For a second year running, there is no Christmas cheer in Bethlehem. Tourists are shunning the city, and many residents are seeking a way out as the war in Gaza grinds on. Bethlehem’s Manger ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — In the little town of Bethlehem, Christmas this year is barely a whisper. Palestinian scouts paraded through the streets but without their traditional instruments of drums ...

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 ...

The church in question is located in Bethlehem, a city in the West Bank. It's the stretch of land that wraps around Israel's capital city of Jerusalem, but the West Bank is Palestinian land.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has issued a tender for the construction ... block the development of the nearby Palestinian city of Bethlehem. Hagit Ofran, who leads the group's settlement monitoring ...