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As Christmas approaches, Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, remains surrounded by the Israeli Annexation Wall, and strangled by Israeli checkpoints and expanding settlements. This year, Bethlehem is challenging…
A large Israeli force invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem in the early hours of Thursday morning and arrested one resident from the Deheisha refugee camp, Palestinian security sources…
An Israeli settler ran over an elderly man Wednesday midday in Al Khader village south of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem. Medical sources said that Ahmed Sbeih 72…
Israeli forces invaded the village of Al Jab'a, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and abducted three men including the Mayer of the village on Tuesday morning. Local…
In spite of the blockade, closures, arrests, killings, settlements, and the Wall, the Christmas tree will be lit on Friday night. Rarely has anything been able to stop the lighting,…
Friday morning, Israeli army abducted Palestinian man from Nahaleen village south east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Ra'ed Ghaiad, 29, was taken to unknown detention after troops surrounded,…
Mayor of Bethlehem, Dr. Victor Batarsa, held his traditional Christmas season kick-off press conference and stressed that “the birthplace of Jesus Christ is in its worst economic, political and tourist…
Several Israeli army vehicles, accompanied by an armored bulldozer, invaded the village of Walaja, west of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, and demolished a Palestinian home in the…
Bethlehem Mayor, Victor Batarsa, said on Monday that Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, is facing the most difficult economic, political and touristic conditions as a result of the continuous…
Israeli armored bulldozers began the destruction of a Palestinian vinyard on Monday morning, located south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Salah Shahin, the owner of the land, said…
This is an interview conducted by Najeeb Farraj, Palestine News Network, with the Palestinian Minister of Tourism, Jouda Morqus, in Bethlehem. Palestinian Minister of Tourism, Jouda Morqus, said that Bethlehem…
Palestinian sources in the West Bank City of Bethlehem reported on Monday afternoon that Israeli soldiers abducted a political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).…
Israeli army bulldozers started on Monday morning to bulldoze farmlands, and barred school students from leaving their school in Al Khader village south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.…
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported that Israeli soldiers took prisoner 98 resident in several attacks and invasions carried by the army in the West Bank city of Bethlehem during…
Israeli forces invaded the village of Sawawra village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Friday morning and took prisoner one Palestinian man. Khaldon Salem, 20, was taken…
The Israeli army leveled two Palestinian houses located in the Iskarba area, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday. The houses are located on lands belonging to…
Palestinians threw an explosive device at Israel soldiers in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday midday. Israeli media sources reported the incident but reported no injuries or damage.
Several army vehicles stormed Aida refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday midday. Soldiers closed the eastern entrance of the camp, and are not…
The Israeli forces took prisoner one resident from the village of Dar Salah east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday morning. Yousif Al Aref, 38, was taken…
The Israeli forces invaded the town of Beit Jala west of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem and took prisoner one residents on Wednesday at dawn. Troops and army…
Israeli military bulldozers started on Tuesday to construct a section of the Annexation Wall near Artas village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The army uprooted dozens of…
An Israeli army convoy invaded the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, surrounded a house and took prisoner one resident on Monday morning. Army vehicles invaded Wad Saheen neighborhood in…
The Israeli army invaded the village of Nahalen village, west of Bethlehem City, south of the West Bank and took prisoner four residents on Monday morning. Army vehicles and soldiers…
Palestinian Minister of Tourism, Eng. Judeh Markus said the Paestinian Authority decided to allocate 50 thousand dollars to decorate Bethlehem on Christmas, Palestine News Network reported on Sunday. The decorations…
The Israeli forces invaded the village of Obadiya located east of Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank and took prisoner seven residents on Tuesday morning. Army…
