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Town near Bethlehem, State of Palestine

Municipality type B in Bethlehem, State of Palestine

Beit Jala Municipality type B Arabic transcription(s) • Arabic بيت جالا • Latin Bayt Jala (unofficial) Hebrew transcription(s) • Hebrew בית ג'אלא‎ Beit Jala, with Saint Nicholas Church. Municipal Seal of Beit Jala Beit Jala Location of Beit Jala within Palestine Coordinates: 31°42′54″N 35°11′14″E / 31.71500°N 35.18722°E / 31.71500; 35.18722 Palestine grid 167/124 State State of Palestine Governorate Bethlehem Government • Type Municipality • Head of Municipality Nicola Khamis [1] Area • Municipality type B 13.0 km2 (5.0 sq mi) Population (2017)[2] • Municipality type B 13,484 • Density 1,040/km2 (2,690/sq mi) • Metro 97,559 Name meaning House of Jala[3] Website www.beitjala-city.org/en/

**Beit Jala** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): *[بيت جالا](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/ArBeitJala.ogg/ArBeitJala.ogg.mp3)[ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ArBeitJala.ogg)*) is a [Palestinian Christian](/source/Palestinian_Christian) town in the [Bethlehem Governorate](/source/Bethlehem_Governorate) of [Palestine](/source/Palestine), in the [West Bank](/source/West_Bank). Beit Jala is located 10 km (6.2 mi)10 km south of [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem), on the western side of the [Hebron](/source/Hebron) road, opposite [Bethlehem](/source/Bethlehem), at 825 meters (2,707 ft) [altitude](/source/Altitude). In 2017, Beit Jala had 13,484 inhabitants according to the [Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics](/source/Palestinian_Central_Bureau_of_Statistics). About 80% of the population were [Christians](/source/Palestinian_Christians) (mostly [Greek Orthodox](/source/Greek_Orthodox_Church_of_Jerusalem) and [Roman Catholic](/source/Latin_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem)) and about 20% [Muslims](/source/Muslim).

[Saint Nicholas](/source/Saint_Nicholas) – the inspiration for [Santa Claus](/source/Santa_Claus) – is the [patron saint](/source/Patron_saint) of Beit Jala, where the Church of Saint Nicholas was built over a crypt where it is believed he lived for a couple years during his time in Palestine.

## Etymology

Map of the Beit Jala region

[Conder](/source/Claude_Reignier_Conder) and [Kitchener](/source/Herbert_Kitchener%2C_1st_Earl_Kitchener) identified Beit Jala with *Galem* or *Gallim* (Γαλλιμ) of the [Septuagint](/source/Septuagint),[4] a place in the 9th district of the inheritance of [Judah](/source/Tribe_of_Judah); [homonymous](/source/Homonym) with a settlement in [Benjamin](/source/Tribe_of_Benjamin) NE of [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem).[5]

## History

### Byzantine period

A crypt, dating to the 5th or 6th century C.E., was located under the Church of [Saint Nicholas](/source/Saint_Nicholas) in Beit Jala.[6]

### Crusader period

In the [Crusader](/source/Crusader_states) era, the village was called Apezala, and the Church of Saint Nicholas was possibly rebuilt during that time.[6]

### Ottoman period

In 1516, the village was included in the [Ottoman Empire](/source/Ottoman_Empire) with the rest of [Palestine](/source/Palestine_(region)). In this century, Beit Jala was a large village of Christian and [peasants](/source/Fellahin) and it had over ten elders (*akabir*) who functioned as leaders, with each religious group having separate sets of leaders.[7] Rare for a single village, it and nearby Bethlehem, served as its own separate jurisdiction instead of being grouped with other villages into a *[nahiya](/source/Nahiya)*.[8] In April 1531, when an [Ottoman](/source/Ottoman_Empire) official went to Beit Jala to register the village's grapevines for tax purposes, the residents refused to seriously answer his questions and mocked the authority of the Ottoman sultan, marking a notable episode of initial local resistance to the Ottoman taxation methods and procedures. By the end of the 16th century, Beit Jala was almost entirely inhabited by Christians. Beit Jala's size rendered it similar to that of a town, with the village being subdivided into four quarters.[9] The village produced more wheat and barley than surrounding localities and like other villages south of Jerusalem, grape cultivation was greater than olive cultivation. Beit Jala was taxed on these agricultural products as well as figs, honeybees, and goats. It contained one of the six olive presses in the subdistrict of Jerusalem in the 16th century. Despite its large size, Beit Jala was relatively poorer than other villages in the subdistrict.[10]

