(AP Photo/Leo Correa) A Palestinian woodcarver shapes crosses from olive wood at the Giacaman family workshop prior to Holy Week celebrations in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday, April 8, ...

Mini figurines of Jesus on the cross splay across the carving table. Each is slightly different because of the wood’s natural markings. “Before, of course, the situation was completely normal ...

Bethlehem workshops where carvers toil over small pieces of olive wood sit empty these days. On most Easters the shops lining the streets of the town known as Jesus’s birthplace would be ...