Will Palestinian place where Jesus was baptized become World Heritage Site? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Aziza Nofal

Aziza Nofal

Jun 6, 2016

An Orthodox Christian reacts during a ritual baptism ceremony in the Jordan River at al-Maghtas site, Jan. 18, 2009. — REUTERS/Paul Hanna

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A view of the Greek Orthodox Christian Monastery of the Temptation near the West Bank city of Jericho on December 8, 2019. - The monastery was built during the 6th century CE above the cave traditionally said to be the place where Jesus spent fourty days and fourty nights fasting and meditating during the temptation of Satan. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Jericho entices tourists with Mount of the Temptation

Taghreed Ali

Christian Orthodox worshippers arrive to take part in a baptism ceremony to celebrate Epiphany on the banks of the Jordan River, in what is believed to be the site of Jesus' baptism, near Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on January 18, 2022. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images)

Inside Jordan's plan to revamp the baptism site of Jesus

Rana Husseini

After 50 years, Israel opens up 'Land of the Monasteries’

Mordechai Goldman

Mordechai Goldman

Ancient Palestinian monastery under UNESCO consideration

Ahmad Melhem

In Ramallah, reporting on politics