In the 1596 [tax-records](/source/Defter), it appeared as *Bayt Jala*, located in the *[Nahiya](/source/Nahiya)* of Jabal Quds of the *[Liwa](/source/Liwa_(Arabic))* of [Al-Quds](/source/Al-Quds). The population was 245 households; 6 Muslims and 239 Christians. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, which included wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards, fruit trees, occasional revenues, goats and beehives; a total of 30,000 [akçe](/source/Ak%C3%A7e).[11]

In 1697 [Henry Maundrell](/source/Henry_Maundrell) passed Beit Jala, and noted that: "no Turk can live in it above two years. By virtue of this report, whether true or false, the Christians keep the Village to themselves without molestation; no Turk being willing to stake his life experimenting the truth of it."[12]

In the 17th century, the Christians of Beit Jala offered to become [Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church) if the [Franciscans](/source/Franciscans) paid their [jizya tax](/source/Jizya).[13]

Beit Jala's inhabitants participated in the [1834 peasants' revolt in Palestine](/source/1834_Arab_revolt_in_Palestine) against [Ibrahim Pasha](/source/Ibrahim_Pasha_of_Egypt), the [Egyptian](/source/Muhammad_Ali_Dynasty) governor of [Syria](/source/Ottoman_Syria). Beit Jala's residents were believed to have taken part in the looting of Egyptian property and on 31 May, Egyptian troops assaulted the village. Ibrahim Pasha put a stop to the attack, but at least 33 men and women were killed in the attack. In addition, the village's livestock was seized. The attack on Beit Jala prompted rebels from the Ta'amira tribe, a local [Bedouin](/source/Bedouin) tribe, to enter into Bethlehem to help bolster its defense.[14]

In 1838, it was noted as a Greek Christian village, located in the *Beni Hasan* area, west of Jerusalem.[15] The population was estimated to be around 2000 people.[16]

By the mid-19th century, there were 10 Catholics living in Beit Jala. The Latin Patriarchate founded its first [parish](/source/Parish) in Palestine in Beit Jala in 1853.[17] The establishment of the parish faced fierce resistance by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate and the inhabitants of Beit Jala, leading to several skirmishes and official complaints to the Ottoman authorities by both sides.[18] A Latin church was built in Beit Jala and inaugurated on 18 April 1858.[19] The Jerusalem Society, a [Protestant](/source/Protestant) movement struggled to maintain a presence in Beit Jala in the late 19th century. When a clash between Orthodox and Protestant residents ended with the death of an Orthodox girl, the village's Protestant community was evacuated to [al-Karak](/source/Al-Karak) in [Transjordan](/source/Transjordan_(region)) for six months until [compensation](/source/Blood_money_(restitution)) was paid to the family of the slain girl.[20] In 1866, the Russian ambassador to the Ottoman Empire purchased land in Beit Jala and built a girls' school, the first Russian school to be built in Palestine. It had 60 pupils by 1880 and was assigned a Russian principal. In 1886, it became a teachers' training school and was under the administration of the Palestinian Orthodox Imperial Society.[21]

[Albert Socin](/source/Albert_Socin) found from an official Ottoman village list from about 1870 that Beit Jala had 234 houses and a population of 874 "Latins", though the population count included men, only.[22] [Martin Hartmann](/source/Martin_Hartmann) found that Beit Jala had 232 houses.[23]

