Bethlehem lights tree after two years, mixing hope with sorrow amid Gaza war and economic hardship from Israeli siege.


Bethlehem lights tree after two years, mixing hope with sorrow amid Gaza war and economic hardship from Israeli siege.

Through art and bonding with each other, 68 children evacuated to Bethlehem are working through their pain.

Residents of the occupied West Bank fear total loss of healthcare and education, aid workers warn of escalating tensions

Israel stepped up its arrest campaign in the occupied West Bank, and mistreatment of prisoners in its overstuffed jails.

A serious aspect of Israel’s violence in Gaza and the occupied West Bank is how it’s hurting Palestinian businesses.

The scene of a devastated nativity cave symbolises the plight of Christ’s family — and Palestinians now.
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Unlike other Christmases, Noha Helmi Tarazi’s family won’t be visiting her. Her sister and brother were killed in Gaza.
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All Palestinian churches cancelled Christmas festivities, one church in Bethlehem shares its pain through iconography.
