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.

|ByYAIR DVIR
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

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

|ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
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'

Climate activist Greta Thunberg and social justice nonprofit Slow Factory also declared in a collaborative social media post on Wednesday that "Jesus was a Palestinian born under occupation."

|ByMICHAEL STARR
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

Israeli authorities prevent PA Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh from attending Bethlehem's Christmas Eve mass, the Palestinian Authority-run WAFA claimed, as celebrations resume after two years.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Bishop-Elect Rev. Canon Rafic Nahra to be consecrated this month

Bishop-Elect Rev. Canon Jamal Daibes will be consecrated in May.

APRIL 2, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth

Palestinians: The 'criminal' pastor who met with the rabbi

Appeals by Bethlehem Christian community have been completely ignored.

MARCH 25, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
A view from Beit Jala

Abbas loyalists lose Bethlehem University election

The election results are regarded as a serious blow to Abbas and the PA and Fatah leadership.

MARCH 24, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Arab students seen on the campus of the Bethlehem University, a Catholic co-educational institution, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.

Christian group in Bethlehem slammed for ‘hosting’ Yehuda Glick

Glick posted on his Facebook page a photo of him visiting the Beit Al-Liqa organization in the Christian town together with German tourists.

MARCH 2, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Yehuda Glick in Tel Aviv, on December 16, 2019.

Court to tackle issue of allocating state land in Efrat to Palestinians

“This is the first time the issue of land allocation [in the West Bank] is being brought to trial,” the left-wing NGO Peace Now stated.

FEBRUARY 13, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestinian construction workers work at a construction site in the Jewish settlement of Efrat in the West Bank, on September 29, 2020.

Celebrating Christmas with anti-Israel invective

Can Christian leaders celebrate the incarnation of Jesus Christ without dumping on the Jewish state, or is anti-Zionism a central element of their Christmas celebrations?

JANUARY 8, 2022ByDEXTER VAN ZILE
CHRISTMAS SYMBOLS are on display near Jaffa Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City last month.

Bethlehem celebrates muted Christmas with few pilgrims to bring cheer

COVID-19 restrictions have prevented foreign visitors from going to Bethlehem for Christmas.

DECEMBER 25, 2021ByREUTERS
Worshippers attend Christmas morning mass as COVID-19 subdues festivities in Bethlehem

Chimes from Crusader times: Recreating Nativity Church's Medieval music

Mid-13th century Crusaders buried the 13 bronze bells near the church on the eve of a Muslim offensive, slathering them in animal fat to protect them from rust

DECEMBER 21, 2021ByREUTERS
Father Stephane, Franciscan Friar and Liturgist of the Custody of the Holy Land holds an organ pipe, part of a collection from the 12th century that researchers say used to play music inside Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity and was hidden together with bells by Crusaders.

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.