Jamal al-Darawi, the head of the al-Nu'man Village Council, reported that Israeli forces, accompanied by employees from the ...

BETHLEHEM, January 26, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces imposed closures on multiple towns and villages in the Salfit ...

Around half of the population in the Bethlehem area, including nearby villages, works in either tourism or in jobs in Israel. The unemployment rate in Bethlehem is roughly 50%, said Salman.

“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 ...

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to war in Gaza.

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 ...

At Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, residents and businesses are facing the effects of the Israel-Hamas war during the holiday season. The city, usually filled ...

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 ...

The Associated Press (AP) reported that Bethlehem had its second subdued Christmas Eve following the Hamas’ attacks on Israel in 2023, which ignited the war in Gaza and a wider conflagration that has ...