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Bethlehem

[beth-li-hem, -lee-uhm] / ˈbɛθ lɪˌhɛm, -li əm /
NOUN
manger
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Amr’s parents said they had tried preventing their son from sneaking out at night when Israeli forces raided their town, near Bethlehem.

From New York Times

The terraces, which for generations served as the market garden of Jerusalem and Bethlehem, are irrigated by intricate aqueducts and channels that the village’s farmers share.

From Washington Times

Late Monday night, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man who they alleged threw a firebomb at troops along a West Bank highway in the Palestinian town of Husan, west of Bethlehem.

From Seattle Times

With her iconic 1960s and ‘70s essays about Los Angeles and the West, in collections such as “Slouching Towards Bethlehem,” Didion helped invent New Journalism.

From New York Times

Adding to the sensitive timing, the EU harshly condemned Israel's demolition on Sunday of an EU-funded elementary school for Palestinian children near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.

From BBC