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 ...
For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to war in Gaza.
The Nativity Store in Manger Square in Bethlehem has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to pilgrims ...
Dearth of tourism since Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack leaves West Bank city with empty streets, empty shops and empty ...
The "Olive Wood Factory" workshop of Bassem Giacaman in Bethlehem has been closed for over a year. The workshop machinery sits idle most of the time, the workforce has been halved, and the ...
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — On Christmas Eve in 1741, Moravian settlers named this Pennsylvania city after the biblical birthplace ...
Bethlehem (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – On Bethlehem's Manger Square, Christmas decorations and pilgrims are notably absent for a second wartime festive season in the Israeli-occupied West ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Members of the choir at Central Moravian Church sing at a “Lovefeast” service in Bethlehem, Pa., on ...