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IDF transfers Gaza orphans to Judea at Berlin’s request

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At the request of Germany, Israeli authorities transferred some 70 Palestinian orphans between the ages of 3 and 15 from the Gaza Strip to Bethlehem in Judea on Monday. The National Security Council in the...
A man lights candles inside Jaffa's St. Peter's Russian Orthodox Church as Israel's Orthodox Christian communities celebrate Christmas, Jan. 7, 2024. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS.

Palestinian attack on Christian holy site raises concern

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A Palestinian mob caused extensive damage to a Christian holy site in Nablus (Shechem) known as Jacob’s Well on Sunday night. Christian sources said that Palestinians from the Balata refugee camp on the outskirts of...
Palestinian scouts on parade in Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem. Credit: Judy Lash Balint.

West Bank Christians can’t avoid mixing politics with Christmas

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On the surface, Christmas preparations are back with a vengeance in the Bethlehem area after two bleak pandemic years. In Beit Sahour, a small town that borders Bethlehem, where Christians believe the angels announced the...
Palestinian Authority security forces guard outside the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem on July 14, 2022, before the visit of U.S. President Joe Biden on July 15, 2022. Photo by Flash90.

Biden meets with Palestinian Authority head Abbas in Bethlehem

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U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Bethlehem on Friday morning for a meeting with Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas. It followed Biden’s visit earlier in the day to the Augusta Victoria Hospital on the Mount...
A question on an episode of the game show “Jeopardy!” that stumped contestants. Source: Screenshot.

It’s not trivial to know Bethlehem isn’t in a non-existent nation

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There’s no escaping controversy any time that Israel or the Palestinians are mentioned. That’s a lesson the producers, writers and star of the long-running “Jeopardy!” television game show learned to their detriment this past week when...
"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek delivers remarks at the USO 75th anniversary reception in Washington, D.C., Feb. 4, 2016. Credit: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro/U.S. Department of Defense.

‘Jeopardy!’ criticized for ruling that Bethlehem is not in ‘Palestine’

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The game show “Jeopardy!” has come under fire for not accepting “Palestine” as an answer of where Jesus Christ was born during a show that aired on Friday. The $200 clue in the category “Where’s...

In PA-controlled Bethlehem, Christmas is no longer the celebration of yesteryear

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On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, Manger Square in Bethlehem was filled with people, but local Christians were few and far between. The majority of those milling around in the sunshine appeared to be...