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Greetings and expressions of mutual appreciation were exchanged between the Mayor and the Chairman. The CHAIRMAN explained the task of the Commission and the purpose of its visit to Beit Jala. He ...

JERUSALEM — Under U.S. and European pressure, Israeli armor pulled out of the West Bank town of Beit Jala early today, ending a two-day invasion after Palestinian leaders agreed to stop attacks on a ...

The Beit Jala misadventure highlights some of the obstacles to a “rolling cease-fire” between Israelis and Palestinians. Israel withdrew from the Bethlehem village before dawn on Thursday, following a ...

BEIT JALA, West Bank — Yasser Jawarish doesn’t believe for a minute that Palestinian militiamen will forever hold their fire or that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will forever keep troops from ...

Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, Beit Jala city, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and demolished a Palestinian home. Media sources said dozens of soldiers ...

Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, two sibling children from Beit Jala city, west of Bethlehem, south of occupied East Jerusalem in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded ...

TIME.com: Jamil, you live 500 yards from Beit Jala, which the Israeli army reoccupied last night. What is happening there right now? Jamil Hamad: There have been ongoing clashes since last night. The ...

HALHUL AND BEIT JALA, WEST BANK – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA), held groundbreaking ceremonies in Halhul and Beit Jala on ...