Remnants of ancient church keep this family in Sebastia - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Ahmad Melhem

Ahmad Melhem

Dec 22, 2016

A view of the town of Sebastia, West Bank, Sept. 30, 2014. — AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images

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St. George's Orthodox Church, Jenin - West Bank. This church was built on the site where Jesus was said to have cured ten lepers. Is considered as one of the oldest Christian holy places and church in the world.

One of the world’s oldest churches sits in small town in the West Bank

Taghreed Ali

TO GO WITH AFP STORY IN GERMAN BY CLEMENS WORTMANN
A picture taken on September 30, 2014 shows the town of Sebastia in the northern West Bank, hometown of Raed Saleh, the Palestinian-born Berlin mayoral candidate. After incumbent Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit announced his resignation the Palestinian immigrant Raed Saleh is one of three candidates to replace him. Saleh was was born in Sebastia, near Nablus in the West Bank, and is since three years the president of the Social Democrat Party (SPD) group in t

Israeli settlers threaten Palestinian archaeology in historic town of Sebastia

Taghreed Ali

Will Palestinian place where Jesus was baptized become World Heritage Site?

Aziza Nofal

Palestinians look at water in an overflowing stream in the West Bank village of Al-Nassariyeh near Nablus January 8, 2013. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini (WEST BANK - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) - RTR3C7WK

Ancient Palestinian Village Threatened by Israeli Settlement

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