bank’s separation ...

and “Black Lives Matter,” alongside Bible verses and other quotes. “We couldn’t think of any other issue that we wanted to keep under the light of the Bethlehem star than the need to ...