The Beit Jala Lions (Arabic:-لايونز بيت جالا) is a rugby union club situated in the town of Beit Jala near Bethlehem in the West Bank.
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The art developed and became a major industry in Bethlehem and nearby towns like Beit Sahour and Beit Jala in the 16th and 17th centuries when Italian and Franciscan artisans on pilgrimage to the area — by now under the rule of the Ottomans — taught the residents how to carve.
On 8 September 2005 Lahham was appointed Bishop of Tunis by Pope Benedict XVI, and was officially ordered on 2 October of the same year in the parish church of Beit Jala by Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Michel Sabbah.