Sadly, many visitors’ first view of Bethlehem is the concrete wall that separates it from modern Jerusalem. Graffiti on the barrier includes “I was an angel and they tear-gased me,” Vollrath ...

Jerusalem, Nov 26, 2023 / 06:00 am. The strands of lights are falling down one after another, forming a kind of curtain of threads in front of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

The reason they stay away is the 30-foot-high concrete wall the Israelis have been building in fits and starts since 2002, which has severed Bethlehem from its sister city, Jerusalem, only a 20 ...

After sparking religious backlash, the Israel Antiquities Authority agrees to rebury ancient Western Wall stones, affirming their status as sacred relics subject to Jewish law, not museum pieces.

Lina works at a pediatric hospital in Bethlehem, ... A painting on the separation wall between Israel and the Palestinian Territories shows a view of Jerusalem. Nov. 18, 2023.