That Baby Jesus with outstretched arms, carved from olive wood from the Holy Land by Bethlehem's master craftsmen, has now ...

Throngs of foreign tourists that usually fill the square weren’t expected and youth marching bands that gather each year to ...

Later during the Christmas season, you might want to watch the 1949 film Come to the Stable that tells the story of Regina ...

The war, the violence in the occupied West Bank it has spurred and the lack of festivities has deeply hurt Bethlehem’s ...

Hundreds gathered at the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem in the West Bank as the leader of the Catholic Church in the Holy ...

Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve ... Security forces arranged barriers near the Church of the Nativity, built atop the spot where Jesus is believed to have been born.

The number of visitors to the town plunged from a pre-COVID high of around 2 million visitors per year in 2019 to fewer than ...

Nuns walk along the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. Bethlehem prepared ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP ... Palestinian security forces arranged barriers near the Nativity Church, built atop the spot where Jesus is believed to have been born, and a worker cleared ...

Palestinian police line up next to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, though the usual crowds are not expected (AP Photo/Matias ...