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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.
Throughout much of the Bible, Ephrath is a description for members of the Israelite tribe of Judah, as well as for possible founders of Bethlehem. [ 4 ] Ephrath, or Bethlehem, is connected to messianic prophecy, as found in the book of the minor prophet Micah : "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah ...
Bethlehem of Galilee (Hebrew: בֵּית לֶחֶם הַגְּלִילִית, Beit Lehem HaGlilit; lit. "the Galilean Bethlehem") or Bethlehem-in-the-Galilee [2] is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee near Kiryat Tivon , around 10 kilometres north-west of Nazareth and 30 kilometres east of Haifa , it falls under the jurisdiction ...
In Bethlehem the cave is pointed out where He was born, and the manger in the cave where He was wrapped in swaddling clothes. And the rumor is in those places, and among foreigners of the Faith, that indeed Jesus was born in this cave who is worshiped and reverenced by the Christians.
The Status Quo (Hebrew: סטטוס קוו; Arabic: الوضع الراهن) is an understanding among religious communities with respect to nine shared religious sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. [1] Other holy places in Israel and Palestine were not deemed subject to the Status Quo, because the authorities of one religion or community within a ...
The Church of Saint Catherine [1] or Chapel of Saint Catherine (Latin: Ecclesia Sanctae Catharinae, Arabic: كنيسة القديسة كترينا, Hebrew: כנסיית קתרינה הקדושה) is a Catholic religious building located adjacent to the northern part [2] of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem [3] [4] in the West Bank, Palestine. [5]
Israeli construction destroyed the Palestinian neighbourhood of Qubbet Rahil (Tomb of Rachel), which comprised 11% of metropolitan Bethlehem. [118] [119] Israel also declared the area to be a part of Jerusalem. [20] From 2011, a "Wall Museum" was created by Palestinians on the North wall of the Israeli separation barrier surrounding Rachel's tomb.
Israel, [a] officially the State of Israel, [b] is a country in West Asia. It is situated in the Southern Levant of the Middle East ; and shares borders with Lebanon and Syria to the north, the West Bank and Jordan to the east, the Gaza Strip and Egypt to the southwest, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. [ 21 ]