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

Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus, have been canceled again this year due to war in Gaza.

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

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.

Asked about Mike Huckabee potentially becoming the U.S. ambassador to Israel, the Rev. Munther Isaac called the prospect ...

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

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

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.

For the second year in a row, Christmas festivities in Bethlehem are overshadowed by the war. A large Christmas tree usually stands in Manger Square, opposite the Church of the Nativity which is ...