Bethlehem Ancient Bethlehem lies in the West Bank, in an area where the Israeli government bans its citizens from entering. To visit, you cross a checkpoint manned by Israel Defense Force soldiers ...

Military Orders to Seize 16,000 Dunams for Pastoral Colonialism The Chairman of the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission ...

Some pilgrims don’t even realise Bethlehem is located in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Giacaman said. “Sometimes they come to the ...

For a second year running, there is no Christmas cheer in Bethlehem. Tourists are shunning ... the traditional lighted Christmas Tree in the ancient settlement that is revered by Christians ...

The decision to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank, illegal under international law, have come alongside rising settler violence against Palestinians.

These also included 20 demolition orders targeting the eastern rural areas of Bethlehem. The commission noted that in 2024, Israel carried out 684 demolitions, impacting a total of 903 Palestinian ...

A group of Israeli researchers is in a years-long quest to produce wine identical to that consumed in ancient Israel ... a winery outside Bethlehem run by Italian monks, has produced a dry ...

About 40 Israelis attacked Palestinians in the West Bank village of Al-Maniya, southeast of Bethlehem ... and the Shin Bet pressed Defense Minister Israel Katz to restore administrative detention ...

He warned that the move aims to further separate Bethlehem from Jerusalem, threatening the geographic continuity of the West Bank. Shaaban accused Israel of imposing new facts on the ground to ...