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 ...

For the second straight year, 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 ...

Traditionally, a grand Christmas tree would light up Manger Square, but local authorities opted against elaborate celebrations for a second year. "This year we limited our joy," Bethlehem mayor ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in ... lights and giant tree that normally decorate Manger Square were missing, as were the throngs of ...

there is no Christmas cheer in Bethlehem. Tourists are shunning the city, and many residents are seeking a way out as the war in Gaza grinds on. Bethlehem’s Manger Square in front of the Church ...

By Pastor Rod Anderson The 12 days of Christmas have run their glorious course and we are looking Epiphany squarely in the face on Jan. 6, and then for a whole season of worship weeks. On the ...

come the worshipers on Christmas Eve to the quiet Judean town. Peasants walk to Bethlehem wearing medieval costumes, silk-hatted diplomats swirl into Manger Square in black limousines. And in ...

Bethlehem's Manger Square, the new bishop of London and what other faiths do on 25 December. Some of the stories in this special Christmas Eve edition. Show more Yolande Knell soaks up the ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in ... lights and giant tree that normally decorate Manger Square were missing, as were the throngs of foreign ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in ... lights and giant tree that normally decorate Manger Square were missing, and as were the throngs ...