Ten days ago, the Vatican had unveiled its Nativity scene from Bethlehem, featuring an infant Jesus swaddled in a keffiyeh. The implicit framing of Jesus as a Palestinian child—subtly erasing ...

Robby Soave and Niall Stanage weigh in on the Pope Francis' unveiling of a nativity scene in which Baby Jesus is adorned in a keffiyeh, a traditional Arabic scarf that's become symbol of sympathy ...

The picture shows the “Christ Child” displayed on a keffiyeh scarf gifted by the Palestinian Higher Committee of Churches Affairs, as part of the “Nativity of Bethlehem 2024.” It drew worldwide ...

A major controversy erupted recently when a nativity scene at the Vatican depicted baby Jesus wrapped in a Palestinian keffiyeh, a symbol of Palestinian identity. The display, unveiled in St Peter’s ...

A nativity scene featuring baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh was unveiled in St. Peter’s Square as part of the Vatican's Christmas display more than a week ago, designed by Bethlehem artists ...

The black-and-white keffiyeh has been “adopted by Palestinians as a symbol of their aspiration and long struggle for independence, making it divisive to those who associate it with the fighting ...

Despite all this, at the start of December when the Pope inaugurated a series of nativity scenes in the Vatican, one depicted the baby Jesus lying on a keffiyeh, the scarf used by many ...

Not this time. The baby in the crib the pope found so moving, was positioned lying on top of a Palestinian keffiyeh. Apologists and excusers for the Pontiff rushed to deny that the Church was ...