A Bethlehem code enforcement officer first noticed the partial collapse of the exterior wall at 1218 Center St. on Oct. 7, 2021, according to an engineering report. The Wilsons’ home at 1220 ...

Now Anastas is using the 30-foot-high wall to make money. Since October, she has been selling Bethlehem's traditional olive wood carvings on the Internet, and one of her most popular items is a ...

Israel's security barrier in Bethlehem is now complete. It snakes through the northern outskirts of the town, a towering concrete wall more than 20 feet high. It is designed to thwart Palestinian ...

Israel says the wall is meant to keep out suicide bombers, but inside Bethlehem the view is different. “It is turning the city into a big prison for its citizens,” said Mayor Victor Batarseh.

Bethlehem is only five miles from Jerusalem, is hemmed by Israeli settlements and disconnected from the Holy City by a 479 mile-long separation wall. Even some delicacies that are popular on ...

A towering wall of gray concrete slabs cuts across what was once the main road connecting Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Just inside the barrier, past a spanking new Israeli security terminal ...

REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma “Bibi Netanyahu told me the wall works,” he added, using Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nickname. The Bethlehem wall has become a showcase of protest art v ...

A wall collapse has closed a Bethlehem elementary school today and tomorrow, the city school district said Monday. Police were notified at about 6:30 a.m. Monday of the wall collapse on an ...

This video offers a firsthand tour of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, one of Christianity’s most sacred sites. It ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Claire Anastas’ house is surrounded on three sides by a gray cement wall. Israel’s separation barrier has forced the family to close its car repair business because ...