Broad St. in downtown Bethlehem, co-owner Jessica Loney said. The shop occupies a renovated space on the ground floor of a retail and office building, a few doors down from Twisted Olive and ...

We are in the place where Jesus was born, and it is imperative that every person in the world who loves Jesus to help the Christian community survive,' business owner Rony Tabash said. 'We are the ...

in Bethlehem, some of the students used spent bullet casings in their work, and olive groves were a recurring feature. The project didn’t end there. Rather than file the artworks away on a shelf ...

Workshops in Bethlehem where carvers toil over small pieces of olive wood sit empty these days. On most Easters the shops lining the streets of the town would be bustling with tourists.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A Palestinian man carves an olive-wood sculpture ...

“In times like these, it is important to remember the suffering of Jesus, who bore his pain on the cross for us,” Jack Giacaman, the owner of a shop selling religious figures handcrafted from olive ...

The city of Bethlehem is in dire straits ... No one is coming to buy his rosary beads or olive-wood crosses. He says he doesn't even open during the week anymore, and is getting by off savings ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — 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 a normal year, Bethlehem counted on 1.5 million visitors, according to the Palestinian tourism ministry. Shops selling mother-o’-pearl jewellery and olive-wood handicrafts, restaurants ...

Bethlehem Plans Another Somber Christmas Under the Shadow of War in Gaza BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items ...

The Nativity Store in Manger Square in Bethlehem has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to pilgrims visiting the Church of the Nativity, where Christianity holds Jesus was born ...

The "Olive Wood Factory" workshop of Bassem Giacaman in Bethlehem has been closed for over a year. The workshop machinery sits idle most of the time, the workforce has been halved, and the ...