Bethlehem Mayor Maher Canawati announced that festivities will return starting Dec. 6, with a Christmas tree lighting in ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The season of giving has many reflecting on those stuck in the grips of violence and unrest. In his own Christmas Eve homily, Pope Francis prayed for peace in Palestine, ...

Bethlehem workshops where carvers toil over small pieces of olive wood sit empty these days. On most Easters the shops lining the streets of the town known as Jesus’s birthplace would be bustling with ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank - Tens of thousands of tourists and Christian pilgrims packed the West Bank town of Bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations Saturday, bringing warm holiday cheer to the ...

The Catholic charity Caritas on Tuesday unveiled the late Pope Francis' one-time vehicle, which, per his request, has been transformed into a mobile health clinic aimed at delivering care to the ...

The strategic Shdema community will connect eastern Gush Etzion to Jerusalem.The post Gush Etzion establishes new outpost near Bethlehem appeared first on JNS.org.

Israel plans to seize parts of a major West Bank historic site, according to a government document, and settlers put up a new ...