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is only a few miles from his home in Bethlehem. The journey should take 25 minutes by road. But this is the occupied West Bank. Nothing is ever simple here. “We wait for the bus and see if it comes.

It takes a cataclysmic war to allow one to contemplate, without the presence of another soul, the shrine marking the spot where the world's most popular religion began. The Grotto of the Manger ...

Another Bleak Christmas in Bethlehem as Christian Families Quit West Bank By Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - For a second year running, there is no Christmas cheer in ...

Palestinian security forces deployed around the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday, as the faithful prepared for another solemn Christmas. Bethlehem is ...

The unemployment rate in Bethlehem is roughly 50%, said Salman. Unemployment across the West Bank is around 30%, according to the Palestinian Economy Ministry. Canceling Christmas festivities is ...

Bethlehem is home to the Church of the Nativity, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus. Christmas, normally the West Bank town's busy tourist season, was quiet and subdued this year. Bethlehem ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — It isn’t subtle. Nor is it intended to be. Instead of a pastoral-looking Nativity scene, the creche features baby Jesus wrapped in a checkered Palestinian kaffiyeh ...