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 ...

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 ...

It seems that in Bethlehem, wherever there are walls there is graffiti. It was true in Berlin and now it is also true here, the traditional birthplace of Jesus. Israel's security barrier in ...

Initially, Bethlehem residents were thrilled that Banksy and a group of fellow graffiti artists had chosen to make this economically depressed town, and the giant wall that Israel has built around ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Bethlehem wall (or West Bank barrier) was something to get to know. It was imposing and telling the tale of two opposing ...

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 ...

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 ...