Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Kim Cook, The Associated Press Olive trees, native to the Mediterranean region, are among nature’s oldest trees, and they look it. Gnarled, brawny trunks, ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (RNS) — Artisans in and around Bethlehem specialize in carving wood from a tree that makes several appearances in the Bible. They consider the work — a millennium-old tradition — ...

Decades-old black olive trees that were destined for the wood chipper are receiving a reprieve of sorts. Three Native American carvers will transform the cut-down trees that until recently shaded a ...

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BETHLEHEM, West Bank – Thirty years ago Bassem Giacaman, whose large extended family has lived in this town for generations, immigrated to New Zealand with his parents and siblings in search of a life ...