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An outbuilding of Gaza City’s oldest working church, St. Porphyrius, was hit by Israeli bombardment in October, killing at least 16 of the hundreds of people sheltering there, according to ...
Bethlehem [a] is a city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the State 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. [5]
Beit Sahour or Beit Sahur (Arabic: بيت ساحور, romanized: Bayt Sāḥūr ⓘ; Palestine grid 170/123) is a Palestinian town east of Bethlehem, in the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine. The city is under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority.
Map of cities in Palestine. The following is a list of cities administered by the Palestinian National Authority.After the 1995 Interim Agreements, the Palestinian National Authority took control of civil affairs in the West Bank Palestinian enclaves, designated Areas A and B, where most Palestinian population centers are located (and excluding those within the municipal borders of East ...
The cave has an eastern niche said to be the place where Jesus was born, which contains the Altar of Nativity. The exact spot where Jesus was born is marked beneath this altar by a 14-pointed silver star with the Latin inscription Hic De Virgine Maria Jesus Christus Natus Est-1717 ("Here Jesus Christ was born to the Virgin Mary-1717"). It was ...
This is a list of places in Palestine which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
The tabernacle had been built under Moses' direction from God to house the Ark of the Covenant, also made according to Moses' instructions from God . Talmudic sources state that the tent sanctuary remained at Shiloh for 369 years [ 12 ] until the Ark of the Covenant was taken into the battle camp at Eben-Ezer ( 1 Samuel 4:3–5 ) and captured ...
Municipality type A in Ramallah and al-Bireh, State of Palestine Ramallah Municipality type A (City) Arabic transcription(s) • Arabic رام الله Hebrew transcription(s) • Hebrew רמאללה Clockwise from top: Ramallah skyline and the central mosque, Arafat mausoleum, Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, Roman ruins, Al-Manara Square Municipal seal of Ramallah Ramallah Location of ...