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Bethlehem [a] is a city in the West Bank of Palestine, located about ten kilometres (six miles) south of Jerusalem. It is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate , and as of 2017 had a population of 28,591 people.
Graffiti paintings on the wall by British graffiti artist Banksy Section of West Bank barrier located on Route 443, near Jerusalem. Painting was likely done by the official contractor. [160] The wall has been used as a canvas for many paintings and writings. It has been called the "world's largest protest graffiti". [161]
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)).
An outbuilding of Gaza City’s oldest working church, St. Porphyrius, was hit by Israeli bombardment in October, killing at least 16 of the hundreds of people sheltering there, according to ...
The Judea and Samaria Area (Hebrew: אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן, romanized: Ezor Yehuda VeShomron; [a] Arabic: يهودا والسامرة, romanized: Yahūda wa-s-Sāmara) is an administrative division used by the State of Israel to refer to the entire West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967, but excludes East Jerusalem (see Jerusalem Law).
This article was amended on 2 December, 2024, to reflect that Ricky Garza is representing the Southern Border Communities Coalition in an appeal over the 2023 border wall settlement, not Alliance ...
The materials were left unused following Biden's decision to stop the wall's construction and roll back Trump's immigration policies upon taking office in 2021, resulting in a massive surge of ...
The Grotto of the Nativity is situated right underneath the chancel, with the silver star at its eastern end (top side of the plan). North is to the left. The centrepiece of the Nativity complex is the Grotto of the Nativity, a cave which enshrines the site where Jesus is said to have been born.