Bethlehem

2023 - 12 - 24

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Image courtesy of "The Canberra Times"

Bethlehem marks Christmas with vigil as bombs drub Gaza (The Canberra Times)

Palestinian Christians have held a sombre Christmas vigil in Bethlehem, with candle-lit hymns and prayers for peace in...

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Bethlehem's mayor cancels Christmas celebrations during Israel ... (9News)

The birthplace of Jesus Christ has put Christmas on hold this year over the Israel and Hamas war continuing...

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Image courtesy of "Aljazeera.com"

'No joy in our hearts': Bethlehem's Christians face heartbreak at ... (Aljazeera.com)

Bethlehem, occupied West Bank – At Christmas, Noha Helmi Tarazi normally decorates her home with a large tree, which she describes as a symbol of light and ...

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'God is under the rubble in Gaza': Bethlehem's subdued Christmas (The Japan Times)

There will be no musical festivities. No tree-lighting ceremony. No extravagant decorations that normally bedeck the West Bank city of Bethlehem at ...

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'We're not celebrating': Christmas called off in Bethlehem as Gaza ... (Financial Times)

Now, Bethlehem will have no Christmas tree at all. The Palestinian hilltop town, considered by Christians as the birthplace of Jesus, is in mourning, devastated ...

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Image courtesy of "The Guardian"

'If Jesus was born today, he'd be born under the rubble': Bethlehem ... (The Guardian)

At Bethlehem's Lutheran Evangelical church, the nativity scene looks very different this Christmas. Instead of a cot in a hay-filled manger, the baby doll ...

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With war raging in Gaza, Christmas is effectively cancelled in ... (CNN)

Church bells echo through the labyrinth-like streets of Bethlehem. With Christmas approaching, the city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank should be teeming ...

With war raging in Gaza, Christmas is effectively cancelled in ... (YakTriNews KAPP-KVEW)

Bethlehem, West Bank (CNN) — Church bells echo through the labyrinth-like streets of Bethlehem. With Christmas approaching, the city in the Israeli-occupied ...

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Bethlehem a Ghost Town on Christmas Eve as War Halts Celebrations (Voice of America)

The festive lights and Christmas tree that normally decorate Manger Square were missing, as were the throngs of foreign tourists who gather each year to mark ...

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Bethlehem a Ghost Town on Christmas Eve as War Halts Celebrations (Voice of America)

A Nativity scene decorated to honor the victims in Gaza is displayed in Manger Square, near the Nativity Church, which is traditionally believed to be the ...

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