Bethlehem

2023 - 12 - 24

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With war raging in Gaza, Christmas is effectively cancelled in ... (CNN)

Church bells echo through the labyrinth-like streets of Bethlehem. With Christmas approaching, the city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank should be teeming ...

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'Sorrow and silence' in Bethlehem as Christmas festivities are ... (The Guardian)

In the days leading up to Christmas, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, said that one particular Bible verse kept running ...

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Deserted streets and shuttered stores as Israel-Hamas war looms ... (NBC News)

In Bethlehem where Christian tradition says Jesus was born in a stable 2000 years ago, the Israel-Hamas war loomed at Christmas.

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Christmas in Bethlehem amid the Israel-Hamas war: photos (Business Insider)

Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus located in the West Bank, is usually packed with tourists during Christmas. Home to sites like the Church of the ...

Christmas in Bethlehem is somber due to the Israel-Hamas war (Texas Public Radio)

There are about 200000 Palestinian Christians who live in and around Bethlehem, the Galilee region and Gaza. Usually crowds pack into Manger Square for ...

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