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Bethlehem plans another somber Christmas under the shadow of war in Gaza

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to people visiting the traditional birthplace of Jesus since 1927. “Last year before Christmas, we had more hope, but now again we are close to Christmas and we don’t have anything,” said Rony Tabash, the third-generation owner of Nativity Store. A …

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Vatican’s Palestinian Nativity scene raises eyebrows – and then disappears

The Independent

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Fact Check: Hate crime in West Bank? This church attack video is old and unrelated to Christmas

India Today

A church was allegedly attacked in Beit Sahour, a town near the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus Christ, in occupied West Bank. While many posts simply said “Palestinians” attacked a church in Beit Sahour because churchgoers had started decorating for Christmas, some laid the blame squarely on Palestinian Muslims. The viral claims about the church attack …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Released Palestinians describe worsening abuses in Israeli prisons

LA Times

Palestinian boxer Muazzaz Abayat, 37, holds his 2-month-old son, Mohammed, and 5-year-old daughter Mira at home in the West Bank city of Bethlehem after his release from an Israeli prison. Released Palestinians have described worsening abuses in Israeli prisons crammed with thousands detained since the war in Gaza began 10 months ago. According to autopsy reports for five of the …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Palestine and the archeobotany of occupation: Ancient fruit in the mouth of a hungry god

Salon

Every spring, silver-green olive trees across the historical territory of Palestine bloom into white clusters, with the region's iconic green and black fruit to appear as the season wears on. Known as al-Badawi by locals, the tree has had many names and titles, including “Bride of Palestine” and “Old Woman.” Related Why war zones are the perfect place for antibiotic …

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9 months ago

These children left Gaza but still suffer mental trauma from Israel’s war

Al Jazeera

Through art and bonding with each other, 68 children evacuated to Bethlehem are working through their pain. Bethlehem, occupied West Bank – A group of children from Gaza are in an art workshop in Bethlehem’s SOS Children’s Village, 102km from Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip. Sixty-eight children were evacuated this month from Rafah’s SOS Children’s Village to …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

‘If UNRWA goes, so do our dreams of returning home’, Palestinians fear

Al Jazeera

Residents of the occupied West Bank fear total loss of healthcare and education, while UN aid agency warns of escalating tensions if it is forced to halt operations. Aida, Bethlehem, occupied West Bank – Among the children playing on the street in the Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank is 10-year-old Ahmad Damaseh who dreams of …

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11 months ago

Palestinian industries falter as Israel bombs Gaza, locks down West Bank

Al Jazeera

A serious aspect of Israel’s violence in Gaza and the occupied West Bank is how it’s hurting Palestinian businesses. Bethlehem, occupied West Bank – As the occupied West Bank roils with near-daily Israeli raids, settler attacks and killings of Palestinians, an overlooked impact of the violence is starting to take its toll. The past few months, Muhanad Nairoukh, manager of …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Christmas under the rubble in Bethlehem

The Hindu

News of continued bombings in Gaza killing more than 22,500 Palestinians and of Israeli raids in the West Bank killing more Palestinians, as well as the cancellation of Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, brought back memories of my life in Gaza between 1996 and 1998. The first time I drove to Bethlehem from Gaza in 1996, after crossing the usual Israeli …

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

Israeli forces strike Bethlehem on Christmas day amid raids across West Bank

Live Mint

Israel-Hamas war: Stepping up its attack against Palestine, Israeli Defence Forces conducted some deadly Christmas Day raids against Palestinian targets in the occupied West Bank. The development comes amid a surge in violence in the occupied West Bank after Israel launched its war against Hamas targets in Gaza, which has killed more than 20,000 people including innocent civilians. Israeli forces …

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

Bethlehem’s Christmas: Bombed-out town refrains from celebrations

Live Mint

Bethlehem's celebrations fell silent on 25 December 2023, Christmas Day, as the town chose not to celebrate the birth of Jesus, who is believed to have been born in this place. Bethlehem is a Palestinian town south of Jerusalem, a town that is seeing the atrocities of Israel's aerial bombing campaign and ground attacks in the Gaza Strip. Bethlehem fell …

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

Bethlehem, birthplace of Jesus Christ, turns grim on Christmas Eve amid Israel-Hamas war

Hindustan Times

The typically bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town Sunday after Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel-Hamas war. People walk along the streets of Bethlehem on Christmas Eve, in the Old City of Bethlehem The festive lights and Christmas tree that normally decorate Manger Square were missing, as were the throngs of …

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel hits Bethlehem in Christmas raids on occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera

Dozens have been arrested as Israeli forces stormed Jenin and areas around Nablus. In the village of Burqa, northwest of the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces arrested at least 20 people, including senior citizens. At least 700,000 Israeli settlers live in illegal, fortified, Jewish-only settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the majority of …

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1 year ago

On Christmas Eve, Bethlehem resembles a ghost town. Celebrations are halted due to Israel-Hamas war

Associated Press

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — The typically bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town Sunday after Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel-Hamas war. “This year, without the Christmas tree and without lights, there’s just darkness,” said Brother John Vinh, a Franciscan monk from Vietnam who has lived in Jerusalem for six years. Bethlehem …

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1 year ago

‘Without work and hope’: Bethlehem’s Christmas economy bleeds from Gaza war

Al Jazeera

The West Bank city loses Christmas tourism amid daily Israeli raids and the continuing assault on the Gaza Strip. ‘Impossible to rejoice’ Vendors like Juqman had suffered “setbacks” due to “quarantines, and COVID measures” in recent years, which caused a decline in the economy, he said. Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Munther Isaac, said …

