The video is from late October 2022, not December 2024, and was recorded outside of a church in Beit Sahour, a small town near Bethlehem.

“In Bethlehem, the breadwinners, who normally work in Christian tourism or are employed in Israel, are out of work due to the war. So Christmas isn’t so good there this year ...

Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to mark a solemn Christmas overshadowed by war, as Pope Francis led mass in the Vatican. In Bethlehem, in ...

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem’s visit to Gaza came as Pope Francis again criticised Israel’s actions in ... tourism for the historical city of Bethlehem. The yearly religious celebration ...

“We don’t feel happy.” Bethlehem is an important center in the history of Christianity, but Christians make up only a small percentage of the roughly 14 million people spread across the Holy Land.

BETHLEHEM, January 21, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces Tuesday denied Palestinians access to their agricultural land in Nahalin town, west of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, ...

It is already the second Christmas in Bethlehem to be marked by Israel's war in Gaza. Tourists and pilgrims have stopped coming to the city almost altogether, and the economic situation seems even ...