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Beit Sahour, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1525/26 (AH 932), Beit Sahur an-Nasara ('Christian Beit Sahur') had 5 Christian and 7 Muslim households, increasing in 1538/39 (AH 945) to 8 Christian and 8 Muslim households. [14]
Beit Sahour is a majority Christian town in the Palestinian West Bank, often linked to the annunciation to the shepherds during the Nativity of Jesus. [7] The town has been a site of tensions in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, including as a target for Israeli settlement [8] and as a target of Israeli demolition of Palestinian property.
The Shepherds' Field Chapel (Arabic: كنيسة حقل الرعاة; Hebrew: כנסיית שדה הרועים) [citation needed], or the Sanctuary of Gloria in excelsis Deo, [1] is a Roman Catholic religious building in Beit Sahour, southeast of Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine.
Beit Sahour, a majority Christian town in the West Bank, became a prominent symbol of the First Intifada due its comprehensive tax strike during the uprising, and the subsequent 42-day blockade of the town imposed by the Israeli military.
After Israel's victory in the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel has occupied the Palestinian territories, including the West Bank. [1] The occupation has been controversial, with Israel accused of violating international law, as well as committing human rights abuses and apartheid against Palestinians. [2]
The Flower Thrower, Flower Bomber, Rage, or Love is in the Air is a 2003 stencil mural in Beit Sahour in the West Bank by the graffiti artist Banksy, depicting a masked man throwing a bunch of flowers. [1] It is considered one of Banksy's most iconic works; the image has been widely replicated. [1]
He was born in 1962 in Beit Sahour, in the West Bank. [1] He was detained by Israeli forces during the crackdown on the Beit Sahour tax resistance. [2] He was the mayor of Beit Sahour [3] [4] for several years, and is a member of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy. [5] He also served as the head of the Fatah party in Bethlehem. [6]
Meanwhile, school children protested the prices of basic goods in Beit Jala. [14] In response to growing protests in the West Bank, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that the "Palestinian Spring," drawing relation to the regional Arab Spring, had begun. He further quoted a Palestinian proverb that "hunger is disloyal," acknowledging ...