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

The excitement and cheer that typically descends on town in the occupied West Bank on Christmas are nowhere to be found.

With no Christmas tree or decorations adorning the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, holiday ...

For the second year in a row, official Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem are canceled. Palestinians in the city deemed the birthplace of Jesus say they cannot rejoice while the war rages on in Gaza.

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to war in Gaza.

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

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

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

On Bethlehem's Manger Square, Christmas decorations and pilgrims are notably absent for a second wartime festive season in ...

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

The city of Bethlehem is in dire straits. Christmas is the busiest time of year in the birthplace of Jesus, packed with pilgrims and tourists. But the streets are empty with the war in Gaza raging.