Since Joseph was a descendant of King David, Bethlehem was the hometown where he was required to register. The Gospel of Luke includes no flight to Egypt, no paranoid King Herod, no murder of ...

Since Joseph was a descendant of King David, Bethlehem was the hometown where he was required to register. The Gospel of Luke includes no flight to Egypt, no paranoid King Herod, no murder of ...

Manger Square, the centre of Bethlehem traditionally believed to ... with many fleeing through the Rafah crossing into Egypt before Israel seized control of it in May. Those left behind - around ...

Palestinian policemen stand guard at Manger Square on Christmas eve outside Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity — HAZEM BADER Palestinian security forces deployed around the Church of the Nativity in ...

All of a sudden, we're in the same boat, in essence, as the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. And that's just incredible for our little town in Bethlehem to be in that same company.

On Bethlehem's Manger Square, Christmas decorations and pilgrims are notably absent for a second wartime festive season in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city. The Church of the Nativity that ...