The hotel is on the site of Bethlehem’s first house. It’s where, on Christmas Eve in 1741, Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf and other Moravian settlers named Bethlehem in honor of the ...

According to the Christian Christmas story ... Around 2,000 years later, almost all of Bethlehem's 5,000 hotel rooms are empty. There is a lack of tourists, which is not only a problem for ...

There will be no Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem this year. Shaimaa Khalil reports from the birthplace of Jesus. Rev Dr Munther Isaac, Dean of Bethlehem Bible College, has created a nativity ...

For a second year running, there is no Christmas cheer in Bethlehem. Tourists are shunning the city, and many residents are seeking a way out as the war in Gaza grinds on. Bethlehem’s Manger ...