Abu Issa street kitchen
Abu Issa street kitchen offers Palestinian pizza baked fresh in a makeshift oven.
Fiona Dunlop
Falafel fatigue setting in? Wallet getting thin?
The answer could be an eight-shekel Palestinian pizza, manakeesh, with a choice of cheese and egg, za'atar or ground meat assembled then rapidly baked before you in a rudimentary street oven.
It hits the spot for a snack on the run or eaten at one of their rusty tables.
Abu Issa street kitchen, Manger Street near junction with Star Street, Bethlehem
Ibdaa Cultural Center café
On the southern outskirts of town, a 15-minute taxi-ride from the city center, lies the Dheisheh Refugee Camp in the West Bank.
Fronting the main road, their cultural center offers visitors dormitory accommodation as well as a top floor café for simple food, non-alcoholic drinks and nargileh.
You can expect a warm welcome and insight into how this 69-year-old Palestinian refugee camp has mushroomed vertically on a footprint designed for 3,000 inhabitants, now home to around 15,000.
Ibdaa Cultural Center café, Dheisheh Refugee Camp, Hebron Road. + 972 2 277 6444