Page "Bethlehem" Paragraph 29

Extensive Israeli settlements have been since built around the city ; they are subject to Israeli, not Palestinian, legal authority.

According to Leila Sansour, Bethlehem residents are confined to less than 13 % of their original pre-war land.

A majority of the forty-odd Israeli settlements surrounding Bethlehem is built on land confiscated from Christian, not Muslim, Palestinians.