Bethlehem
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RightsNew Project Boosts Rights for Disabled Women in Aida Camp
Al-Noor Association launches four-year initiative with UN partners to support marginalized women and girls with disabilities in Bethlehem refugee camps.
Four shot at al-Mughayyir, then forces seal the village entrance
Settlers came at houses on the western side under army cover, it was reported, and by late evening accounts put the wounded at seven.
Settlers wound three at al-Mughayyir, beat a father and son
Residents drove off an attempt to take their sheep northeast of Ramallah, and the settlers shot at the animals instead, according to the Red Crescent and other reports.
Settlers attack an AFP team near Bethlehem; five are treated
The three journalists had gone to the village of Jannatah to cover solidarity visits by Israeli activists, and the army ordered them out as a closed military zone before a second group of settlers arrived and threw stones.
West BankUS citizen detained in a Tuqu' raid is freed; relatives stay held
Hussein Jabarin was taken from his family's home near Bethlehem on 12 August and held without charge for four days. He is preparing to fly back to Pennsylvania; the relatives arrested alongside and before him are still in Israeli prisons.
HealthIsraeli forces enter a Bethlehem rehabilitation hospital
The Palestinian Ministry of Health has asked the World Health Organization and the Red Cross to step in, saying entries onto medical premises have become a pattern rather than an exception.
CultureIn Battir, a Roman-era water system still runs the farming season
Spring water reaches the terraces on an eight-day rota, and it needs neither fuel nor a pump.
West BankPalestinians ask foreign governments to act on settler attacks
Officials and residents in Bethlehem call for concrete measures.
CultureBethlehem youth camp on rights and media skills concludes
Alrowwad's three-day camp drew participants from across the West Bank.