+ Follow Bethlehem Tag
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[Summary] => Hundreds of worshippers gathered for mass at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem Wednesday night as the Palestinian city ushered in its first festive Christmas in more than two years, emerging from the shadow of the war in Gaza.
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[Title] => Grim Christmas Eve in Bethlehem as war rages in Gaza
[Summary] => Gaza's deadliest ever war cast a pall of gloom over Bethlehem on Christmas Eve Sunday, as the death toll spiraled and Israel shifted its efforts against Hamas to the besieged territory's south.
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[Summary] => To the believers, what happened 2,000 years ago in this city is not just history. It is also a story of redemption, a story of love, a story of surrender, a story of humility, a story of exultation. A shining moment for mankind.
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[Summary] => “Oh, little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by; Yet in thy dark streets shineth, the everlasting light; The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.”
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[Title] => In Bethlehem, Omicron ruins hope for Christmas boom
[Summary] => After collecting dust for nearly two years, the 228 rooms at Bethlehem's Ararat Hotel were scrubbed last month in anticipation of a post-lockdown Christmas boom, hopes that have again been dashed by the coronavirus.
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[Summary] => A manger scene juxtaposed against concrete blocks seemingly pierced by a mortar shell: with Christmas looming, the latest Bethlehem offering by secretive artist Banksy appeared Saturday in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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[Title] => At Christmas, Bethlehem says denied full gifts of tourism
[Summary] => Less than an hour after a group of Indian tourists arrive at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, they exit smiling, directly board their bus and head back to Jerusalem.
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[Summary] => To the believers, what happened 2,000 years ago in this city is not just history. It is also a story of redemption, a story of love, a story of surrender, a story of humility, a story of exultation. A shining moment for mankind.
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[Summary] => A manger scene juxtaposed against concrete blocks seemingly pierced by a mortar shell: with Christmas looming, the latest Bethlehem offering by secretive artist Banksy appeared Saturday in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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