Worshippers have prayed at the believed birthplace of Jesus Christ (Picture: AP) Santa was spotted saying hello to Pierbattista Pizzaballa (Picture: EPA) The war in Gaza has deterred tourists and ...

The display features a baby Jesus, lying on a manger lined with the ... people of Ukraine and cited ‘inhumane attacks’ in Gaza. In the Middle East conflict, he has tended to take a balanced ...

CAIRO - Palestinian officials say Fatah and Hamas are closing in on an agreement to appoint a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Strip after the war. It would ...

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

As Christmas approaches, the Latin Church of the Holy Family in Gaza is alive with activity as the people at the parish ...

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

Bethlehem is preparing for another somber Christmas under the shadow of war in Gaza. Manger Square lacked its usual festive ...

The town relies heavily on Christmas tourism. The economy in the West Bank already was reeling because of restrictions placed on laborers preventing them from entering Israel during the war.

Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in ...

Featuring the baby Jesus wrapped in a black-and-white checkered keffiyeh, the creche is intended to remind Christians that if Jesus were born today, he would be born under the rubble. (Photo ...