Encouraged by a ceasefire brokered between Israel and Hamas in October, Bethlehem brought back its annual Christmas celebrations. After a pause of two years, Manger Square lit up again with parades, ...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — At midnight on Christmas Eve, the words of the traditional hymn “The Night of Christmas” will ring out in the tiny grotto in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, built on the ...
At midnight on Christmas Eve, the ancient walls of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity will once again echo with the traditional hymn “Laylat al Milad” — The Night of Christmas — sung in the grotto ...