Christmas Cancelled In Bethlehem 2025. In his annual christmas message, bethlehem mayor hanna hanania spoke this year of mourning — and condemned israel’s prosecution of the war in gaza as “ethnic. There will be no christmas lights in bethlehem this year.

As a palestinian christian, canceling christmas celebrations this year feels right. In “mourning and honor” of palestinians killed in gaza, the city of bethlehem in the occupied west bank, the birthplace of jesus christ, has announced the cancellation of.