Bethlehem Articles and latest stories | The Jerusalem Post

Please note: This website includes an accessibility system. Press Control-F11 to adjust the website to the visually impaired who are using a screen reader; Press Control-F10 to open an accessibility menu.

Israeli settlers in Burqa near Ramallah in the West Bank October 20, 2024.

Israeli settlers wound Palestinians in attack in village near Bethlehem

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF soldiers are seen detaining a suspect during a night raid in Bethlehem, on December 3, 2024.

Viral video shows IDF reservist dancing in woman's lingerie found in Bethlehem

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Church of the Nativity.jpeg - Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity was almost empty on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2024.

‘We may face extinction’: Bethlehem’s clergy sound alarm on exodus and extremism amid ongoing war

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line

IDF soldiers are seen standing guard on the lookout for suspects in Bethlehem, on December 3, 2024.

Christmas Eve in Bethlehem: Striving to hold onto hope

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line

Interior of Chapel of the Shepherd's Field.

A second Bethlehem? Some researchers re-think Jesus' birthplace

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF SOLDIERS PREPARE to search a building for a terror suspect during a raid in Bethlehem, December 3, 2024.

Night raid: Watching female IDF soldiers detain terror suspects in Bethlehem

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

An installation of a figure symbolising baby Jesus lying amidst the rubble in a grotto ahead of Christmas at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem in the West Bank November 25, 2024.

'Pope can't rewrite Bible - Jesus was a Jew from Judea, not Palestinian,' Christian leader says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF troops conduct an exercise in the Golan Heights. December 3, 2024.

Israel at war day 425: What's happening in Gaza, Lebanon?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF soldiers of the Tavor Battalion of the Search and Rescue Brigade and 8208 Reserve Battalion take part in an operation of Etzion Brigade to detain suspects in Aida and Azza camps in Bethlehem on December 3.

Reporter's Notebook: Israeli forces detain terror suspects in overnight ops in Bethlehem

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Israeli soldiers guard while left wing activists and Palestinians protest calling to end the war in Gaza, Beit Jala, north of Bethlehem. on November 29, 2024.

Two shooting attack attempts target security forces in West Bank amid rising tensions

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The streets of Bethlehem were empty two days before Christmas on Friday, December 22, 2023.

Israel moves 70 orphans from Gaza to the West Bank - report

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Brett Gelman appears on 'Eretz Nehederet.'

A starry night in Bethlehem: Eretz Nehederet at it again in latest skit

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The top of the Church of the Nativity and Manger Square on December 22, 2023.

Christmas in the crossfire: Visiting Bethlehem amid Israel-Hamas war

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

SOUVENIR SHOPS around Manger Square in Bethlehem are shuttered, earlier this month.

Christians everywhere should protest persecution in Middle East, Asia, Africa - opinion

By LEO DEE

A view of shuttered souvenir shops around the Manger Square in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, December 9, 2023

'Worst Christmas ever' in birthplace of Jesus as impact of war empties Bethlehem

By REUTERS

A monk stands inside the Church of the Nativity on the day of the launch of the beginning of the Christmas season, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Bethlehem in the West Bank, December 2, 2023.

No Christmas tree in Bethlehem as holiday pared down over Gaza war

By REUTERS

Fireworks are set off as Palestinians light a Christmas tree at Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, December 3, 2022.

Jesus' birthplace removes all Christmas decorations in honor of Hamas 'martyrs’

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Aerial view of the excavation of the Upper Aqueduct at Givat Hamatos.

Israel uncovers massive section of Second Temple-era aqueduct in Jerusalem

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF