Bethlehem

Islamist group campaigns against Christian West Bank school over hijab restriction on deaf student

The Popular Movement to Overturn CEDAW claimed that the Ephpheta Paul VI Institute prevented a student from attending classes while wearing an Islamic head covering.

Students walk through the school of the "Our Lady of Visitation" Catholic church in the Palestinian town of Zababdeh in the northern West Bank, on April 10, 2025.
Greek Orthodox clergymen walk in a procession in the Manger Square outside the Nativity Church complex in Bethlehem in January.

There is no ethnic cleansing in Israel and the West Bank - this is why - opinion

An Orthodox Jewish man faces the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, March 12, 2026

Jews must be able to access, preserve their heritage sites - opinion

Israeli security forces operate during a raid in the West Bank city of Nablus on August 20, 2026.

WATCH: Border Police rescue Israeli citizen after accidental entry into Area A near Ramallah


Anti-PA ‘intifada’ in Bethlehem threatens Christmas festivities

Student stabbed to death at Jenin university

 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.

 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.

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.

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.”

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.

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

Coronavirus casts a cloud over Bethlehem Christmas festivities

No tourists means hard times in the holy city

Elias al-Arja, an owner of the Bethlehem Hotel, said he does not expect business to significantly return to the city until next Christmas season.

City of Bethlehem says 'Christmas will not be canceled'

"This Christmas from Bethlehem there will be a message of hope to the whole world, that the world will recover from this pandemic."

Palestinians light Christmas tree in Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, November 30, 2019

How will Christmas be celebrated in Judea and Samaria?

The Administration will work to prevent crowding through police enforcement.

Palestinians light Christmas tree in Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, November 30, 2019

Christmas in Bethlehem: Celebrations may be limited due to coronavirus

Christmas celebrations in the biblical town known as Jesus' birthplace are generally attended by thousands of people from across the globe.

Palestinians light Christmas tree in Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, November 30, 2019