Al-Monitor | Ahmed el-Komi: Palestinian Christians in Gaza are feeling a damper on the Christmas spirit this year as Israeli authorities have blocked many from receiving exit permits to celebrate the Christmas holidays in Bethlehem in the West Bank. While Western Christians celebrate, following the Gregorian calendar, Dec. 25 of every year, Eastern ...

Press TV - Israeli forces have killed a young Palestinian man over an alleged stabbing attempt in the West Bank city of Bethlehem and shot dead a teen in the besiegedGaza Strip. Safa Palestinian Press Agency reported that the young man was killed in Gosh Atsion settlement, south of Bethlehem, on Friday. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified ...

Press TV - US President Donald Trump and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have met in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The meeting was held on the final day of Trump's Middle East tour following his talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem al-Quds on Monday. Earlier, Abbas expressed hope that the talks would be ...

Press TV - Israeli forces have clashed with a group of Palestinians demonstrating to express their solidarity with hunger-strikingprisoners in Israeli jails. The scuffles broke out in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday, when Israel policemen fired stun grenades and tear gas canistersto disperse the Palestinian protesters, who responded ...

[caption id="attachment_117095" align="alignright" width="228"] A file photo of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.[/caption] Israeli forces have leveled a piece of private Palestinian land near the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, a report says. Israeli soldiers and settlersescorted bulldozers to the land near the village of Kisan,...

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Tuesday violently dispersed a peaceful march calling for "Christmas without occupation" in Bethlehem. Demonstrators marched to the Israeli military checkpoint in northern Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas and hand out gifts to children in the area. IOF prevented the demonstrators, some of whom were dressed as Santa ...