Dozenz injured in clashes near Bethlehem
Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Friday in clashes that erupted between protesters and Israeli forces in al-Khader village near Bethlehem. The coordinator of a committee against settlements and the…
Army Invades Beit Fajjar, Kidnaps A Child
Saturday March 30, 2013, Israeli soldiers kidnapped Beit Fajjar town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped one Palestinian child after breaking into his home and violently…
On Land Day; Palestinians Plant 200 Olive Saplings In Al-Khader
Marking the 37th Anniversary of the Palestinian Land Day, Palestinians in Al-Khader town, near the West Bank Palestinian city of Bethlehem, planted 200 Olive saplings amidst ongoing settler attacks against…
Settlers Uproot Olive Saplings In Al-Khader
Friday March 29, 2013, Palestinian sources reported that a number of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted hundreds of olive saplings in the Al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of…
Israel To Build Settlement Units On Palestinian Lands In Bethlehem
The Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank have issued a military order for the illegal confiscation of Palestinian lands in Khirbit Ed-Deer area, west of Nahhalin village, in the…
Settlers Seize Land Near Bethlehem
A group of Israeli settlers seized a land in al-Khader village south of Bethlehem. The coordinator of the local anti-wall committee, Ahmad Salah, said that settlers from Eleazar seized the…
Five Palestinians Injured In Bethlehem
Friday March 15, 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that five Palestinians, including two civil defense workers, suffered bone fractures, and the effects of teargas inhalation, after Israeli soldiers fired gas…
Palestinian Released After 13 Years In Israeli Prison
A Palestinian prisoner from Bethlehem was released on Thursday evening after spending thirteen years at an Israeli Prisoner. 36 years-old Former prisoner Ashraf Jamil Milhim from Al-Duheisheh refugee camp in…
Army Detains A Child In Bethlehem
Wednesday March 13, 2013, Israeli soldiers detained a Palestinian child, 14, after claiming that she hurled stones at their jeep west of Bethlehem city. The child was released later on.The…
Palestinians Hold Candle Vigil In Bethlehem
Wednesday evening, March 6, 2013, dozens of Palestinians held a candle vigil at the Manger Square in the West Bank city of Bethlehem to express solidarity with Palestinian detainees held…
Soldiers Kidnap Three Palestinian South Of Bethlehem
Tuesday evening March 5, 2013; local sources in Beit Fajjar town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, reported that Israeli soldiers invaded the town, broke into and searched…
Settlers Cut 60 Olive Trees Near Bethlehem
The Palestine News Network (PNN) has reported that a number of extremist Israeli settlers cut, on Tuesday morning, nearly 60 Palestinian olive trees that belong to a resident of Nahhalin…
Five Palestinians Kidnapped In Bethlehem District
Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Aida refugee camp, and the towns of Beit Fajjar and Husan, near Bethlehem, and Wadi Ma’aly area in the…
Child Seriously Injured By Israeli Army Fire In Bethlehem
Monday February 25, 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian child was seriously injured by Israeli military fire during clashes that took place near the Aida Refugee Camp, north…
Youth Injured After Being Rammed By Settler’s Vehicle In Bethlehem
Monday evening February 18; In another hit and run incident, a Palestinian youth was injured after being rammed by a settler’s vehicle in Wad Fookin, west of the West Bank…
Several Injured As Army Attacks Solidarity Protest In Al-Khader
Morning February 18; Palestinian Medical sources in Bethlehem reported that Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs, rubber-coated metal bullets and concussion grenades at a group of Palestinians who marched at the…
Soldiers Order To Bethlehem Villagers To Evict Their Lands
Monday Feb 18; Israeli soldiers handed two Palestinians from Nahhalin village, west of Bethlehem, military warrants ordering them to leave their own lands as the Israeli army intends to take…
Palestinian Injured After Being Hit By Israeli Army Jeep
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Monday evening, that one youth was moderately injured after being rammed by an Israeli military jeep in Za’atara village, south of the West Bank city…
Israel claims Arresting A Palestinian “Cell” In Bethlehem
The Israeli army revealed, Wednesday evening, that the soldiers kidnapped members of what was described as a “Palestinian cell” near Bethlehem.Members of the group are from Beit Fajjar town, near…
Army Invades Several Areas Near Jenin
Saturday at dawn, January 26; Israeli soldiers invaded several areas in the northern West Bank district on Jenin, and detained two Palestinians.Local sources in the Al-Yamoun village, near Jenin, reported…
Palestinian Child Dies Of Wounds Suffered Last Friday
Bethlehem – Wednesday January 23; Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian child from the Al-Azza refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, died of serious injuries he suffered last Friday during…
Settlers Uproot Olive Saplings In Al-Khader
Tuesday January 22, a number of armed extremist Israeli settlers invaded an orchard that belongs to a local resident of the Al-Khader city, near Bethlehem, and uprooted several olive saplings…
Child Seriously Injured By Army Fire In Bethlehem
Friday evening, a Palestinian child was seriously injured during clashes that took place between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian youths in the Aida refugee camp, in the West Bank city of…
Settlers Cut 50 Olive Trees Near Bethlehem
A number of extremist Israeli settlers cut, Thursday, more than 50 olive trees that belong to a resident of Husan town, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Member of…
Several Farmers Injured After Being Attacked By Settlers Near Bethlehem
The Radio Bethlehem 2000 reported, Tuesday, that several Palestinian farmers, from Tequa’ village, east of Bethlehem, were injured after being attacked by a group of extremist settlers as they were…
Soldiers Invade Aida Refugee Camp In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, broke into and searched several homes after forcing the residents out.The Radio Bethlehem 2000 reported that…
Army Kidnaps Three Palestinians In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Beit Fajjar town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped four residents.Palestinian security sources reported that several Israeli military jeeps…
Undercover Forces Infiltrate Into Bethlehem
A group of undercover soldiers of the Israeli army infiltrated, Friday, into the West Bank city of Bethlehem, using a Palestinian Taxi that was confiscated by the soldiers just outside…
Injuries Reported In Clashes Near Aida Refugee Camp In Bethlehem
Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported that clashes took place, on Tuesday evening, between local youths of Aida refugee camp, in the city, and Israeli soldiers; several residents were treated…
Injuries Reported In Ongoing Clashes In Aida Refugee Camp
Palestinian medical sources reported, Sunday, that clashes continued, for the second day, between local youths in the camp and Israeli soldiers who fired dozens of gas bombs and rubber-coated metal…
Colonizing Christmas: Facts on Israeli Occupation and Bethlehem
PLO Negotiations Affairs Department Issued Their Latest Fact Sheet entitled “Colonizing Christmas: Facts on Israeli Occupation and Bethlehem”.Bethlehem is a vivid example of the severe and appalling effects that Israeli…
Soldiers Break Into School Near Bethlehem, Attack Students, Teachers
Palestinian sources in Taqoua’ village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, reported that Israeli soldiers broke, Monday, into the village’s High School for Boys, attacked several teachers and…
Settlers Cut, Uproot, 200 Olive Trees Near Bethlehem
Palestinian sources reported that a group of extremist settlers cut and uprooted approximately 200 olive trees in Palestinian orchards west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.The sources said that…
31 Palestinians Injured In Bethlehem
The Radio Bethlehem 2000 reported, on Sunday evening, that 31 Palestinians were injured, including one who suffered moderate injuries, after Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets at…
Thousands March In the West Bank, In Solidarity With Gaza
Thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank held massive protests expressing support with the Gaza Strip, subject to ongoing Israeli military aggression, and chanted slogans denouncing the Israeli assaults…
Racist graffiti, arson by Israeli settlers in Bethlehem
A group of right-wing Israeli settlers tried to set fire to a Palestinian home near Bethlehem Sunday night, and spraypainted racist graffiti on the home and nearby structures.The graffiti included…
Israel To Illegally Seize Palestinian Lands Near Bethlehem
Under the pretext of “military considerations”, the Israeli army informed Palestinian residents of al-Fordaes village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, that it intends to seize large areas of…
Palestinians Setup a Tent at Ush Ghrab to Protest a Planned Settlement
Dozens of Palestinians accompanied with international supports setup a protest tent in the Ush Ghrab area of eastern Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem on Sunday. The action, which was organized by…
Army Invades Bethlehem, Clashes Reported
The Radio Bethlehem 2000 reported that Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, Wadi Maaly area in the city, and clashed with dozens of local youths who hurled stones and…
Settlers Uproot Olive And Grape Trees In Al-Khader
Ahmad Salah, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, reported that a number of armed extremist settlers uprooted 20 olive trees and 15…
Settlers Seal Southern Entrance Of Al-Khader Village
Monday, Israeli sources reported that dozens of Israeli settlers closed the southern entrance of the Al-Khader village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and blocked all Palestinian traffic.…
