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

Border Police arrest three suspects with Molotov cocktails

A Border Police officer saw the suspects carrying Molotov cocktails. She ordered them to stop and alerted other officers from the base.

OCTOBER 30, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Molotov cocktails taken from suspects near a Border Police base in Bethlehem.

Banksy to sell paintings to raise $1 million for a Bethlehem hospital

The trio of paintings is Banksy's critical response to the ongoing refugee crisis. They are titled "Mediterranean Sea View 2017."

JULY 31, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
A Palestinian boy walks past a drawing by British graffiti artist Banksy

Israel extends tender deadline for Givat Hamatos

The Israeli left-wing NGO Peace Now that opposes the project denounced the extension of the tender and called on Alternate Prime minister and Defense minister Benny Gantz to put a halt to it.

JUNE 15, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A signpost in the Givat Hamatos section of east Jerusalem

Church of the Nativity reopens as Palestinians ease coronavirus curbs

There have been 423 recorded coronavirus cases and two deaths in the West Bank.

MAY 26, 2020ByREUTERS
Nativity Church reopens as Palestinians ease coronavirus restrictions, in Bethlehem

Jews, Christians join forces to aid Bethlehem's coronavirus victims

The group delivered ibuprofen, multi-vitamins, gloves, masks and snacks, and also helped the American tourists quarantined at the Angel Hotel in Beit Jala near Bethlehem.

MARCH 12, 2020ByALEX WINSTON
An entrance of the Church of the Nativity is seen locked amid coronavirus precautions, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank March 11, 2020

Palestinians confirm 6 new coronavirus cases

The new cases raise the toll of Palestinians infected by the virus to 26 – all but one in Bethlehem.

MARCH 10, 2020ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
A view shows Banksy's the Walled Off hotel and a section of the Israeli barrier in Bethlehem, October 23, 2018.

Coronavirus: PA shuts Bethlehem mosques, fears of ‘economic catastrophe’

The PA Ministry of Health said on Sunday that 712 suspected samples of the virus tested in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since January 20 were all negative.

MARCH 9, 2020ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinians light Christmas tree in Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, November 30, 2019

Bethlehem deserted after Palestinians declare coronavirus emergency

In other parts of the West Bank, Palestinian security forces staffed checkpoints and turned some foreigners away.

MARCH 6, 2020ByREUTERS
RACHEL’S TOMB lies on the northern outskirts of Bethlehem, which is under Palestinian control.

Holy sites in the land of Israel are doomed to be profaned by Palestinians

Such widespread hatred for the Jews can only be explained in a spiritual sense

FEBRUARY 12, 2020ByEARL COX
RACHEL’S TOMB lies on the northern outskirts of Bethlehem, which is under Palestinian control.

Prince Charles tours Palestinian territories during Middle East visit

During the trip, the Prince of Wales visited the grave of his late grandmother Princess Alice as well as many of the holy Christian and Muslim sites.

JANUARY 25, 2020ByZACHARY KEYSER
Britain's Prince Charles arrives to visit Omar mosque in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank