Bethlehem is located in the center of the West Bank approximately 10 km (6.2 miles) south of Jerusalem. It has a population of about 32,000 people. Bethlehem is considered to be a holy site for Christians as it marks the site where Jesus was born. The Church of the Nativity was erected over this spot, and it is a site of pilgrimage for Christians worldwide. Read More …
Hebron or as its called in Arabic Al-Khalil is a Palestinian city which located in the southern part of the West Bank. It is 30 km (19 mile) faraway from Jerusalem and it is the second biggest city after Gaza. In Hebron, there is around 300,000 Palestinians who live in the city and around 500,000 who live in the villages. In Hebron there is around Read More …
Built thousands of years ago around a natural spring in a precipitous valley in the Judean hills, Battir remains one of Palestine’s most beautiful villages. Houses stand on man-made rock terraces, lined with the olive groves. The village’s flourishing agricultural trade has been maintained, since the ottoman era, by connection to markets through the railway which runs through it, and, since the Romans, a system of sluice Read More …