Under Claim He Stabbed Settler; Settlers Assault a Palestinian
Several Israeli settlers attacked a young Palestinian man from Husan town, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, after claiming that he stabbed a settler near the Beitar Illit settlement.…
Palestinian Injured By Army Fire In Bethlehem
Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported that a young Palestinian man was shot and injured, on Monday afternoon, by Israeli military fire near Beit Jala city, northwest of the West…
Palestinian Cab Driver Who Rammed Israeli Soldiers Turns Himself In
Israeli sources reported that a Palestinian Cab driver, who accidentally rammed four Israeli soldiers near an Israeli settlement, south of Bethlehem, handed himself in to the Israeli Police.The Accident took…
Israel: “4 Soldiers Injured After Being Hit By Palestinian Car”
Israeli Ynet News reported Tuesday that four Israeli soldiers were wounded, one seriously, when a Palestinian Taxi crashed into an Israeli military vehicle that was parked near the Neve Daniel…
Settlers Steal Palestinian Lands Near Bethlehem
A number of armed extremist Israeli settlers illegally confiscated, on Thursday, six Dunams of privately-owned Palestinian lands, south of Al-Khader, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Ahmad Salah, Coordinator…
Settlers Occupy Palestinian Lands Near Bethlehem
The Palestine News & Info Agency (WAFA) reported Thursday that a number of extremist settlers occupied privately-owned Palestinian lands that belong to residents of the Al-Khader town, near the West…
Settler’s Vehicle Rams Child In Bethlehem
A Palestinian child was seriously injured after being hit by a settlers’ vehicle as she was walking home from school in Tiqoua’ village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Medical…
Soldiers Demolish A Home In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers demolished on Wednesday a Palestinian home in Al-Obaydiyya town, in the Bethlehem district. Local sources reported that several military jeeps, accompanied by a military bulldozer, invaded the town…
Three Israeli Teenage Settlers Apprehended
The Israeli Police and the Internal Security announced Sunday that three Israeli teenage settlers have been apprehended on suspicion that they are involved in a Molotov attack against a Palestinian…
Settlers Plant Palestinian Land Illegally Annexed 3 Months Ago
A group of Israeli settlers planted, on Thursday morning, Palestinian land that they illegally took over three months ago, near Al-Khader town, in the Bethlehem district.Coordinator of the Popular Committee…
Israeli Court Approves Well Destruction In Bethlehem
An Israeli military court approved, Tuesday, an order issued by the Israeli military demanding a Palestinian farmer from Al-Khader town, near Bethlehem, to demolish an irrigation well under the pretext…
Palestinian Wounded By Settlers Molotov Bomb Is in Serious Condition
The Palestine News Network (PNN) reported that resident Ayman Hasan Ghayatha, 36, who was wounded along with his family by a firebomb hurled by extremist Israeli settlers at a Palestinian…
Father, Mother And Children Injured By Settlers Firebomb
Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported Thursday that a cab driver, a Palestinian father, mother and their children, from Nahhalin town, near Bethlehem, suffered moderate to severe injuries after fundamentalist…
Israeli Military Expands Settlements Near Bethlehem
Israeli occupation forces began the expansion of Daniel and Eliezer settlements south of Bethlehem on Wednesday.Ahmad Salah, Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against Settlements in al-Khader told WAFA News that…
Israel Refuses to Cooperate with UN Fact-Finding Mission
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has assembled a team of experts to investigate the expansion of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.Ma’an News reported on Sunday that…
Israeli Military Confiscates Palestinian Land Near Bethlehem
Israeli Occupation Forces moved a military checkpoint near the village of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, on Sunday. The move annexed 3,000 square meters of Palestinian land.According to Ma’an and WAFA…
Israeli Military Destroys Property, Closes Road in Beit Jala
Israeli forces closed a rural road and bulldozed private property in the al-Makhrour area of Beit Jala near Bethlehem on Thursday.The bulldozers razed 500 meters of agricultural land belonging to…
Property Demolished for Illegal Settlement Expansion
Israeli forces closed a road near Bethlehem in preparation for the demolition of Palestinian property.The Israeli military frequently confiscates land in the West Bank near the illegal separation barrier. On…
Soldiers Invade Nabi Saleh Village
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday evening, the village of Nabi Saleh, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and fired several concussion grenades and gas bombs at random before kidnapping…
Settlers Setup Mobile Houses Near Bethlehem Village
