Like last year, the Christmas market by the New Gate of the Christian Quarter in Jerusalem was canceled amid the ongoing war. A cobbled street that would normally dazzle with cheerful decorations ...

And for those forgoing a quick jaunt to European Christmas markets this season, you’ve got an option closer to home: Jerusalem. The intricate balance of religions in one small, historically ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital looms large in Christmas festivities this year in the traditional birthplace of Jesus.

For the second year running, a Christmas tree will not be hoisted in the city revered as the birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem. Since the Gaza war started last year in the wake of Hamas’ attack on ...

Days before Christmas last year, an Israeli military sniper shot and killed two women inside the Holy Family Parish, according to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. This Christmas, the Catholic ...

JERUSALEM — Last year, Israelis marked Hanukkah and Christmas mostly quietly in their homes, synagogues, churches — and bomb shelters. Some 200,000 were displaced due to rocket fire from Gaza ...

but now again we are close to Christmas and we don’t have anything,” said Rony Tabash, the third-generation owner of Nativity Store. Israel’s war against Hamas has been raging for nearly 15 ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wished Christians worldwide a merry Christmas and thanked the Christian community for its support amid the Jewish state's ...

In Palestine this year, Christmas night was the eve of Hanukkah ... not bring the Egyptians to the conference table with words, Israel would try it with guns. Said one Israeli spokesman ...