they didn't have to find an 'ancestral home'—whatever that meant in reality." Some scholars argue that the emphasis on Bethlehem as Jesus's birthplace arose from the desire to link him to an ...
With no Christmas tree or decorations adorning the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus ... in Bethlehem, which is located about 10 kilometres (six miles) from his home ...
In the Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel, Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and took more than 250 Israeli hostages. Israeli officials believe that around 100 ...