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1 year ago

In Bethlehem, the home of Jesus’ birth, a season of grieving for Palestinian Christians

LA Times

Nor is it intended to be. “I see God in the rubble,” said Munther Isaac, the Palestinian pastor of a landmark Lutheran church in Bethlehem, the West Bank town revered by Christians as Jesus’ birthplace. The creche at a landmark Lutheran church in Bethlehem, West Bank, features baby Jesus surrounded by jagged chunks of stone — evoking bombed-out buildings. “May …

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1 year ago

Under the shadow of war in Gaza, Jesus’ traditional birthplace is gearing up for a subdued Christmas

Associated Press

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem is gearing up for a subdued Christmas, without the festive lights and customary Christmas tree towering over Manger Square, after officials in Jesus’ traditional birthplace decided to forgo celebrations due to the Israel-Hamas war. “But if we compare it with what’s happening to our people and Gaza, it’s nothing.” More than 18,700 Palestinians have been …

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1 year ago

Palestinian town of Bethlehem faces ‘worst Christmas ever’ as Israel war scares away tourists and pilgrims

Hindustan Times

Bethlehem is normally at its busiest at Christmas but this year war has scared away tourists and pilgrims from the in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, leaving hotels, restaurants and souvenir shops deserted. A woman arranges an installation of a scene of the nativity of Christ withith a figure "symbolising baby Jesus lying in his manger amid rubble", in reference to …

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1 year, 1 month ago

A historic Black church’s new gospel in Oakland: Fight the high housing costs

LA Times

Four decades ago, during the heyday of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in West Oakland, hundreds would show up for worship on Sundays. “Even if our human societies don’t act as if we’re all beloved by God.” Over the years, membership at Bethlehem Lutheran has dwindled as residents have left Oakland, many of them pushed out to more affordable cities like Vacaville …

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1 year, 2 months ago

‘This is different’: At a West Bank cafe, Israel’s assault edges closer

Al Jazeera

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1 year, 5 months ago

Three Israelis wounded in Palestinian attack, gunman arrested

Al Jazeera

Israeli forces raided Bethlehem and arrested the suspected gunman and two others after a shooting attack near a checkpoint. A Palestinian gunman opened fire on a car in the occupied West Bank, wounding three Israelis, including two girls, Israeli authorities said. Israeli settlements in the West Bank are considered illegal under international law, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Israeli forces kill teen in the West Bank: Palestinian officials

Al Jazeera

Palestinian Health Ministry says a 16-year-old was shot in the chest and killed in a clash near the town of Bethlehem. Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian teenager during clashes in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials. Palestinian media said the shooting on Friday came during confrontations between Israeli forces and Palestinians in a village near the town …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager in Bethlehem

Al Jazeera

Adam Ayyad, 15, was killed during an Israeli army raid on the Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Ramallah, occupied West Bank – The Israeli army has shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during a raid on the city of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank. On Monday, Israeli forces killed two men during a …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Bethlehem rebounds from pandemic, lifting Christmas spirits

Deccan Chronicle

BETHLEHEM, West Bank: The biblical town of Bethlehem marked a merry Christmas on Saturday, with thousands of visitors descending upon the traditional birthplace of Jesus as it rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic. “We are celebrating Christmas this year in a very much different way than last year,” Palestinian Tourism Minister Rula Maayah said. “We’re celebrating Christmas with pilgrims coming from …

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Bethlehem plans another somber Christmas under the shadow of war in Gaza

Vatican’s Palestinian Nativity scene raises eyebrows – and then disappears

Fact Check: Hate crime in West Bank? This church attack video is old and unrelated to Christmas

Released Palestinians describe worsening abuses in Israeli prisons

Palestine and the archeobotany of occupation: Ancient fruit in the mouth of a hungry god

These children left Gaza but still suffer mental trauma from Israel’s war

‘If UNRWA goes, so do our dreams of returning home’, Palestinians fear

Palestinian industries falter as Israel bombs Gaza, locks down West Bank

Christmas under the rubble in Bethlehem

Israeli forces strike Bethlehem on Christmas day amid raids across West Bank

Bethlehem’s Christmas: Bombed-out town refrains from celebrations

Bethlehem, birthplace of Jesus Christ, turns grim on Christmas Eve amid Israel-Hamas war

Israel hits Bethlehem in Christmas raids on occupied West Bank

On Christmas Eve, Bethlehem resembles a ghost town. Celebrations are halted due to Israel-Hamas war

‘Without work and hope’: Bethlehem’s Christmas economy bleeds from Gaza war

In Bethlehem, the home of Jesus’ birth, a season of grieving for Palestinian Christians

Under the shadow of war in Gaza, Jesus’ traditional birthplace is gearing up for a subdued Christmas

Palestinian town of Bethlehem faces ‘worst Christmas ever’ as Israel war scares away tourists and pilgrims

A historic Black church’s new gospel in Oakland: Fight the high housing costs

‘This is different’: At a West Bank cafe, Israel’s assault edges closer

Three Israelis wounded in Palestinian attack, gunman arrested

Israeli forces kill teen in the West Bank: Palestinian officials

Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager in Bethlehem

Bethlehem rebounds from pandemic, lifting Christmas spirits