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The 2023 Israel-Hamas war significantly impacted Bethlehem's olive wood carving industry, which has long been a cornerstone of the city's economy and cultural identity. The conflict resulted in a drastic decline in tourism, the primary market for the region’s handcrafted religious artifacts.
Palestinian handicrafts include embroidery work, pottery-making, soap-making, glass-making, weaving, and olive-wood and Mother of Pearl carvings, among others. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some Palestinian cities in the West Bank , particularly Bethlehem , Hebron and Nablus have gained renown for specializing in the production of a particular handicraft, with ...
Bethlehem factories also produce paints, plastics, synthetic rubber, pharmaceuticals, construction materials and food products, mainly pasta and confectionery. [122] Cremisan Wine, founded in 1885, is a winery run by monks in the Monastery of Cremisan. The grapes are grown mainly in the al-Khader district. In 2007, the monastery's wine ...
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According to Weir, Bethlehem women's employment in the mother-of-pearl industry goes back at least to the seventeenth century. [2] It was noted by Richard Pococke, who travelled there in 1727. [3] The first exhibition in the west of mother-of-pearl artifacts from Palestine was at The World Fair in New York in 1852. Two brothers, Giries and ...
Palestinian handicrafts include embroidery work, pottery-making, soap-making, glass-making, weaving, and olive-wood and Mother of Pearl carvings, among others. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] Some Palestinian cities in the West Bank , particularly Bethlehem , Hebron and Nablus have gained renown for specializing in the production of a particular handicraft, with ...
As of 2024, there are five World Heritage Sites in Palestine, four in the West Bank (the Church of the Nativity as the Birthplace of Jesus and associated Pilgrimage Route in Bethlehem; Hebron's old town; Battir's Land of Olives and Vines as a Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem; and Tell es-Sultan in ancient Jericho) and one in the Gaza ...