Checkpoint 300 is a military post manned by the Israel Defense Forces on the edge of the Palestinian town of Bethlehem, where ...

For the past two Christmases, John Juka’s family restaurant looked about the same as any business in Bethlehem: shuttered and eerily empty. But on Saturday evening, it bustled with families and was ...

An Israeli military helicopter crashed near Bethlehem amid intensified Israeli operations across the occupied West Bank, ...

CHICAGO, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The City of Bethlehem held its first Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony since 2022, symbolizing renewed hope, unity, steadfastness and resilience. The ceremony, ...

Imtiaz Tyab is a CBS News senior foreign correspondent based in London and reports for all platforms, including the "CBS Evening News," "CBS Mornings," "CBS Sunday Morning" and CBS News 24/7. He has ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — At midnight on Christmas Eve, the words of the traditional hymn “The Night of Christmas” will ring out in the tiny grotto in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, built on ...

Christmas started in Bethlehem more than 2,000 years ago, and now the celebration is bringing some much-needed holiday cheer right where it was born. After years in which the horrors of the war in ...

Encouraged by a ceasefire brokered between Israel and Hamas in October, Bethlehem brought back its annual Christmas celebrations. After a pause of two years, Manger Square lit up again with parades, ...

Bethlehem, where Christians believe Jesus was born, had canceled Christmas celebrations during the war. But on Wednesday, the ...

The historical epic about the 1936 Arab revolt is the only film to shoot in Palestine over the last two years.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Christmas celebrations return to Bethlehem for the first time in two years, bringing fragile hope to a Palestinian ...