Bethlehem

A short bus ride from Jerusalem lies the city of Bethlehem. It is located a mere six miles south of Israel’s capital in what traditionally was Judea and today is called the West Bank. Politically, Bethlehem has a complicated history. Jordan seized it in 1948 during Israel’s War of Independence, and Israel retrieved it during the Six-Day War in 1967. On December 21, 1995, Israel withdrew fro