This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Al-Masara (Arabic: المعصرة, pronounced al-Ma'sara; translation: "the press") is a Palestinian village in the central West Bank, 6.2 km southwest of Bethlehem, part of the Bethlehem Governorate.

It is surrounded by a number of smaller Palestinian villages, including Khallet al-Haddad to the east.

[2] In 1883 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) noted "heaps of stones and cisterns" at Khurbet Marsia.

[3] The modern town was founded in 1930 by members of the Arab al-Zawahra and at-Ta'mirah tribes.

[2] Agriculture accounts for 70% of al-Ma'sara's economic activity, while the civil sector makes up 16%.