How Jesus’s Hometown Is Coping With War at Christmas Bethlehem is usually brimming with cheer—and tourists—this time of year. But the war in Gaza has turned it into a “ghost town.” ...

The Gospels of Matthew and Luke both reference Bethlehem as the birthplace of Jesus, fulfilling a prophecy from the Old ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to people visiting the traditional birthplace of Jesus since 1927.

In Bethlehem, the West Bank town revered as Jesus' birthplace, Christmas is all but canceled, in solidarity with Palestinians' suffering in Gaza.

It might seem obvious that Jesus was born on December 25 in the town of Bethlehem, but experts say that this version of the story might not be correct.

Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago. Yet the New Testament Gospels do not agree about the details of Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem. Some do not ...

In a normal year, Bethlehem would be a “city full of people, full of tourists”, said 30-year-old Abood Suboh, standing in his empty shop where he sells cashmere scarves and leather handbags.

Bethlehem, normally bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus, is a ghost town on Christmas Eve By Melanie Lidman Published December 24, 2023 11:14am EST ...

Every year at Christmas time in Bethlehem, bright lights and colorful decorations adorn the streets and homes in the Christian areas of the city where Jesus was born.

I’ve been in Bethlehem twice, and I saw Muslim worshippers going into the Church of the Nativity to honor the baby born in Bethlehem. Jesus is appealing to Muslims. In a Bethlehem café, along with ...