In 1883, the [PEF](/source/Palestine_Exploration_Fund)'s *[Survey of Western Palestine](/source/PEF_Survey_of_Palestine)* (SWP) described *Beit Jala* as: "A large and flourishing village of white well-built stone houses, on the slope of a steep hill. The water supply is artificial, with a well in the valley below. The population is said by Pere Lievin to amount to 3,000, of whom 420 are Catholics, and the rest Orthodox Greeks. There is a Greek and a Latin church in the village. There are remarkably fine groves of olives round and beneath the village, and the hill is covered with vineyards which belong to the place."[24]

In 1896 the population of Beit Jala was estimated to be about 2,880 persons.[25]

### British Mandate period

Palestinian Christian wedding, Beit Jala, 1940

In the [1922 census of Palestine](/source/1922_census_of_Palestine), conducted by the [British Mandate authorities](/source/Mandate_for_Palestine), Beit Jala had a population of 3,101; 3,060 Christians and 41 Muslims;[26] where the Christians consisted of 2,628 Orthodox, 358 Roman Catholics, 4 Greek Catholic ([Melkites](/source/Melkite)), and 1 each of the Armenian Catholic, [Maronite](/source/Maronite) and the [Coptic Church](/source/Coptic_Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria).[27] In the [1931 census](/source/1931_census_of_Palestine) the population had decreased to 2,731; 2,529 Christians, 198 Muslims, 3 with "no religion" and 1 Jew; in a total of 631 inhabited houses.[28]

In the [1945 statistics](/source/Village_Statistics%2C_1945) the population of Beit Jala was 3,710; 200 Muslims and 3,510 Christians,[29] with 13,307 (rural) and 737 (urban) [dunams](/source/Dunam) of land according to an official land and population survey.[30] 9,860 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 1,064 for cereals,[31] while 737 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[32]

By the end of the Mandate, the population of Beit Jala was apprixmately 4,000.[33]

### Jordanian period

Main article: [1952 raid on Beit Jala](/source/1952_raid_on_Beit_Jala)

*Shahwan Palace*, built between 1914 and 1917 in Beit Jala.[34]

In the wake of the [1948 Arab–Israeli War](/source/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War), Beit Jala came under [Jordanian rule](/source/Jordanian_annexation_of_the_West_Bank).

The [Mennonite Central Committee](/source/Mennonite_Central_Committee) (MCC) began relief operations for refugees in the West Bank in 1950. They also worked with Palestinians who had retained their houses and so were not technically refugees, but who had lost their land or means of making a living because of the war. As part of this relief, the MCC founded a school in Beit Jala which was still in operation as of 1979.[35]

In 1952, an [Israel Defense Forces](/source/Israel_Defense_Forces) [reprisal raid](/source/1952_raid_on_Beit_Jala) in Beit Jala killed seven civilians; one man, two women and three children.[*[dubious](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement) – [discuss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Beit_Jala#Dubious)*] A complaint was lodged that Israel had violated the [General Armistice agreement](/source/1949_Armistice_Agreements). The United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation issued a condemnation of Israel for breaching the agreement.[36]

In 1961, the population of Beit Jala was 7,966.[37]

### Post 1967

Since the [Six-Day War](/source/Six-Day_War) in 1967, Beit Jala has been under [Israeli occupation](/source/Israeli_occupation_of_the_West_Bank). Control of the town was assumed by the Palestinian Authority following the 1993 [Oslo Accords](/source/Oslo_Accords). According to the Beit Jala Municipality, the city's land holdings have been relegated under different areas of administration. [Area A](/source/Palestinian_enclaves) comprises approximately 3,500 [dunums](/source/Dunam), or about 25% of the town's land, which is under Palestinian control. The remaining 75% ([Area C](/source/Area_C_(West_Bank))) is under Israeli jurisdiction, and 7% of the total Area C is located inside the Municipality border.[38]

According to [ARIJ](/source/Applied_Research_Institute%E2%80%93Jerusalem), after the war Israel confiscated 3,147 dunums of Beit Jala land in order to expand the Jerusalem municipal boundaries, later taking further land for the two [Israeli settlements](/source/Israeli_settlement) of [Gilo](/source/Gilo) and [Har Gilo](/source/Har_Gilo), the [West Bank barrier](/source/West_Bank_barrier) and bypass roads.[39]

