<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - IBhetlehema laliphethwe yiBrithani Mandate kusukela ngo-1920 kuya ku-1948. Esinqumweni se-United Nations General Assembly sika-1947 sokuhlukanisa iPalestine, iBetlehema yahlanganiswa nendawo yamazwe ngamazwe yaseJerusalema eyayizophathwa yiZizwe Ezihlangene. IJordani yathatha leli dolobha phakathi neMpi Yama-Arabhu Nama-Israyeli ka-1948  <response>: . futhi. Ababaleki abaningi abavela ezindaweni ezabanjwa amabutho akwa-Israyeli ngo-1947-1948, babalekela endaweni yaseBethlehem, ngokuyinhloko bahlala kulokho okwaba amakamu ababaleki asemthethweni e-Azza Beit Jibrin nase-Aida enyakatho naseDeisheh eningizimu. Ukungena kwababaleki kwashintsha kakhulu iningi lamaKristu eBhetlehema laba amaSulumane. 