On Bethlehem's Manger Square, Christmas decorations and pilgrims are notably absent for a second wartime festive season in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city. The Church of the Nativity that ...

Christmas in Bethlehem scaled back due to Gaza war Overshadowed ... but local authorities opted against elaborate decorations for a second year. Prayers, including the church's famed midnight ...

There will be no Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem this year. Shaimaa Khalil reports from the birthplace of Jesus. Rev Dr Munther Isaac, Dean of Bethlehem Bible College, has created a nativity ...

Church leaders in Jerusalem and the Bethlehem city council took the decision last month to forego “any unnecessarily festive” Christmas celebrations in solidarity with Gazans. The Latin ...

"It's start of the most magical season here in the Christmas City," John Lunger, Dir. of content marketing and engagement, ArtsQuest, said. The decorations and tents are up in Bethlehem for the ...