RESEARCH sources:

1. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/24/bethlehem-marks-melancholic-christmas-for-second-year-in-shadow-of-gaza-war

2. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/24/what-are-palestines-unique-christmas-rituals-disrupted-by-israels-war

3. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/12/25/remember-christ-was-a-palestinian-refugee

4. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/7/if-christ-were-born-today-he-would-be-born-under-rubble-israeli-bombing

5. https://sites.rhodes.edu/coins/romes-conversion-christianity-and-its-lasting-legacy

6. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1462317X.2024.2390749#abstract

Image sources:

1. https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/gaza-rescuers-say-several-people-killed-in-israel-air-strike-in-north/article68811157.ece

2. https://sg.news.yahoo.com/unesco-lists-bethlehem-church-world-heritage-132647074.html

3. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/24/bethlehem-marks-melancholic-christmas-for-second-year-in-shadow-of-gaza-war

4. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestine-supporters-march-london-against-israel-action-gaza-2023-10-14/

5. https://www.sophiesworld.net/jesus-birthplace-betlehem/

6. https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2023/12/5/nativity-scene-places-baby-jesus-in-rubble

7. https://abcnews.go.com/International/palestinians-allege-abuse-idf-settlers-west-bank/story?id=112268511

8. https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-09-05/three-potatoes-for-40-the-face-of-hunger-in-gaza.html