'Bethlehem Municipality crews announced the dismantling of Christmas decorations installed several years ago in the city's neighborhoods and removing all festive appearances in honor of the martyrs and in solidarity with our people in Gaza,' the Bethlehem Municipality announced on Facebook Tuesday. There will be no Christmas display this year in the biblical town of Bethlehem.įestivities have been canceled in the town known as the birthplace of the Savior in the West Bank area in honor of Palestinian 'martyrs.' Fireworks explode during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony outside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem.
