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This study aimed to knowing the most important Features of Behavioral Disorders which are spread among the Children of the Palestinian detainees in The Bethlehem Governorate from the point of view of the mothers. It also aimed to determining the disorders among the children according to age, place of residence, sex, educational level of the mothers and the income level of the family. The sample of this study consisted of (201) mothers in the families of the detainees in the Governorate of Bethlehem. They were chosen by the stratified random sample method. The data were statistically treated by calculating the arithmetic medians and standard deviations, the (T-test), one way Anova, Tukey Test, and Person Correlation Coefficient to make sure of the validity of the instrument of the study& reliability. The results indicated that the level of behavioral disorder of the children of the Palestinian detainees in Bethlehem Governorate from the point of view of the mothers was average and the medium was (3.35). It was also indicated that the most important features of the behavioral disorders were represented in the phobia disorders, However, aggressive behavior was less than that. This study also revealed statically significant differences, in behavioral disorders according to the age of the children (9.1 -12 ) years, it was indicated that there are no differences according to the sex, place of residence, the level of the income of the family, and the level of the mother's education.