Father Issa Thaljieh, a 40-year-old Greek Orthodox parish ... even as the ongoing conflict with Israel disfigured the biblical landscape surrounding Bethlehem. Though he could live and work ...

Meanwhile, an Israeli-built wall partially encircles Bethlehem, cutting it off from Jerusalem and stifling home-building and urban growth. Israel says ... home of 79-year-old Nuha Tarazi, her ...

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, leads a mass at the Church of Nativity in the Old City of Bethlehem in the ... the territory to work in Israel, causing the economy ...