The Orthodox Easter ends today after a week of tense negotiations between Armenian and Greek Orthodox. The fights which broke out on Palm Sunday a week and a day ago included pushing priests to the ground, kicking them, and beating one another with palm fronds. I would just like to point out that th...

In keeping with tradition, Easter has yet again been cancelled in Palestine. Jesus of Nazareth somehow secured a permit to enter Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, provided he enter on a donkey. Jesus applied in June of 2007 for a permit to enter Jerusalem on Palm Sunday 2008. The past two years of cancellat...

I hate to be railroaded by the very few individuals who post ignorant comments on this blog, but I feel like posting this particular link. It describes quite well interesting aspects of the historic relationship of Christians and Muslims to the area that is Bethlehem today, and the relationship of t...

A new survey by Zoghby International of 15,000 US citizens and 1,000 respondents from Bethlehem, Americans have once again proven the quality of geography education in the States. Most Americans placed Bethlehem in Israel, when it is actually under occupation in the West Bank, and cut off from Jerus...

To everybody celebrating Christmas today, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas from the Holy Land. As people celebrate the birth of Jesus and Bethlehem is mentioned in countless Nativity plays and sermons all over the world, too few will realize the suffering endured by this holiest of cities. Surr...