Hundreds of worshippers, both Palestinians and foreigners, attended the Midnight Mass at the Church of Nativity in the West Bank. The regular cheering was absent, and no Christmas tree or ...

The number of visitors to Bethlehem plunged from a pre-COVID high of around 2 million per year in 2019 to fewer than 100,000 in 2024, said Jiries Qumsiyeh, the spokesperson for the Palestinian ...

BETHLEHEM: Hundreds of people gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the Christian holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday (Dec 24) to mark another solemn Christmas overshadowed by the war in Gaza.

Well, not *** lot of detail was provided about the specifics of the call between Netanyahu and Trump. But there's enough there that we can kind of read between the lines and understand the ...

Pope Francis prays in front of a nativity scene crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as he arrives for a meeting with the donors of the fir tree set up in St. Peter’s Square as a ...

According to the Gospel of Matthew, the Star of Bethlehem guided three Magi, or wise men, to Jerusalem over 2,000 years ago. After consulting with King Herod of Judea, the men followed the star to ...

In Christian tradition, the "Star of Bethlehem" guided wise men to the site of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem more than two millennia ago. Now, viral social media posts are claiming stargazers can see ...

known as “Christmas City, USA,” on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao) Blast furnaces of the Bethlehem Steel company that once supplied steel for the construction of the Empire State ...

A Bethlehem man was arrested Tuesday after an attempted robbery Monday outside a Bethlehem Township shopping center, according to police. Township police said in a news release that officers were ...

A 21-year-old man was arrested after attempting to rob another man Monday afternoon at a Bethlehem Township shopping center, police said. Zymaire Tayron Greene of Easton is charged with felony ...

Across town, vendors sold ornaments at Christkindlmarkt, in the shadow of rusting blast furnaces of Bethlehem Steel illuminated in red and green. That company once supplied steel for construction ...