For a second straight year, the war raging in Gaza has kept pilgrims and tourists away from Bethlehem in the occupied West ...

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

The lack of tourism in the enshrined spot where baby Jesus was said to be born follows 14 months of war in Gaza.

Iran has justified its attacks on Israel following Tel Aviv's admission of its role in the assassination of Hamas leader ...

Bethlehem is an important center in the history of Christianity, but Christians make up only a small percentage of the ...

Palestinian priests share messages of hope and resistance as they celebrate a scaled-down Christmas in Jesus' birthplace ...

In Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, festive decorations were absent for a second consecutive year.

Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the occupied West Bank, observed Christmas without its customary ...

For the second consecutive year, the city of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank is commemorating Christmas this year without ...

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 ...

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

The historic city of Bethlehem has cancelled Christmas celebrations for the second year in a row as the majority Palestinian ...