During the [Second Intifada](/source/Second_Intifada), militants from the [Fatah](/source/Fatah)-affiliated [Tanzim](/source/Tanzim) group used Beit Jala as a base for launching sniper and mortar attacks[40] on the [Israeli settlement](/source/Israeli_settlement) of [Gilo](/source/Gilo).[41] Gilo is located on a hilltop across from Beit Jala, partially built on the lands of Beit Jala, [Beit Safafa](/source/Beit_Safafa) and Sharafat.[42] The Israeli government built a concrete barrier and installed bulletproof windows in homes and schools facing Beit Jala.[43]

[Couching stitch](/source/Couching) from Beit Jala, 2006

Militants were reported to have used the houses of Palestinian Christian residents to fire on Israeli targets in Gilo. Fighters were initially welcomed by residents, but after their homes were attacked by Israeli retaliatory fire and several fighters and residents were killed, they no longer tolerated the militants' presence.[44] According to John Bunzl, the Israeli press used the incident to suggest there was a Christian-Muslim conflict in the incidents, with the former trying to prevent an attack until the Muslims forced them to surrender. Numerous statements taken from Christian residents appear to refute this.[45] In August 2001, the [Israeli Army](/source/Israel_Defense_Forces) occupied the northeastern corner of Beit Jala, declaring that it would only leave when the gunfire on Gilo stopped.[46] Two days later, the troops withdrew.[47] Palestinian militants subsequently increased their attacks, adding mortars and heavy machine guns. According to [*Time*](/source/Time_(magazine)) magazine, the Palestinian militants were not locals, but took up positions in Beit Jala due to its proximity to Gilo.[48] In August 2010, after a long period of calm, the concrete barrier built to protect Gilo was removed.[49]

The [Israel barrier in the West Bank](/source/Israeli_West_Bank_barrier) will separate over 50 Beit Jala families from their land; although Israel says it is a vital security measure.[50] Palestinians believe the ultimate aim of the barrier is a land grab as it is built inside the occupied West Bank on land Palestinians want for a future independent state. Local church leaders - Latin Catholic and Greek Orthodox - have been involved in the campaign to prevent the construction of the barrier.[50]

## Geography

The Israel [bypass road](/source/Bypass_road) known as the [Tunnels Highway](/source/Highway_60_(Israel%E2%80%93Palestine)#Bypass_roads) passes directly underneath Beit Jala.[51]

## Demographics

This town's Christian inhabitants are made up of five Christian tribes that trace their origins as Aramaic-and Arabic speaking people who lived in that area near Bethlehem prior to the [Muslim conquest](/source/Muslim_conquest_of_Syria) in 634. At the [1931 census of Palestine](/source/1931_census_of_Palestine) the population of Beit Jala was 2,732. This included 196 Muslims, 2,532 Christians, and one Jew.[52] In 1947, Beit Jala had a population of approximately 3,700. In 1967, according to a census conducted by the Israeli Army Command, the population was 6,041.[53] The population in 2007 was 11,758 according to the [Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics](/source/Palestinian_Central_Bureau_of_Statistics).[2]

## Economy

[Cremisan](/source/Cremisan) Cellars, located in the Cremisan [monastery](/source/Monastery), is an important local winemaker. The winery has operated since the establishment of the monastery in the 19th century. Modern equipment was introduced in 1997.[54] Beit Jala was once famous for its pork, olive oil, apricots and stone masonry.[55] Other economic branches are tobacco, textiles, agriculture and pharmaceuticals. The Beit Jala Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company (formerly Jordan Chemical Laboratory) was established in 1958 to manufacture generic drug pharmaceutical products for the local market.[56]

The [West Bank Barrier](/source/West_Bank_Barrier) is being extended to encircle the area, splitting the monastery, which would end up on the Israeli side, from the sister [Salesian](/source/Salesian) convent, and making access to this recreational area for Beit Jala residents very difficult. 57 Christian families are slated to lose their agricultural property.[57]

## Health care

Beit Jala Governmental Hospital (Al-Hussein)

