In fact, there is no Christmas tree at all. Bethlehem is facing its second bleak Christmas since the outbreak of the war in ...

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to ongoing war in Gaza. There will be no giant Christmas tree in Manger Square ...

There are no festive lights strung overhead and no sign of the huge tree normally ... Christmas will be a muted affair in the occupied West Bank. In a normal year, Bethlehem would be a “city ...