Bethlehem’s bombed-out nativity sculpture sends a powerful …
Dec 25, 2023 · There is no Christmas tree and there are no holiday lights or tourists to see them. Instead, the city of Jesus’s birth – which is in the middle of a war zone – is marking Christmas with a powerful...
On Christmas Eve, Bethlehem looks like a ghost ... - Associated Press News
Dec 24, 2023 · Palestinian scouts hold signs in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip calling to end the Israel-Hamas war, near the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve in the West Bank city of …
What are Palestine’s unique Christmas rituals, disrupted by …
Dec 24, 2023 · This year, the many gleeful rituals that characterise Christmas in Palestine will be replaced by simpler ceremonies, mourning and prayer, shining a harsh light on the current reality of the...
With war raging in Gaza, Christmas in Bethlehem has been canceled - NPR
Dec 16, 2023 · Last month, Palestinian leaders of Christian denominations here came together, and citing the devastating war in Gaza made a unanimous decision to cancel public celebrations.
Deserted streets and shuttered stores as Israel-Hamas war ... - NBC News
Dec 25, 2023 · Some Palestinian Christians held a candlelight Christmas vigil with hymns and prayers for peace in Gaza, instead of the usual celebrations.
Christmas will be quiet in Bethlehem as destruction continues in …
Dec 20, 2023 · Bethlehem, a town nearly synonymous with Christmas, is located in what is now the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Many Palestinians are too distressed by the war in Gaza to hold Christmas...
With war raging in Gaza, Christmas is effectively canceled in ... - CNN
Dec 24, 2023 · Local leaders made the decision last month to scale back festivities in solidarity with the Palestinian population, as heavy fighting raged between Israel and Hamas in the devastated Gaza Strip.
Israel hits Bethlehem in Christmas raids on occupied West Bank
Dec 25, 2023 · Christmas day in the occupied West Bank began with an attack on the Jenin refugee camp and several arrests. The raid on Monday morning followed several others across the territory, which saw...
Palestine: A Nativity among rubble to remember Gaza on the eve …
Dec 12, 2023 · The nativity scene at the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church shows the baby Jesus wrapped in the tradition Palestinian kefiya and placed among rubble in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, to...
Christmas celebrations canceled in Bethlehem as war rages in …
Dec 24, 2023 · The celebrations traditionally enjoyed in Bethlehem — the "capital of Christmas" — are canceled this year, as the war in Gaza and violence in the occupied West Bank continue to devastate Palestinian communities.