Christmas in israel

Christians in Israel: Nazareth tops Israel’s Christian cities as Christmas arrives

Israel's 184,200 Christians mark Christmas as CBS data reveals a community with remarkable education rates and deep roots across Nazareth, Haifa, and Jerusalem.

People enjoy a Christmas festival at the New Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, December 22, 2025.
Christmas in Nazareth

Christmas returns to Nazareth, marking a gradual revival of the city's Christian tourism

THE WINTER Dreams exhibit at the Botanical Gardens

Christmas in Jerusalem: Take a last-minute trip to the Holy City for some much-needed festive cheer

 The service of the Royal Hours of Christmas at the Patriarchate of Jerusalem on Friday, January 5, 2024.

Orthodox Christians in Israel mark holiday as war in Gaza rages on


My word: Time warp trouble

That so-called ‘atomic clocks’ are keeping more accurate time than the rotation of Earth, necessitating a ‘leap second,’ worries me a lot less than Iran’s atomic plans and ticking time bomb.

Planet Earth

Rivlin: Retaliation against persecution of Christians in the Middle East is a war against extremism

“In the face of attacks on holy sites we refuse to be silenced, just as we refuse to be silenced by violence and terror.”

President Rivlin meets Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III

Coexistence festive à Haïfa

A Haïfa, la coexistence religieuse s’exprime dans le discours des chefs de communauté. Mais aussi – et surtout – dans les rues de la ville du Nord pendant le Festival des Festivals

La façade du centre arabo-juif Beit HaGefen, à l'origine du Festival

Netanyahu on Christmas: Middle East Christians subject to violence, persecution and fear

PM says that Israel is the one exception in the Middle East where Christians enjoy freedom and democracy.

Benjamin Netanyahu's Christmas Greeting

Netanyahu's Christmas greeting: Pray for a more peaceful and tolerant world

PM releases video holiday greeting with the Christians of Israel and the Middle East a "very merry Christmas."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Christmas greeting

WATCH: Town of Bethlehem lights up Christmas tree next to the church of the Holy Nativity

Bethlehem marks the beginning of the holiday season by lighting up a 15-meters Christmas tree at Manger Square.

A Christmas tree stands in the courtyard of the Nativity Church in the West Bank town of Bethlehem