"My dear Christian friends, as you gather with your family and friends this Christmas, I wish the Christian community in Israel and around the world blessings for a Merry Christmas from the Holy ...

When I first moved to Israel from the UK in the early 1990s, Christmas was a difficult time of year for me. Israel may be the birthplace of Christianity, but you’d never have guessed it. In the 1990s, ...

Languages: English, Greek, Spanish. Pope Francis has shared his thoughts on the Israel-Hamas war as Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem remain canceled. Bethlehem is located in the Israeli ...

pain and worry amid the Israel-Hamas war. Some are mourning, lobbying for the war to end, scrambling to get relatives to safety or seeking comfort in the Christmas message of hope. In the occupied ...

BETHLEHEM — The mood was somber, streets were deserted and stores were shuttered on Christmas Eve in Bethlehem ... the day before the Hamas attack on Israel that left 1,200 dead and saw about ...

Across the Holy Land, Christmas festivities have been put on hold. There are 182,000 Christians in Israel, 50,000 in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and 1,300 in Gaza, according to the US State ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — In the little town of Bethlehem, Christmas this year is barely ... 2023, attack on Israel. That is compounding economic misery that began with the Covid pandemic, which ...

A church in Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus, is receiving attention for its decision to redesign its Christmas nativity scene to reflect the impact of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.