Bethlehem

Palestinians gather at a home near Bethlehem demolished by Israel on Christmas Day [Getty]

Occupied West Bank

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Israeli settlers injure fifteen Palestinians in West Bank attack

Fifteen Palestinians, including children, have been injured in an attack by Israeli settlers in the Khalil al-Louz area near Bethlehem in the West Bank

The New Arab Staff

02 January, 2026

People take pictures from a bell tower during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on December 6, 2025

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Christmas celebrations return to Bethlehem amid war in Gaza

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

06 December, 2025

Bethlehem's Christmas

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Bethlehem's Christmas light flickers through Palestinian grief

Issam Ahmed

04 December, 2025

Swedish Cardinal Anders Arborelius (C), the Bishop of Stockholm, speaks to the press as he sits in front of the "Vehicle of Hope", the popemobile used by pope Francis during his 2014 visit to Bethlehem, which has been repurposed by the Catholic humanitarian organisation Caritas into a mobile children's clinic to be deployed in the Gaza Strip, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on November 25, 2025.

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Popemobile transformed into Gaza mobile children's clinic

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

26 November, 2025

A view of the West Bank separation barrier, which separates Bethlehem from Jerusalem

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Israel advancing plans for 1,000 new settler homes in Bethlehem

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

17 February, 2025

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Christmas in Palestine under the shadow of war and occupation

Elias Feroz

30 December, 2024

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Pope's sombre message in Christmas under shadow of war

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

25 December, 2024

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Amid genocide, Palestinian Christians find hope this Christmas

Ana Maria Monjardino

24 December, 2024

Bethlehem [Getty]

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Bethlehem plans another sombre Christmas amid ongoing Gaza war

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

23 December, 2024

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Film, TV & Music

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Through music, Lina Sleibi spreads hope and love this Christmas

Isabella Silvers

19 December, 2024

Justin Welby

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Outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury in W Bank amid settler attacks

The New Arab Staff

18 November, 2024

A Palestinian farmer irrigates her land in the West Bank village of Battir, located between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, on June 17, 2012, where eight living families take daily turns watering their crops from the natural springs.

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New Israeli settlement to be built on historic Bethlehem site

The New Arab Staff

15 September, 2024

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The Christian Palestinian family fighting Israel's land seizures

Issam Ahmed

12 September, 2024

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Israel frees Alice Kisiya after arrest for resisting land grab

Oliver Mizzi

27 August, 2024

The horrific attack happened near Bethlehem, which is now surrounded by Israeli settlements [Getty]

Israel

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Israeli settlers kidnap, abuse 2 Palestinian boys near Bethlehem

The New Arab Staff

15 August, 2024

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Occupied West Bank

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Israel approves new settlement on UNESCO site near Bethlehem

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

14 August, 2024

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Bethlehem, Jesus’ birthplace, under siege from Israeli settlers

Philippe Pernot

Philippe Pernot

25 July, 2024