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Bethlehem was part of Mandatory Palestine from 1920 to 1948. [64] In the United Nations General Assembly's 1947 resolution to partition Palestine, Bethlehem was included in the international enclave of Jerusalem to be administered by the United Nations. [65] Jordan captured the city during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. [66]
Palestine – country in the Middle East, politically under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian government and the Hamas Government in Gaza. Since the Palestinian Declaration of Independence in 1988 and the consequent admission into UN as an observer state in 2012, Palestine is today recognized by three-quarters of the world's countries. [1]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Map 1: United Nations -derived boundary map of Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories (2007, updated to 2018) The modern borders of Israel exist as the result both of past wars and of diplomatic agreements between the State of Israel and its neighbours, as well as an effect of the agreements ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Palestinian territories الأراضي الفلسطينية al-Arāḍī al-Filasṭīniyya Palestinian flag Palestinian territories according to a Green Line based definition Largest cities Gaza Hebron Nablus Khan Yunis East Jerusalem Languages Arabic Hebrew English Ethnic groups Palestinians Jews ...
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.
In making their announcements, all three governments — Ireland, Spain and Norway — were at pains to express support for Israel’s existence, and revulsion over the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7 ...
Palestine, [i] officially the State of Palestine, [ii] [e] is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.Recognized by a majority of UN member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, collectively known as the occupied Palestinian territories, within the broader geographic and historical Palestine region.
In Bethlehem, a decree from the West Bank’s governing Palestinian Authority mandates that the city’s mayor, deputy mayor and a majority of the municipal council must be Christians.