Bethlehem

Marjorie Taylor Greene meets with Bethlehem mayor, decries alleged 'Christian prosecution'

Greene lauded Bethlehem for being the birthplace of Jesus, but condemned alleged "Christian persecution" occurring in the area.

FEBRUARY 16, 2026|ByTZVI JASPER

MARJORIE TAYLOR Greene meets with Bethlehem Mayor Maher Canawati, February 15, 2026.

PALESTINIAN YOUTH soccer players play in a field next to the barrier separating Aida refugee camp from Jerusalem near Bethlehem in the West Bank.

Bethlehem soccer pitch becomes unlikely flashpoint in global soccer politics

The pitch, the IDF Central Command claimed, sat too close to the seam zone, alleging that the structure and its occupants provided an observation point too sensitive for its volatile location.

FEBRUARY 11, 2026|ByITAY GODER

Armed Israeli soldiers, settlers, Palestinians, and reporters watch smoke rise during West Bank clashes in November 2025.

Israel using armed militias to ethnically cleanse the West Bank - opinion

B’Tselem warns that organized, state-backed settler militias are driving Palestinians from their land with violent attacks across the West Bank.

JANUARY 9, 2026|ByYAIR DVIR

People attend a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the New Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, on December 14, 2025.

Tis the season to flog Israel - opinion

Western media blame Israel for the decline in Christianity, ignoring the real threat, which is radical Islamic persecution.

JANUARY 3, 2026|ByDAVID M. WEINBERG

Bethlehem, Nazareth struggle on Christmas without tourists

PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN AFFAIRS: Many Christians in Bethlehem and Nazareth are aware that local tourism alone will not change the harsh reality of life under coronavirus.

DECEMBER 16, 2021ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

A MAN DRESSED as Santa meets people on a Bethlehem street, earlier this month.

Anti-PA ‘intifada’ in Bethlehem threatens Christmas festivities

Student stabbed to death at Jenin university

DECEMBER 4, 2021ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

A picture taken with a drone shows Palestinian houses and buildings at Dheisheh refugee camp, near Bethlehem in the West Bank June 17, 2021. Picture taken June 17, 2021.

Two IDF soldiers wounded, 5 Palestinians killed in anti-Hamas operation

Intense clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli security forces overnight as the IDF entered to make arrests throughout the West Bank.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Islamic Jihad gunmen attend a funeral of one of the Palestinians killed late Saturday night in clashes with the IDF in the West Bank village of Burqin.

The new Palestinian exploitation of Christmas - opinion

The irony of the issue isn’t just that Jesus was a Jew, but also that the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas in the Gaza Strip even more so, actively oppress their Christian population.

DECEMBER 28, 2020ByEMILY SCHRADER

CELEBRANTS POSE for a photo in front of a nativity scene display at Manger Square ahead of Christmas in Bethlehem last week.

'Sad Christmas' as Bethlehem copes with COVID-19

Christmas celebrations have been limited to religious rituals due to the coronavirus.

DECEMBER 24, 2020ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

Christmas in Bethlehem has been badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, December 24, 2020

On Christmas Eve, Bethlehem’s Church of Nativity rebuilt in Minecraft

“With Israel being of major importance to multiple religions, it’s essential that people come to see the sites.”

DECEMBER 24, 2020ByAARON REICH

Bethlehem’s Church of Nativity rebuilt in Minecraft

Bethlehem's other children, and the home that cares for them

Behind a discreet plaque saying 'Crèche' is a children's home - the only one that many illegitimate and abandoned children brought up there have ever known.

DECEMBER 22, 2020ByREUTERS