Beit Jala has a government-run 113-bed hospital, and a 77-bed privately run specialized surgery hospital operated by the Arab Society for Rehabilitation. Primary health care is provided by the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health. In addition, there are many charities, medical institutions and private health clinics.[58] Societies for the disabled in Beit Jala include the Bethlehem Arab Society,[59] Lifegate Rehabilitation[60] and House Jemima, a [Dutch](/source/Netherlands)-founded home and daycare-center for children with mental disabilities.[61] [Al-Hussein Governmental Hospital, Beit Jala](/source/Al-Hussein_Governmental_Hospital%2C_Beit_Jala) is a government hospital here.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Schools and religious institutions

Catholic church in Beit Jala

Beit Jala is home to educational institutions run by a variety of Christian denominations, including the Arab Orthodox Benevolent Society. A [Russian Orthodox](/source/Russian_Orthodox_Church) school was established in 1866. The [Latin Patriarchate](/source/Latin_Patriarch_of_Jerusalem) [Seminary](/source/Seminary), which supervises religious [liturgical](/source/Liturgy) education in the Jerusalem Patriarchate, moved to Beit Jala in 1936.

The [Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land](/source/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Jordan_and_the_Holy_Land) (ELCJHL) has a congregation in Beit Jala.[62] The denomination also runs the [Talitha Kumi School](/source/Talitha_Kumi_School) in Beit Jala, which was founded by Lutheran deaconesses in the 19th century and relocated in Beit Jala in 1961.[63] The school has developed an environmental education program and operates the only bird-ringing station in the Palestinian sector. The school also runs a guesthouse.[63]

St. Nicholas Church

The Beit Jala skyline is dominated by several [churches](/source/Church_(building)), among them the Church of the Virgin Mary, the Church of St. Michael, and the Church of [Saint Nicholas](/source/Saint_Nicholas). According to tradition, St. Nicholas spent four years in a cave beneath the Church.[64] These three churches belong to the Greek Orthodox Church. The Latin Church of Annunciation is the Catholic church built in 1850.

The [Syriac Orthodox Church](/source/Syriac_Orthodox_Church) runs the Mar Afram school in Beit Jala. In 2007, Mar Afram started offering classes in [Aramaic](/source/Aramaic) (more specifically, [Syriac Aramaic](/source/Syriac_language)) to its students, which were taught by elderly residents of the town who still spoke the waning language fluently.[65]

## Local government

In the [2005 municipal election](/source/Palestinian_municipal_election%2C_2005), six seats went to the United Beit Jala list ([Fatah](/source/Fatah) and [Palestinian People's Party](/source/Palestinian_People's_Party)), five seats went to Sons of the Land ([PFLP](/source/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine) and independents), one seat went to Independent Beit Jala Group and one candidate was elected as an independent. The most popular candidate was Raji George Jadallah Zeidan of United Jala with 2,892 votes, followed by Nadir Antoun Issa Abu Amsha of Sons of the Land with 1764 votes.[66]

## Sports

The Beit Jala Lions is a [rugby](/source/Rugby_football) club active in Beit Jala since 2007. Hailed as the first all-Palestinian rugby team in history, the team is made up almost exclusively of residents of Beit Jala.[67]

## Prominent people from Beit Jala

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2023)

- [Tawfiq Canaan](/source/Tawfiq_Canaan)

- [Toni Qattan](/source/Toni_Qattan)

- [Ghassan Zaqtan](/source/Ghassan_Zaqtan)

## International relations

See also: [List of twin towns and sister cities in Palestine](/source/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Palestine)

Beit Jala is twin or sister cities with:[68]

- [La Calera, Chile](/source/La_Calera%2C_Chile)

- [Aubervilliers](/source/Aubervilliers), France

- [Bergisch Gladbach](/source/Bergisch_Gladbach), Germany

- [Jena](/source/Jena), Germany

- [Varazze](/source/Varazze), Italy

- [Santa Maria del Mar District](/source/Santa_Maria_del_Mar_District), Peru

Beit Jala has friendship agreements with:[68]

