Meanwhile, an Israeli-built wall partially encircles Bethlehem, cutting it off from Jerusalem and stifling homebuilding and urban growth. Israel says the wall is a necessary security measure to ...

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem’s visit to Gaza came as Pope Francis again criticised Israel’s actions in ... tourism for the historical city of Bethlehem. The yearly religious celebration ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — The Nativity ... There are about 182,000 in Israel, 50,000 in the West Bank and Jerusalem and 1,300 in Gaza, according to the U.S. State Department. Father Issa Thaljieh ...

but we have been struggling since neither the PA [Palestinian Authority] nor Israel has been able to help us financially. I used to take tourists on tours in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, but ...

The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem ... Bethlehem natives who find themselves caught in the middle of hostilities going on in the Gaza Strip between Hamas and Israel.

One of the main problems facing Caritas on the ground is the shortage of permits issued by the Israeli government to enter ...

Israeli forces demolished a sheep farm and a home in the southern West Bank governorate of Bethlehem, while a citizen was forced to dismantle an ...

Israeli soldiers abducted two Palestinians from Kisan village, east of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said several Israeli mi ...

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 ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — In the little town of Bethlehem, Christmas this year is barely a whisper. Palestinian scouts paraded through the streets but without their traditional instruments of drums ...