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. But as Bethlehem prepares to mark its ...

The Nativity Store in Manger Square in Bethlehem has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to pilgrims ...

Pope Francis has unveiled a nativity scene by Palestinian artists that features a baby Jesus lying on a traditional keffiyeh ...

The ongoing war in Gaza has cast a shadow over Bethlehem's Christmas celebrations, leaving the city with few tourists and empty streets. Local businesses, like the historic Nativity Store, struggle to ...

But as Bethlehem prepares to mark its second Christmas under the shadow of the war in Gaza, there are almost no tourists, leaving the Nativity Store and other businesses unsure of how much longer they ...

Dearth of tourism since Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack leaves West Bank city with empty streets, empty shops and empty ...