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.

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

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

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


Bethlehem set for a Merry Christmas: more rooms, inns and part of its manger back

But even after three years of relative peace and prosperity, people are still nervous in the small Palestinian town, a few miles south of Jerusalem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

People celebrate during the annual lighting ceremony of a Christmas tree at Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem

Relic from Jesus' manger arrives in Bethlehem just in time for Christmas

Before its transfer to Bethlehem, the relic was put on display to the public at the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center, encased in a silver-colored ornamental table-top stand.

A fragment of a wooden relic, reputed to be from Jesus' manger, is displayed ahead of its transfer to Jesus' birthplace in Bethlehem for the official launch of Christmas season, in Jerusalem's Notre Dame

Palestinian A-G charges relatives suspected of 'honor killing' with murder

Ghrayeb was allegedly beaten by her brother upon order of their father, and then again while recovering in the hospital.

Funeral scene - descriptive

Palestinians protest in Bethlehem after alleged 'honor killing' of 21-year-old woman

Israa's father allegedly ordered her brother to beat her after relatives witnessed the footage online.

Funeral scene - descriptive

Court: Bethlehem, Efrat men abused special needs Shufersal co-worker

The court’s preliminary findings appear to indicate that the bizarre and disturbing case in which Palestinians and Jews likely conspired together to torment their special-needs co-worker for fun

'Shufersal' supermarket

UN warns IDF Wadi Hummus home razings risks forced Palestinian transfer

One Palestinian resident who sat on a plastic chair in his living room told the Border Police that he would rather they destroy the home on top of his head than take him out by force.

Israeli machinery demolishes a Palestinian building on the outskirts of Jerusalem

Bethlehem summer camp teaches children to idolize terrorists - report

"This is how Fatah teaches its children loyalty to the Martyrs' blood," reads an introduction to the video.

Palestinian children celebrate Hamas founding 370

Church of the Nativity no longer endangered

The sixth century building which marks the site where Jesus was born in Bethlehem has recently undergone a major renovation project.

A boy is carried as he places his fingers inside holes in a column that form the shape of a cross at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, in the West Bank April 27, 2019.

My grandmother’s journey to the Holy Land

During her visit in 1935, Ida Bebbington took copious notes and historic images

People praying at the Western Wall in 1935

Christian leaders: Palestinian Authority must investigate church attacks

“We pray in solidarity with this church and for the repentance of the aggressors,” the organization said in its statement.

Palestinian Christians attend a service on Easter Sunday, April 1, at the Saint Porfirios Church in Gaza City