Monday evening, Israeli soldiers took resident Shareef Abu Hadeed prisoner after surrounding his house in the West Bank city of Bethlehem for several hours, and after detaining and interrogating several…
A resident of Aida Refugee Camp one of thousands Palestinians with stories of abuse endured in Israeli prison. Mahmoud Ahmed Abu Salem testified under oath to a Palestinian Prisoner Society…
Israeli forces invaded the town of Al Doha west of Bethlehem, in the souther part of the West Bank, and took prisoner one resident on Wednesday morning. Troops stormed the…
Israeli forces attacked the village of Harmalah, south east of Bethlehem city in the southern West Bank and took prisoner five residents on Tuesday morning. Army vehicles and troops entered…
The Israeli army invaded Al Doha Village on the western side of the West Bank city of Bethlehem and took prisoner six residents on Monday at noon. Several army vehicles…
The Israeli army started to bulldoze farm lands and uproot trees that belong to the residents of Wadi Rahal Village, south of he West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday…
Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem late Sunday night and took one child prisoner. More that 10 army jeeps entered the city from the western entrance and…
Israeli soldiers, and border-guard forces, invaded on Sunday at night Batteer village, near Bethlehem, broke into several houses and searched them, the Palestine News Network reported (PNN). The invasion is…
One resident of Al Khader village was taken prisoner during a morning invasion to the village by Israeli troops on Friday. Troops searched houses and fired sound bombs and live…
The Israeli army invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday morning and took two prisoners. The two were known as Ahmad Habib, 45, and Yasser Iskafi, 45. They…
Israeli media and security sources reported on Thursday evening that one settler was apparently abducted in Betar Illit settlement, south of Jerusalem. The report was not officially confirmed. Israeli Jerusalem…
The Israeli army invaded the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem and a nearby village of Taqua, troops took prisoner four residents on Thursday morning. In the city of Bethlehem,…
Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported that an elderly woman died on wounds sustained during an Israeli military offensive in the West Bank city of Bethlehem; two residents were killed…
Friday evening, Israeli soldiers surrounded and broke int Bethlehem Government Hospital, in Beit Jala town, in Bethlehem district, broke into it and abducted an injured fighter, Palestinian medical and security…
Israeli soldiers broke into the Bethlehem Governmental hospital, in the West Bank city of Beit Jala, Bethlehem District, abducted a wounded resident and a nurse, Palestinian medical sources reported. Dr.…
Several non-violent protesters were severely beaten by Israeli military and border police today, as a demonstration was staged at the tunnel checkpoint on route 60. At three in the afternoon…
At 2am, 12 Israeli military vehicles entered the Al-Safe neighbourhood, five minutes south of the Manger Square city centre of the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Troops surrounded the home…
At 2am, 12 Israeli military vehicles entered the Al-Safe neighbourhood, five minutes south of the Manger Square city centre of the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Troops surrounded the…
Palestinian medical sources reported on Friday morning that one elderly woman, was shot and killed by Israeli military fire in Bethlehem city, in the West Bank, after the army invaded…
Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported that the body of Tha'er Ahmad Hassan, 27, member of the Islamic Jihad was found under the rubble of his home that was demolished…
An Israeli army force invaded the village of Rakhmah, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Thursday at dawn and took two prisoners. Soldiers and jeeps deployed around…
The Israeli army invaded Al Obaidiyya village, east of Bethlehem city, in the southern part of the West Bank and took one resident prisoner, on Monday morning. Local sources reported…
Palestinian sources reported that aone child from the town of Tiqoa, east of Bethlehem, was injured when Israeli settlers threw stones at a Palestinian family harvesting their olive crop. The…
Hamas’ Executive Force is targeting youth living in Bethlehem and the surrounding villages for recruitment, according to Palestinian security sources. These particular youth were once loyal to Fatah, but are…
The Palestinian news network PNN reported on Wednesday that members of the newly formed Palestinian executive force started to recruit personal in the West Bank city of Bethlehem and neighboring…
The Israeli army has abducted eight residents during morning invasions in several parts of the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Tubas, on Saturday. In Obadyeah village, East of Bethlehem,…