Beyond its being an inspiring story, The Book of Ruth can be enjoyed as a moving example of how tradition can grow.

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 ...

As the war rages on, the city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank marks its second sombre Christmas filled with prayers to bring an end to Israel's genocide in Gaza. Meanwhile, Iran has called ...

but Bethlehem has remained largely quiet. Restrictions after the war have also prevented some 150,000 Palestinians from leaving the territory to work in Israel, causing the economy there to ...

Further expansion is currently planned to the north of Bethlehem ... is the Mountain Aquifer. Although 80 per cent of its recharge area lies beneath the West Bank, Israel uses about 90 per ...

Bethlehem, occupied West Bank - For ... displace the rightful residents," says Kisiya. She says that Israel’s goal is not merely to control this 1000-square-meter plot, but to control the mountain and ...

A NORTH COUNTRY SCHOOL IS CLOSING ITS DOORS FOR GOOD AFTER 138 YEARS. THE WHITE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL IN BETHLEHEM ANNOUNCED IT WILL BE SHUTTING DOWN ON JUNE 30TH. THE SCHOOL SAYS IT’S INDEPENDENT ...

Meanwhile, Jesus’s birthplace of Bethlehem is uncharacteristically empty of tourists this year as Israel’s assault on Gaza and crackdown on the West Bank escalate. “Nothing can wash the ...

Last week, the Vatican was overtaken by a controversy about the Israel-Hamas war—one that ... Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in the West Bank; soon afterward, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus passed ...

The Rev. Israel Acrelius ... Bethlehem Acrelius gave this dramatic description of Bethlehem from his first approach over the mountain: “As one comes on the road from Philadelphia, traveling ...

Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem in the occupied West ... “For the last 25 years, Israel has run up the mountain with weights on its legs,” said Erel Margalit, a high-tech entrepreneur ...

Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem were canceled amid the Israel-Hamas war. Bethlehem is home to the Church of the Nativity, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus. Christmas, normally the West ...