The community I grew up in near Bethlehem is being squeezed out by Israeli settlers.
![Worshippers attend mass at an Orthodox church in Beit Sahour near the West Bank city of Bethlehem on March 8, 2020, after the city came under lockdown [File: Musa Al Shaer/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/AFP__20200308__1PP3CL__v1__MidRes__PalestinianIsraelHealthVirusTourism-1765114012.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Rev Dr Fares Abraham was born in Beit Sahour, Palestine. He is founder and president of Levant Ministries.
The community I grew up in near Bethlehem is being squeezed out by Israeli settlers.
![Worshippers attend mass at an Orthodox church in Beit Sahour near the West Bank city of Bethlehem on March 8, 2020, after the city came under lockdown [File: Musa Al Shaer/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/AFP__20200308__1PP3CL__v1__MidRes__PalestinianIsraelHealthVirusTourism-1765114012.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)