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IDF Nachshon Battalion soldiers during an arrest operation in the Duhaisha Refugee Camp, near Bethlehem, on Dec. 8, 2015. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.
Hezbollah-affiliated Palestinian journalist arrested in Bethlehem
The arrest of Nasser Al-Laham, a reporter for Lebanon's Al Mayadeen news outlet, was condemned by the Iranian-backed terrorist group.
JNS Staff
July 8, 2025
Israeli Border Police officers seen during an operation in the Samaria city of Jenin, February 23, 2025. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Israeli Border Police uncover weapons cache in Bethlehem raid
Over 1,000 knives, axes, and clubs were seized from a home, hidden in packaged electrical appliances.
JNS Staff
May 12, 2025
View of the flooded Solomon's Pools, southwest of Bethlehem in Judea, due to heavy rain, March 1, 2012. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.
Solomon’s Pools open to public over Passover in first since Oslo Accords
The pools, located two miles southwest of Bethlehem, are under the control of the Palestinian Authority. 
JNS Staff
April 9, 2025
Israeli troops stand near the scene of a suspected car-ramming attack at the entrance to the village of Husan in Judea, June 23, 2018. Photo by Aharon Krohn/Flash90.
Terrorist stone-throwing near Bethlehem hurts Israeli
The Israel Defense Forces searched the area for terrorists following the attack in Judea.
March 7, 2025
Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Judea, on July 6, 2023. Credit: Rundvald via Wikimedia Commons.
UN Watch leader: Mary and Joseph would be ‘lynched’ in Bethlehem today
Scholars and historians have concluded that Jesus Christ was a Jew from Judea who lived under Roman rule.
Dec. 25, 2024
The Vatican in Rome. Credit: Jerome82/Pixabay.
Vatican reversal on Nativity display is a setback for ‘Palestinian Jesus’
This lie has such ignoble origins, malicious motives and fraudulent ends that it cannot be tolerated at any time or in any place.
David Parsons
Dec. 12, 2024
Baby Jesus displayed on a keffiyeh, gifted by the Palestinian Higher Committee of Churches Affairs, as part of the “Nativity of Bethlehem 2024” during its inauguration in the Paul VI Hall, during a private audience to donors of the Nativity Scene and the lighting of the Christmas tree ceremony at St. Peter's Square in the Paul-VI hall at the Vatican on Dec. 7, 2024. Photo by Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images.
Vatican removes nativity display featuring baby Jesus lying on keffiyeh 
“This crèche not only denigrated Jewish heritage, it also undermined core tenets of the Christian faith,” said David Parsons, senior vice president and spokesman for the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem.
Dec. 11, 2024
Baby Jesus displayed on a keffiyeh, gifted by the Palestinian Higher Committee of Churches Affairs, as part of the “Nativity of Bethlehem 2024” during its inauguration in the Paul VI Hall, during a private audience to donors of the Nativity Scene and the lighting of the Christmas tree ceremony at St. Peter's Square in the Paul-VI hall at the Vatican on Dec. 7, 2024. Photo by Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images.
Photo of baby Jesus on a keffiyeh featured in Vatican nativity scene
The pre-Christmas inauguration of "Nativity of Bethlehem 2024" comes just weeks after the Catholic leader called for an international investigation to determine if Israel’s actions in its war against Hamas in Gaza constituted genocide.
JNS Staff
Dec. 8, 2024
Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near the Jewish community of Beit El in Samaria, April 25, 2023. Photo by Flash90.
IDF arrests two Palestinians suspected of Judea car-ramming
Two Israeli soldiers were lightly and moderately wounded in the attack in the Al-Khader area.
Nov. 12, 2024