Bethlehem Brotherhood and Development ( ar, بيت لحم تآخي وتطوير) was a candidature bloc that contested the May 2005 municipal elections in

Bethlehem Bethlehem (; ar, بيت لحم ; he, בֵּית לֶחֶם '' '') is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000,Amara, 1999p. 18.Brynen, 2000p. 202. and it is the capital o ...

, the

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

. Politically independent, the list included members of the

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( ar, الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين, translit=al-Jabhah al-Sha`biyyah li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn, PFLP) is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist and revolutionary so ...

. In total, the bloc presented 15 candidates (8 Christians and 7 Muslims). The top candidate of the Bloc was

Victor Batarseh Victor Hanna Batarseh ( ar, فيكتور بطارسة, born 1935) was the mayor of Bethlehem in the West Bank, from 2005 until 2012. He was replaced by Vera Baboun. See also *Palestinian Christians Palestinian Christians ( ar, مَسِيح ...

, who was elected mayor."La ville dans la tête: Bethlehem 1996-2006"
Legrain, J-F,

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

: Maison de l'Orient, 2006,

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2005 establishments in the Palestinian territories Bethlehem municipal election blocs Defunct political party alliances in the Palestinian territories Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine {{Palestine-party-stub