- [Grenoble](/source/Grenoble), France

- [Reggio Emilia](/source/Reggio_Emilia), Italy

- [Trento](/source/Trento), Italy

Representatives from Beit Jala and [Valfabbrica](/source/Valfabbrica), Italy, signed a Declaration of Intent in 2012.[68]

## See also

- [Palestinian Christians](/source/Palestinian_Christians)

- [Palestinian diaspora](/source/Palestinian_diaspora)

- [West Bank](/source/West_Bank)

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## External links

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- [Official Site of Beit Jala](https://web.archive.org/web/20180315025543/http://beitjala-city.org/)

- [Welcome To The City of Bayt Jala](http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Bayt_Jala_866/index.html)

- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17: [IAA](http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8379), [Wikimedia commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.17.jpg)

- [Beit Jala City (Fact Sheet)](http://vprofile.arij.org/bethlehem/pdfs/EN/Beit%20Jala%20City_fs_en.pdf), [Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem](/source/Applied_Research_Institute%E2%80%93Jerusalem) (ARIJ)

- [Beit Jala City Profile](http://vprofile.arij.org/bethlehem/pdfs/VP/Beit%20Jala_cp_en.pdf), (ARIJ)

- [Beit Jala City Area Photo](http://vprofile.arij.org/bethlehem/images/areal/Beit%20Jala_ap_en.jpg), (ARIJ)

- [The priorities and needs for development in Beit Jala city based on the community and local authorities’ assessment](http://vprofile.arij.org/bethlehem/pdfs/needsfordevelopment/Beit%20Jala_cp_en.pdf), (ARIJ)

- [Talitha Kumi School](http://www.talithakumi.org)

- [House Jemima](https://web.archive.org/web/20060115191757/http://www.jemima.eu/)

- [Lifegate Rehabilitation](https://web.archive.org/web/20040613101541/http://www.lifegate-reha.de/english/index/e_index.html)

- [Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation](http://www.basr.org)

- [Nativity Hotel in Beit Jala](http://www.nativityhotel.com)

v t e Cities administered by the State of Palestine West Bank Abu Dis Arraba Bani Na'im Beit Sahour Beit Jala Beit Ummar Beitunia Bethany Bethlehem al-Bireh ad-Dhahiriya Dura Halhul Hebron Idna Jenin Jericho Jerusalema (East, West) Nablus Qabatiya Qalqilya al-Ram Ramallah Rawabi Sa'ir Salfit as-Samu Tarqumiya Tubas Tulkarm Ya'bad al-Yamun Yatta Gaza Stripb Abasan al-Kabira Bani Suheila Beit Hanoun Beit Lahia Deir al-Balah Gaza City Jabalia Khan Yunis Rafah az-Zawayda aLimited recognition, see (Status of Jerusalem). bFrom 14 June 2007, the Gaza Strip has been under de facto Hamas governance.

v t e Bethlehem Governorate Cities Beit Jala Beit Sahour Bethlehem (Beit Lahm) Municipalities Battir Beit Fajjar al-Dawha Husan Jannatah (Rakhme, al-Asakra, Khallet al Karaneen, Al ‘Ukab, Harmala, and Abu Njeim) al-Khader Nahalin Tuqu' al-Ubeidiya Za'atara Villages 'Arab al-Rashayida Artas Beit Ta'mir Dar Salah Hindaza Jab'a Jubbet ad-Dib Juhdum Jurat ash Sham'a Khallet al-Haddad Khallet al-Louza Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah Kisan al-Ma'sara al-Maniya Marah Ma'alla Marah Rabah Nuaman Umm Salamuna ash-Shawawra Wadi al-Arayis Wadi Fukin Wadi an-Nis Wadi Rahhal al-Walaja Religion Chapel of the Milk Grotto Chapel of the Shepherds' Field Church of Saint Catherine, Bethlehem Church of the Nativity Mosque of Omar (Bethlehem) St. George's Monastery, Al-Khader Al-Hamadiyya Mosque Monastery of Saint Theodosius Mar Saba Rachel's Tomb† Refugee camps Aida 'Azza Dheisheh Other Solomon's Pools ‘Ayn Fashkhah

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