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This article is about the Palestinian village west of Bethlehem. For Arabic name of monotheistic prophet Saint George, see
Al-Khader.
Al-Khader (Arabic: الخضر) is a Palestinian town in the Bethlehem Governorate in the south-central West Bank. It is located 5km west of Bethlehem. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 9,290 in mid-year 2006.
The Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. George and Solomon's Pools are located in al-Khader and are main tourist attractions. The town is also well-known in the area for its peaches and apples. In 2007, al-Khader's main mosque, al-Hamadiyya Mosque was burned down by Israeli settlers. The mosque is about 700 years old and was restored by the Tourism Ministry of the Palestinian Authority.[1]
Al-Khader hosts an annual grape festival every September. The festival was initiated by the al-Khader municipality to promote the town's primary agricultural product, grapes. Other exhibitions held at the festival include one on embroidery and knitting, a local heritage exhibition of mills, grinders, and harvest tools, an exhibition of homemade grape products such as dibs (molasses made from grapes).[2]
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