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The time zones in the State of Palestine are Palestine Standard Time (PSST) (Arabic: توقيت فلسطين القياسي) and Palestine Summer Time (PSDT) (Arabic: توقيت فلسطين الصيفي) . [1] [2] Palestine first observed Daylight Saving Time in 1940. Palestine observed DST for 62 years between 1940 and 2024.
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]
The Church of the Nativity, or Basilica of the Nativity, [a] is a basilica located in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine.The grotto holds a prominent religious significance to Christians of various denominations as the birthplace of Jesus.
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.
Wael Shaer runs the Palestine Lions Club, a community group packing up food for those in need in Bethlehem [BBC] Many local Christian and Muslim families have emigrated in the past year.
c. 225: Cassius Dio, Historia Romana: The Eastern Wars c. 70 BCE "This was the course of events at that time in Palestine; for this is the name that has been given from of old to the whole country extending from Phoenicia to Egypt along the inner sea. They have also another name that they have acquired: the country has been named Judaea, and ...
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]
Beit Jala (Arabic: بيت جالا ⓘ) is a Palestinian Christian town in the Bethlehem Governorate of Palestine, in the West Bank.Beit Jala is located 10 km (6.2 mi)10 km south of Jerusalem, on the western side of the Hebron road, opposite Bethlehem, at 825 meters (2,707 ft) altitude.