Bethlehem

April 22, 2013

The Palestinian Marathon and Phoebe Greenwood’s selective credulity.

The Guardian published a story on April 21 by Phoebe Greenwood entitled ‘First Bethlehem marat...

December 26, 2012

US Guardian and the UK Guardian – 2 blogs separated by a ‘unit-ary’ language

A guest post by AKUS Do you notice slight differences in the header concerning Israel between the US...

December 26, 2012

Opportunity knocks for BBC’s Donnison in Bethlehem

The BBC’s Jon Donnison was to be found in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve and – as may be expecte...

December 25, 2012

O Little Near-By Town of Bethlehem: Christmas 2012

The following was published on Dec. 24 at Times of Israel by Judy Lash-Balint Every Christmas I mak...

December 25, 2012

‘The Jewish state which ruined Christmas in Bethlehem’: A Guardian Production

Christianity is close to extinct in the Middle East. The only place in the region where Christians a...

December 17, 2012

BBC’s Connolly reports on ME Christians: omits the one place they thrive

You can always tell that Christmas is on the horizon by the fact that as the nights get longer, West...

June 30, 2012

Harriet Sherwood advances myth that Bethlehem is being “economically strangled” by Israel

A recent report by Harriet Sherwood entitled “Palestine seeks world heritage status for Church...

June 20, 2012

My tour of Dheisheh Refugee Camp, near Bethlehem

The Dheisheh refugee camp, adjacent to Bethlehem, was established as a temporary refuge for 3,400 Pa...

March 30, 2012

Global March to Jerusalem violence update: & +972’s Lisa Goldman gets owned by IDF on Twitter

Though GMJ organizers’ ambitious anti-Zionist plan for a million man march on Israel’s b...

December 29, 2011

Denis MacEeoin’s letter to Archbishop Vincent Nichols, on his criticism of Israel during Christmas sermon

This letter is published with the permission of Denis MacEeoin (editor of Middle East Quarterly) ...