Former Pentagon official Simone Ledeen weighs in on the state of Israel, Hamas hostage negotiations during an appearance on ‘Fox News Live.’

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Faith leaders and residents in Bethlehem are grappling with how to mark the festive holiday while fellow Palestinians continue to be killed.

Hundreds gathered at the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem in the West Bank as the leader of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land marked the second Christmas Midnight Mass under the shadow of the war in Gaza.

Bethlehem is an important center in the history of Christianity, but Christians make up only a small percentage of the roughly 14 million people in the area.