Condolences to His Beatitude Patriarch of the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, Theophilos III

The Beth­le­hem Devel­op­ment Foun­da­tion, with its The Board of Trustees rep­re­sent­ed by its chair­man, Mr. Samer Khoury and its Board of Direc­tors, rep­re­sent­ed by its chair­man Mr. Hani Abu-Dayyeh and its exec­u­tive staff rep­re­sent­ed by Man­ag­ing...

Bethlehem, Palestine | Le Trio Joubran Perform Christmas Concert in St. Francis Chapel at the Church of Nativity

On the 21st and the 22nd of Decem­ber 2019, Le Trio Joubran, three musi­cian broth­ers play­ing tra­di­tion­al Pales­tin­ian oud music, per­formed a char­i­ty Christ­mas con­cert at St. Fran­cis Chapel at the Church of Nativ­i­ty in Beth­le­hem, Pales­tine. The...

BDF Stakeholders Lunch

On Octo­ber 1, 2019 Beth­le­hem Con­ven­tion Palace The Chair­man of the Board of Trustees Mr. Samer Khoury invit­ed BDF patrons, trustees, direc­tors and oth­er stake­hold­ers to a pri­vate lun­cheon which was attend­ed by the foundation’s patrons his Beat­i­tude...

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Friends of the Bethlehem Development Foundation (AFBDF), the Honorable Mr. George Salem visits the Church of Nativity

Tues­day, August 20, 2019 Chair­man of the Board of Direc­tors of the Amer­i­can Friends of the Beth­le­hem Devel­op­ment Foun­da­tion (AFBDF), the Hon­or­able Mr. George Salem and his wife Mrs. Rhon­da Salem were accom­pa­nied by BDF CEO and Man­ag­ing...

Bethlehem Development Foundation received in the projects showcase room the Governor of Bethlehem

The Beth­le­hem Devel­op­ment Foun­da­tion received in the projects show­case room the Gov­er­nor of Beth­le­hem, Mr. Kamel Hamid and the accom­pa­ny­ing delegation. He was received by Chair­man and mem­bers of the Board of Direc­tors Eng. Ziad Al-Ban­dak, Dr. Vic­tor...

The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Palestine removed from the WHC list of “World Heritage in Danger”

Wedns­day, July 10, 2019 The World Her­itage Com­mit­tee (WHC) held its 43rd ses­sion in Baku, Repub­lic of Azer­bai­jan, from the 30th June until the 10th of July 2019. Each year, the Unit­ed Nations’ Inter­na­tion­al Union for Con­ser­va­tion of Nature (IUCN)...

BDF Speech in Bethlehem Diaspora Convention Press Conference 2019

July 11–14, 2019 in Bethlehem We thank the Munic­i­pal­i­ties of Beth­le­hem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour for orga­niz­ing the Sec­ond Bi-Annu­al Dias­po­ra Con­ven­tion and wish them astound­ing success.  The Con­ven­tion comes at a time of great­est need for...