A number of Israeli settlers setup mobile houses in the village of al-Khader near the southern Palestinian city of Bethlehem.Ahmad Salah, coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall in…
Israel Constructs Military Tower in West Bank Agricultural Area
In the town of al-Kahder Tuesday, a group of Israeli settlers erected a military tower on agricultural land in the West Bank according to WAFA news.The coordinator of the popular…
Palestinian Teen Hospitalized After Beating by Israeli Soldiers
A teenager from a Bethlehem village was seriously injured two days ago when Israeli soldiers beat him during an arrest raid, a lawyer for the Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners Affairs…
Soldiers Abuse Palestinian Youth While Kidnapping Him
Israeli soldiers assaulted and abused Mahmoud Al-Badan, 17, after breaking into his home, Sunday, in Tiqua’ town, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped him before driving away…
Settlers Attack A Resident Near Bethlehem
On Monday several teenage settlers attacked a Palestinian man near the illegal Eliezer settlement located close to the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Maan News Agency reported that five teenage settlers,…
Settlers Seize More Land Near Bethlehem
Israeli settlers seize five dunums belonging to 67-year-old Ali Khader Issa from al-Khader village, south of Bethlehem in a continuation of illegal land grabs in the area.Ahmad Salah who is…
Bethlehem church designated as Endangered World Heritage site
The United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted Friday to designate the Bethlehem Nativity Church and pilgrimage route as a World Heritage site, which will provide the Palestinian…
Abbas Welcomes Putin In Bethlehem
On Tuesday morning Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to the West Bank city of Bethlehem; the visit was described as “historic”. Several Palestinian officials participated in…
16 Palestinian Injured Near Bethlehem
Palestinian medical sources in the West Bank city of Bethlehem reported Sunday that sixteen Palestinian workers were wounded when their van flipped over after Israeli soldiers pursued it near Husan…
Palestinian Farmer Injured Near Bethlehem
Palestinian medical sources reported Friday that a Palestinian farmer was injured when Israeli soldiers attacked several farmers, and fired concussion grenades at them, while working in their lands in ‘Roman…
Tent of Nations: A Role Model for Self-Sustainability.
The Tent of Nations, situated outside of Bethlehem, has become a symbol of self-sufficiency and self-sustainability for Palestine as the Nassar family fights for the land it has owned for…
Al-Ma’sara Village Holds Its Weekly Nonviolent Protest
The popular Committee Against the Wall in Bethlehem, and the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Al-Ma’sara village, near Bethlehem, held their weekly nonviolent protest against the illegal Israeli Annexation…
Settlers with Soldiers Close Road Near Bethlehem, Harass Residents
Palestinian sources reported that on Wednesday evening dozens of Israeli settlers closed the main road near Tiqua’ town, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, blocking Palestinian traffic which…
Mother of 4 Jailed Sons: Christians Suffer For Homeland, Too
Ma’an News Agency reported today on a Christian family whose four sons have all been imprisoned by the Israeli Military. ‘Since 2004, the whole family did not gather, not even…
Settlers Steal Palestinian Farmlands Near Bethlehem
A group of armed extremist Israeli settlers occupied privately-owned Palestinian farmland at gunpoint. The land belongs to a resident of Al-Khader city, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Coordinator…
Welcome to Palestine 2012 campaign launched in Bethlehem
Over 1,200 international visitors are expected to arrive to Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv to participate in the Welcome to Palestine 2012 campaign on Sunday April 15, said Dr.…
Army Demolishes Four Houses Near Bethlehem
Israeli military bulldozers demolished on Tuesday morning four houses in the town of Beit Jala near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem Palestinian media sources reported.Residents of Beit Jala…
Seven injured in clashes with Israeli troops in Bethlehem
Seven protestors have been injured when clashes erupted between stone throwing youth and Israeli soldiers stationed at the military checkpoint on the northern entrance of Bethlehem.Hundreds of Palestinian civilians marched…
Al-Ma’sara Village Holds Its Weekly Non-violent Protest
Dozens of local residents, and International peace activists, held the weekly non-violent protest against the Annexation Wall and Settlements in al-Ma’sara village, near Bethlehem. Israeli soldiers attacked the protestors leading…
Israeli Settlers Uproot and Take 100 Olive Trees Owned By Palestinian Farmers
Palestinian farmers, from the southern West Bank villages of Al Khadier and Beit Iskaria, announced that a group of settlers stormed on Thursday morning their lands uprooted 100 young olive…
Army Invades Al-Khader, Clashes reported
