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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Palestinian city in Palestine Bethlehem Palestinian city Arabic transcription(s) • Arabic بيت لحم • Latin Beit Laḥm (official) Beit Lehem or Bayt Laḥm (unofficial) Hebrew transcription(s) • Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם Skyline of Bethlehem Church of the Nativity Graffiti on ...
The Bethlehem Governorate (Arabic: محافظة بيت لحم, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Bayt Laḥm) is one of 16 Governorates of Palestine. It covers an area of the West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Its principal city and district capital is Bethlehem.
Map of West Bank. This is a list of places in Palestine which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
WorldStatesmen- Maps, flags, chronology, see Israel and Palestinian National Authority; hWeb - Israel-Palestine in Maps; Palestine Fact Sheet from the Common Language Project "Palestine" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 600– 626. Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine; History of the Palestine Problem, UN website; Maps
On 27 June 1967, Israel expanded the municipal boundaries of West Jerusalem so as to include approximately 70 km 2 (27.0 sq mi) of West Bank territory today referred to as East Jerusalem, which included Jordanian East Jerusalem (6 km 2 (2.3 sq mi)) and 28 villages and areas of the Bethlehem and Beit Jala municipalities (64 km 2 (25 sq mi)).
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The state of Israel was nevertheless founded under prime minister David Ben-Gurion on 14 May 1948 with the end of the British Mandate, winning immediate recognition from the US and Soviet Union ...
The Holy Land [a] is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern bank of the Jordan River, traditionally synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine. Today, the term "Holy Land" usually refers to a territory roughly corresponding to the modern states of Israel and Palestine.