Newsweek also contacted the City of Bethlehem for comment via email ... in the occupied West Bank, in relation to Jerusalem. A map showing the area of Gush Etzion Israeli settlements in the ...

Here is a series of maps explaining why ... one Arab - with the Jerusalem-Bethlehem area to become an international city. The plan was accepted by Palestine's Jewish leadership but rejected ...

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 ...

The cave’s roof is a geographical map of Gaza. Its shape, together with a depiction of an explosion, form a star, inspired by the Star of Bethlehem ... the West Bank and Jerusalem are enduring ...

Christmas is not necessarily the optimal time to visit Bethlehem. Not, at least, this year, after the mayor announced that Christmas is cancelled as a result of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza.

Israel’s Gaza war has shut down Bethlehem and East Jerusalem. Churchmen, merchants, restaurant and hotel owners had hoped for a vibrant holiday season which stretches from early December until ...

even as the ongoing conflict with Israel disfigured the biblical landscape surrounding Bethlehem. Though he could live and work elsewhere, he said he feels a call of duty to stay and minister to ...