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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]
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.
Nearby cities and towns include Beit Safafa and Jerusalem to the north, Beit Jala to the northwest, Husan to the west, al-Khadr and Artas to the southwest, and Beit Sahour to the east. Beit Jala and the latter form an agglomeration with Bethlehem. The Aida and Azza refugee camps are located within the city limits. [81]
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 largest city in the Gaza Strip and all of Palestine was Gaza City prior to the Israel-Hamas War, and the largest cities in the West Bank are East Jerusalem and Hebron.Some cities form agglomerations with other towns or cities, such as the Bethlehem metropolitan area with Beit Jala and Beit Sahour.
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]
In the West Bank, they are concentrated mostly in Jerusalem and its vicinity: Bethlehem, Beit Jala, Beit Sahour, Ramallah, Bir Zayt, Jifna, Ein Arik, Taybeh. [ 14 ] Of the total Christian population of 185,000 in Israel , about 80% are designated as Arabs, many of whom self-identify as Palestinian.
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]