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Death toll since Saturday’s wide-ranging attack stands at 1,100
Bethlehem was part of Mandatory Palestine from 1920 to 1948. [64] In the United Nations General Assembly's 1947 resolution to partition Palestine, Bethlehem was included in the international enclave of Jerusalem to be administered by the United Nations. [65] Jordan captured the city during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. [66]
Both of these territories were part of Mandate Palestine, and both have populations consisting primarily of Palestinians Arabs, including significant numbers of refugees who fled or were expelled from Israel and territory Israel controlled [42] after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Today, Palestinians make up around half of Jordan's population.
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the territory of the former Mandatory Palestine. [26] [27] [28] Key aspects of the conflict include the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the status of Jerusalem, Israeli settlements, borders, security, water rights, [29] the permit regime, Palestinian ...
The typically bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town Sunday after Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel-Hamas war. The festive lights and ...
1 November – Kyrgyzstan recognizes the State of Palestine. 100 countries recognized the State of Palestine by the end of 1995. [2] 12 December – The city of Nablus passes from Israeli to Palestinian Authority control. 21 December – The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian Authority control.
The Bethlehem Governorate (Arabic: محافظة بيت لحم, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Bayt Laḥm) is one of 16 Governorates of Palestine. It covers an area of the West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Its principal city and district capital is Bethlehem.
Aida camp was established in 1950 to accommodate Palestinian refugees from the Jerusalem and Hebron areas who were displaced by the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight as part of the 1948 Palestine war. [3] The camp covered an area of 66 dunams (0.17 square kilometres). [4] At the time, Aida housed 1125 refugees living in 94 tents. [5]