Israeli troops invaded, on Tuesday afternoon, Al-Khader town, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and fired rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs at dozens of youth who hurled…
Anti-Wall Protest in al-Walaja Attacked by Israeli Troops, Three Abducted
On Sunday, villagers from al-Walaja and international supporters went to the area where Israeli authorities are in the midst of destroying lands to build the Annexation wall. They held a…
Seventy-Six Acres of Lands Confiscated in Bethlehem
On Thursday, Palestinian families were shocked by the decision to confiscate seventy-six acres of land to the benefit of the Jerusalem Municipality. The land lays behind the Annexation Wall in…
Israeli government breaks agreement to stop subsidizing settlements
The Israeli Housing Ministry announced on Tuesday that it would subsidize 213 of the 277 new houses it has approved for construction in Efrat settlement in the West Bank, in…
Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem
Christmas celebrations for the Orthodox community got underway in Bethlehem on Friday, January 6th, which marks Christmas Eve for Orthodox Christians around the world. Bishops, patriarchs, political leaders and pilgrims…
Israeli settlers suspected of torching Palestinian vehicles in Bethlehem area
Early Wednesday morning, unknown persons set fire to two Palestinian trucks and spraypainted slogans of the right-wing Israeli settler movement.The graffiti, similar to that sprayed on vandalized mosques, cars and…
Former Detainee Dies Of Health Condition Suffered While In prison
Zakariyya Daoud, a former Palestinian political prisoner, who got seriously ill while in Israeli prisons, and was only released on August 22, 2011, died of cancer on Monday, he was…
Settlers Break Into Archeological Areas In Bethlehem
Palestinian sources reported that a group of armed fundamentalist Israeli settlers broke on Friday into the Solomon Pools site and the Conference Palace Archeological areas in Al Kahder town, south…
Christ at the Checkpoint, New Direction for Evangelical Christians
For the first time the Baraka Presbyterian Church, located in Bethlehem, added their support for nonviolent action to that of other denominations opposed to the occupation of Palestine by Israel.…
Abbas In Bethlehem: “We Believe In Peace, We Seek Peace And Justice”
During his participation in Christmas celebrations in the birthplace of Jesus Christ, Bethlehem, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that the Palestinian leadership works for peace, and will never abandon its…
Eshtayya: “Palestinian Lands Are For the Palestinians, Not For Settlements”
Mohammad Eshtayya, member of the Central Committee of Fateh movement, headed by Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his government, must understand that the…
Troops Demolish Four Homes Near Bethlehem
Israeli troops invaded, on Tuesday morning, the al-Makhrour area, in Beit Jala city, north of Bethlehem, and demolished four Palestinian homes.An official at the Beit Jala City Council reported that…
Israeli Troops Break Into The House Of Imemc’s Board Member
Israeli soldiers broke into the house of Saher Al-Sous, in Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem. Al-Sous is a board member of the Palestinian Centre for Rapprochement between People, the founding organization…
Latin Church In Beit Jala Holds Prayers On Lands Threatened By Wall, Settlements
As part of the weekly nonviolent protests against the occupation, settlements, the Wall, and the illegal Israeli attempts to annex lands that belong to the Cremisan Christian Monastery In Beit…
Settlers Attack Palestinian Family in their Farm Land
On Friday, a group of Israeli settlers attacked a family in al-Khader Village, near Bethlehem, while they were working in their orchard. The land is located near the illegal settlement…
Israeli Troops Charge Palestinian Farming Family With ‘Trespassing’ On Their Own Land
A Palestinian farmer was detained, along with his wife and sister late on Monday, and charged with trespassing on his farmland – even though the farmer holds the title to…
Israeli Troops Detain Three Children in Bethlehem
The Israeli military has invaded al-‘Asakreh village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday. According to Palestinian news agency, Ma’an, the forces broke into several houses before abducting…
Army Vehicle Hits Roadside Bomb Near Bethlehem
Israeli sources reported on Wednesday evening that an Israeli military vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb, near the Efrat settlement, south of Bethlehem. Damage was reported, no injuries.The army…
Egypt-Israel Holding Talk On Second List Of Swap-Deal
Israeli Envoy, David Midan, is holding talks with Egyptian security officials in order to prepare a list who would be released in the second phase of the prisoner-swap deal that…
Israel To Question Shalit On His Account Of The Events
According to Maariv Israeli Paper, newspaper, the Israeli Army and Intelligence Services are awaiting the release of Shalit’s medical report, on October 21, before they can question him about his…