Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago.

While it is taken as given that Jesus was born on Christmas Day in the town of Bethlehem, this account likely doesn't match the historical reality. In fact, many historians and archaeologists don ...

Jesus's birth in Bethlehem is a well-known story from the New Testament. But he is also called Jesus of Nazareth. What gives? Was he actually born in Nazareth? Mexican security chief confirms ...

The Middle East. The West Bank. Bethlehem. The place where Jesus was born. The place where the angels sang, “Peace on earth, good will to men.” But the Middle East is not a place of peace. However, ...

“So the story is Jesus is born into hardship, lived under occupation, survived a massacre and became a refugee,” Isaac said. “This is a story we Palestinians can understand.” Bethlehem is ...

Scripture had said the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, so that’s where Mary ... There was no room for Jesus at the inn, just like there’s no room for Him in some people’s lives today.

At Bethlehem’s Lutheran church, Pastor Munther Isaac has erected a Nativity scene showing baby Jesus in a destroyed building. “If Jesus was born today, he’d be born as a child in Gaza under ...

if Jesus were born in the same spot today, it would be in war-torn Palestine. Although Bethlehem is located in modern-day Palestine, Jesus was very much not a Palestinian. Many Christian faith ...

the Palestinian pastor of a landmark Lutheran church in Bethlehem, the West Bank town revered by Christians as Jesus’ birthplace. “And Christ was born under occupation.” Together with ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Jack Giacaman enjoys ... famous for its grotto marking the exact location where Christians believe Jesus was born. The church, first built in the fourth century by the ...

Once the patriarch arrives in Bethlehem, he will walk down ... built on the site where Jesus is believed to have been born. He will then celebrate a midnight Mass. Usually Mahmoud Abbas, the ...