It was called the City of David (David the king of Judea was born in Bethlehem), also it was called Afrata (Bethlehem Afrata) in the old testament, also it was called in the Aramic Language Bet...
Bethlehem is in the West Bank section of the Israeli Occupied Territorial Area (IOTA), generally known as the "Occupied Territories". As Israel has never formally annexed the territories it is not...