Israel's separation barrier has forced ... of the West Bank in what Palestinians call a land grab. The wall not only cuts Bethlehem off from Jerusalem, but meanders through the town to separate ...

Meanwhile, an Israeli-built wall partially encircles Bethlehem, cutting it off from Jerusalem and stifling homebuilding and urban growth. Israel says the wall is a necessary security measure to ...

Both films start with gunfire — Palestinian teenagers using a rural street sign for target practice in Bethlehem ... is scaling the Israeli-built wall that bisects his community when he's ...

As a result, the Palestinian side of the wall is daubed with reams of graffiti, particularly in Bethlehem, which hosts the Church of the Nativity, the said birthplace of Jesus. Israel says the ...

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, West Bank ... after workers broke through his office wall and spirited him out through another building. An Israeli security official had a different version. "We got a report of ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A Catholic monastery and convent in a secluded valley outside Bethlehem lost a seven-year legal battle against the building of Israel's separation wall on its land ...

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 ...

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 ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — In the little town of Bethlehem, Christmas this year is barely a whisper. Palestinian scouts paraded ...