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Palestinian Christians Umm Burhan and Jamil Jarayseh in their home in Bethlehem. 8 December 2022. Credit: Jotam Confino, Jewish News.
December 12, 2022, 1:53 pm
As Christmas comes, Bethlehem’s Christians worry about their future
Palestinian Christians make up just one percent of the population in the West Bank, with some 33,000 living in and around Bethlehem. Jewish News meets some of them.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Noor A'wad and Hanan Schlesinger, founders of the Roots initiative
November 14, 2022, 10:52 am
Branch of Israeli-Palestinian grassroots initiative launches in the UK
Friends of Roots UK supports those facilitating face-to-face contact between settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank/Judea & Samaria
By Jewish News Reporter
Rian Suleiman
October 2, 2022, 12:33 pm
Biden administration wants ‘thorough’ inquiry into death of 7-year-old Palestinian
Rian Suleiman collapsed and died after soldiers visited his home in the West Bank town of Teqoa, near Bethlehem, last Thursday.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
December 24, 2021, 1:32 pm
Ho-Ho-Holy Land! Santa visits Jerusalem as cities face a second pandemic holiday season
Israeli border restrictions mean few tourists are able celebrate the festive days in the Holy Land
By Reuters and Michael Daventry
(Credit: Still from Tours with Yamen video, YouTube)
August 21, 2020, 1:54 pm
Photos of Banksy artwork displayed at thank you event in Bethlehem
The Bristol-based artist last month raised £2.2 million for new equipment in Bethlehem’s hospital by selling three paintings
By Jewish News Reporter
Clergymen participate in Christmas celebrations outside the Church of the Nativity, built atop the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank City of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
March 5, 2020, 2:32 pm
Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity closes over Covid-19 fears ahead of Easter
Announcement by Palestinian tourism ministry highlighted the spread of the virus across the Middle East, where worship at holy sites has been disrupted by the health scare
By Jewish News Reporter
A Union Flag is hung outside the Bethlehem Peace Center in Manger Square, Bethlehem, ahead of the arrival of the Prince of Wales on the second day of his trip to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. (Photo credit: Victoria Jones/PA Wire
January 24, 2020, 10:12 am
Prince Charles begins historic visit to Bethlehem
Heir to the throne toured Manger Square and was joined by the mayor and governor of the city
A visitor lights a candle at the Church of the Nativity built on top of the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank City of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
December 24, 2019, 1:46 pm
Thousands of Christian pilgrims flock to Bethlehem for Christmas eve
The Church of the Nativity was set to host Palestinian dignitaries and pilgrims from around the world for a midnight Mass.
Christian clergymen carry a wooden relic believed to be from Jesus' manger at the Church of Saint Saviour in Jerusalem's old city, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
November 30, 2019, 1:35 pm
Christians celebrate return of relic to Holy Land thought to be in Jesus’ manger
The thumb-sized item was unveiled to worshippers at the Notre Dame church in Jerusalem for a day of celebration and prayer.
By Jewish News Reporter
Screenshot from video by Times of Israel, showing the incident.
August 20, 2019, 10:23 am
Israeli teen remains in serious condition after car ramming attack
Nahum Nevies, 17, is still under sedation and on a respirator after the incident on a West Bank road last week
By JTA
Israeli security forces in Jerusalem's Old City after a stabbing attack in which three people were injured and the assailant was shot by Israeli police, on April 1, 2017. Photo by: JINIPIX
May 31, 2019, 12:23 pm
Palestinian stabber shot dead as teen killed trying to climb security wall
Terror suspect killed while attacking Israelis, as police launches probe into death of teen, shot trying to get to Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
By Jewish News Reporter
A Palestinian boy looks behind a wall separating Jewish part and Palestinian part of the West Bank
January 18, 2019, 5:14 pm
Palestinian jailed by PA for selling land to Jews transferred to US
Issam Akel of Bethlehem was handed over to American authorities after being accused of being the middleman in a property sale to Israelis
By JTA
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) with negotiator Saeb Erekat (left)
January 3, 2019, 10:15 am
Palestinian court sentences man to life in prison for selling land to Jews
Issam Akel, who holds US citizenship, will spend time behind bars for selling property in eastern Jerusalem to a Jewish Israeli
By JTA
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivering his Christmas message
December 25, 2017, 9:28 pm
Netanyahu promises to lead tour of holy sites in Israel next Christmas
Israeli prime minister's festive greeting to Christians in Israel and around the world includes an offer to show them around holy sites
By JTA
August 29, 2017, 5:15 pm
Armenian musician: ‘Israeli security took away my guitar as we’re from East Jerusalem’
Apo Sahagian claims Ben Gurion guards 'treated us like a virus' and withheld his guitar, forcing him to borrow one in England
By Jewish News Reporter
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