On top of the conflict in Gaza, people here have ... a broader trend. “In Bethlehem, the breadwinners, who normally work in Christian tourism or are employed in Israel, are out of work due ...

Israel's war against Hamas has ... At his own hotel, the Bethlehem Hotel, he said he has laid off a staff of more than 120 people and retains just five employees. The city hosts more than 100 ...

Israel's war against Hamas has ... At his own hotel, the Bethlehem Hotel, he said he has laid off a staff of more than 120 people and retains just five employees. The city hosts more than 100 ...

Bethlehem is an important center in the history of Christianity, but Christians make up only a small percentage of the ...

Israel says the wall is a necessary security ... The hardship means many young people are leaving Bethlehem and moving abroad in search of a better future — raising fears that the Christian ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem ... 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.

Bethlehem is an important center in the history of Christianity, but Christians make up only a small percentage of the roughly 14 million people spread across the Holy Land.

Bethlehem prepared Tuesday to mark ... 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 hostages.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to people visiting the traditional birthplace of Jesus since 1927.