<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: IBhetlehema yaba ingxenye yeJund Filastin ngemva kokunqotshwa amaSulumane ngo-637. Ukubusa kwamaSulumane kwaqhubeka eBhetlehema kwaze kwaba yilapho linqotshwa ngo-1099 ibutho labaMfelandawonye, elathatha isikhundla sabefundisi bamaGreki Obu-Orthodox kuleli dolobha labeka abefundisi abangamaLatini. Maphakathi nekhulu le-13, amaMamluk abhidliza izindonga zomuzi, kamuva ezakhiwa kabusha ngaphansi kwama-Ottoman ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-16. Ukulawulwa kweBethlehem kwadluliselwa kwabase-Ottoman kwaya kwabaseBrithani ekupheleni kweMpi Yezwe I. IBethlehem yaba ngaphansi kokubusa kweJordani ngesikhathi se  <response>: Impi yama-Arabhu nama-Israyeli ka-1948 futhi kamuva yathunjwa yi-Israel eMpini Yezinsuku Eziyisithupha ka-1967. Kusukela ngo-1995 i-Oslo Accords, iBethlehem ibilokhu iphethwe yiPalestinian Authority. 