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 ...

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

Israel and Hamas have reportedly agreed to a six-week ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza. It is expected to go into effect on ...

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 ...

The video is from late October 2022, not December 2024, and was recorded outside of a church in Beit Sahour, a small town near Bethlehem.

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.

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 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.