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A Gun, a Pause, and Innocence Lost in the West Bank

Gary M. Burge 6-27-2011

I send many of my students to the Middle East as interns. In fact, Wheaton College has an entire program devoted to student short-term placement.

A Palm Sunday Procession to Jerusalem Ends in Arrests -- Including the Donkey

Rose Marie Berger 3-30-2010

Protesters crossed the main gate in the separation wall between Bethlehem and Jerusalem on Palm Sunday 2010.

Finding Watchtowers and Blind Spots in Bethlehem

Troy Jackson 3-26-2010

From the window of my hotel room in Bethlehem, I could see the "security" wall that separates the West Bank from the rest of Israel.

Stepping Back from Bethlehem

Phil Haslanger 12-21-2009

For much of the world, the heart of Bethlehem is found down a narrow stairway in a small cave area under a huge church where a 14-pointed silver star marks the spot that, for at least 17 centuries, Christians have honored as the place where Jesus was born.