Every year at Christmas, the hilltop town of Bethlehem comes alive with holiday cheer. Parades light up the cobblestone alleyways around the Church of the Nativity, built over the grotto where Jesus ...

Through the Christmas holiday, Israel continued its relentless bombardment and siege of the Gaza Strip that has seen over 20,000 Palestinians killed. In the West Bank, we speak with Reverend Munther ...

Bethlehem's first public Christmas tree ceremony since 2022 as Gaza truce holds War in Gaza has wrecked Bethlehem's economy and tourism Bethlehem mayor highlights Gaza's suffering BETHLEHEM, West Bank ...

Dec. 24 (UPI) --Christians in Israel and Palestine are celebrating Christmas for the first time in two years now that Israel and Hamas have entered a cease-fire. In Bethlehem, in the West Bank, ...

Acclaimed rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer Belly has just released his highly anticipated album, 96 Miles From Bethlehem, through Universal Arabic Music (UAM). The deeply personal project, ...

Solomon’s Pools date back to the second century BCE, and have become a source of recreation for nearby Bethlehem ...

Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, arrives at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in ...

Dec. 25 (UPI) --It does not look like Christmas in Bethlehem on Monday as the Israeli-occupied city in West Bank has cancelled its traditional holiday festivities amid the war in Gaza. A nativity ...

(RNS) — Asked about Mike Huckabee potentially becoming the U.S. ambassador to Israel, the Rev. Munther Isaac called the prospect 'frightening,' adding, 'Huckabee presents himself, at least, as a man ...

The Qusasat Comics & Digital Production Training Camp is taking place in Bethlehem in July. A ten-day intensive training camp, it intends to bring together young artists from Palestine and the UK to ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Dec 6 (Reuters) - A giant Christmas tree adorned with red and gold baubles stands in the West Bank city of Bethlehem for the first time since 2022. The Palestinian city, revered ...