When I first moved to Israel from the UK in the early 1990s, Christmas was a difficult time of year for me. Israel may be the birthplace of Christianity, but you’d never have guessed it. In the 1990s, ...

At Christmas House, Giacaman's shop, things have been bad since shortly after the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel by Gaza-based Hamas militants that killed 1,200 people, Israel says.

JERUSALEM — Last year, Israelis marked Hanukkah and Christmas mostly quietly in their homes, synagogues, churches — and bomb shelters. Some 200,000 were displaced due to rocket fire from Gaza ...

Cutting through the uncharacteristic darkness and silence, faint Christmas music drifts through the centre of Beirut's suburb of Hadath.. The town is still reeling from Israel's two-month war on ...

Pope Francis called children whose lives are devastated by war the "little Jesuses" of today. He said he hoped for peace to come "in Israel and Palestine." The pope said he particularly embraced ...