Bethlehem

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.

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

New York City's Times Square billboard sponsored by the  American Arab Discrimination Committee, claiming that Jesus is Palestinian, December 25, 2025.

Sponsored Times Square billboard claims 'Jesus is Palestinian,' wishes a 'Merry Christmas'

People gather next to the Christmas tree at Manger Square on the day of Christmas events with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, on Christmas Eve, in the Old City of Bethlehem, December 24, 2025.

Israeli authorities prevented PA VP from attending Christmas Eve mass in Bethlehem - report


IDF opens investigation of Palestinian death outside Bethlehem

Ahmed Jamal Mahmoud was shot dead after throwing stones at vehicles outside Bethlehem.

IDF forces in the area around Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem

Photo Essay: Christmas in the Holy Land

Christian pilgrims and tourists are visiting Christianity’s holiest sites, especially in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth.

 Issa Kassissieh, wearing a Santa Claus costume, rides a camel during the annual Christmas tree distribution by the Jerusalem municipality in Jerusalem's Old City December 21, 2017

Franciscan clergyman assaulted in Bethlehem

Two unidentified men harassed a group of tourists entering the holy site.

Milk Grotto in Bethlehem

Victim predicted flood disaster in text-message exchange day before trip

ZAKA responder: There is no way I can put this into words.

Flooded water running through a valley in the Judean desert following heavy rainfall in the mountains on April 25, 2018.

Palestinian protesters target U.S. delegation in Bethlehem

Protesters threw tomatoes at a sports utility vehicle, which had US consular license plates, kicked one of its doors and ripped the plastic casing off a side mirror.

Palestinian protestors react to US President's Trumps declaration of Jerusalem in Bethlehem on the second 'Day of Rage.'

Palestinians protest US embassy move, clash with Israeli troops

"We want the Americans to know that the bloodshed here of unarmed people is on the hands of their president," one protestor said.

A Palestinian demonstrator jumps over a burning tire in a protest in Bethlehem, January 2018

UNRWA – end the UN state

The US administration should stop financing this humiliating facade.

WORKERS CARRY boxes containing food supplies for Palestinian refugees at a United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA)-run food distribution center in Gaza in 2015.

Palestinians attack car of Greek Patriarch in protest against land deals

Protestors threw stones and water bottles and pounded his car with their fists, chanting 'traitor, traitor,' before Palestinian security forces pushed them away.

Palestinian security forces push away demonstrators from the convoy of Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, during a protest against his visit, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.

Tom Paine debunked the Virgin Birth. What else would a Jew debunk?

The Jerusalem Post

In Bethlehem, Trump blamed for dampening Christmas joy

Locals estimated the number of tourists in Manger Square Sunday afternoon as being less than half of last year, as many stayed away, deterred by the clashes and tensions.

A Palestinian marching band takes part in a Christmas parade outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, December 2017