<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - IBhetlehema yaba yingxenye yeJund Filastin ngemuva kokunqotshwa kwamaSulumane 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 phakathi neMpi Yama-Arabhu-Israyeli ka-1948  <response>: futhi kamuva yathunjwa yi-Israel eMpini Yezinsuku Eziyisithupha ka-1967. Kusukela ngo-1995 i-Oslo Accords, iBethlehem ibilokhu iphethwe yiPalestinian Authority. 