After nearly five hours of public comment at its meeting Tuesday night, Bethlehem City Council took no action on adopting a resolution to call for a ceasefire in the ongoing ground war in Gaza.

With no Christmas tree or decorations adorning the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, holiday cheer was absent in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem ...

Many tour guides in Bethlehem are without work as tourism to the city has ground to a halt In ... Wael Shaer runs the Palestine Lions Club, a community group packing up food for those in need ...