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Lehigh Valley Left View says marchers will gather at Farrington Square, an apartment complex for Lehigh University students, in South Bethlehem at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, and then go to Bethlehem ...
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- Bethlehem City Council does not just meet anymore. It holds marathons. Four meetings this year have reached or exceed the four-hour mark, which is not even a fast time in a real ...
Bethlehem is administered by the Palestinian Authority, although Israeli-administered checkpoints guard its entrances. This year access has been restricted, and the city has found itself isolated ...
People hold a giant Palestinian flag in Manger Square, near the Nativity Church, which is traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem ...
Bethlehem, occupied West Bank — This year, Bethlehem is sombre and quiet. There is no Christmas tree and there are no holiday lights or tourists to see them. Instead, the city of Jesus’s birth ...
“Last year, I left the Nativity church at 3 a.m. after multiple Masses,” says Kevin Vollrath, manager of Middle East partnerships at Churches for Middle East Peace, who lives near Bethlehem ...
Luke mentions that Jesus is not only genealogically connected to King David, but also born in Bethlehem, “the city of David.” Genealogical claims were made for important ancient founders and ...
Luke mentions that Jesus is not only genealogically connected to King David, but also born in Bethlehem, “the city of David.” Genealogical claims were made for important ancient founders and ...
It's another Christmas in Bethlehem with the war still raging in Gaza. Palestinians in the city believed to be the birthplace of Jesus are hurting after more than a year of war.