Some say that the community is in danger of losing its 1,600-year foothold in the enclave and that it is far from certain ...

Faith leaders and residents in Bethlehem are grappling with how to mark the festive holiday while fellow Palestinians ...

Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in ...

The city of Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, will not have the usual ...

Bethlehem is preparing for another somber Christmas under the shadow of war in Gaza. BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem ...

This Christmas season, the Christian community in Gaza is spending the holiday mourning incalculable losses amid the ongoing ...

The town relies heavily on Christmas tourism. The economy in the West Bank already was reeling because of restrictions placed on laborers preventing them from entering Israel during the war.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan In one of only a handful of times in the last century, Christmas this year coincides with the ...

It is already the second Christmas in Bethlehem to be marked by Israel's war in Gaza. Tourists and pilgrims have stopped coming to the city almost altogether, and the economic situation seems even ble ...

London, United Kingdom - Palestine supporters in Covent Garden, London, have set up a stand to remind people celebrating ...

In most years, by this time, the celebrations of the glorious holidays have long been underway in Gaza. The Gaza Strip is a ...