“This war stopped everything.” Church leaders in Jerusalem and the Bethlehem city council took the decision last month to forego “any unnecessarily festive” Christmas celebrations in ...

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For the second year in a row, Christmas festivities in Bethlehem are overshadowed by the war. A large Christmas tree usually stands in Manger Square, opposite the Church of the Nativity which is ...

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 ...

And even though "The Hero Of Two Worlds," as he was known, had no plans to come to the Lehigh Valley, Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton were going to celebrate along with the rest of the country.

AFP/Bethlehem Published on December 24, 2023 | 11:13 PM Gaza's deadliest ever war cast a pall of gloom over Bethlehem on Christmas Eve Sunday, as the death toll spiralled and Israel shifted its ...

Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, observed a muted Christmas celebration on Sunday amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Gaza's Health Ministry said that more than 160 people were killed over the ...

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In Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank ... a reflection of the somber mood as the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip churns on. At Manger Square, the heart of the Palestinian city dominated ...