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Al-Zaitounah
Al-Zaitounah ( ar, الزيتونة, meaning "the Olive") is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. It was formed in 2005 as the result of a merger of the villages of Abu Shukheidim and al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya. In 2007, al-Zaitounah had a population of 6,190, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.2007 Census Final Results . Location AL-Zaytouneh is located from . It is bordered by |
Abu Shukheidim
Abu Shukheidim was a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. In 2005 it merged with the village of Al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya to form the town of Al-Zaitounah. History Pottery sherds from the Hellenistic/Roman, Byzantine, Crusader/Ayyubid and the Mamluk eras have been found here.Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 406 Ottoman era Sherds from the early Ottoman era has also been found here. In 1838, it was noted as a Muslim village, ''Abu Shukheidim'', in the Bani Harith district, north of Jerusalem. In 1863 Victor Guérin found it consisting of a dozen houses. A ''birket'' (artificial pond) was lined on the inside with good cement, but needed repairs. Near the ''birket'' were several very old buildings. The villagers were compelled to stock up on water at a well located at the bottom of the mountain whose village occupies the summit. An Ottoman village list of about 1870 showed that ''Abu Schechedim'' had 14 houses and a population of 76, though the population cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Mazra'a Al-Qibliya
Al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya was a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. In 2005 it merged with the village of Abu Shukheidim to form the town of Al-Zaitounah. History Pottery sherds from the Byzantine era have been found here.Finkelstein et al, 1997, p.392 Ottoman era The village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as ''Qibliyya'', being in the ''nahiya'' (subdistrict) of Quds, part of the '' liwa'' (district) of Quds. It had a population of 8 households, all Muslims. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and/or beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 2,190 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 112 Pottery sherds from the early Ottoman era have also been found here. In 1838, it was noted as a Muslim village, ''el-Mezra'ah'', in the Bani Harith distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talmon
Talmon ( he, טַלְמוֹן) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the West Binyamin at an elevation of nearly 600 metres and 18 km east of Modiin, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In it had a population of . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. History Israel confiscated land from several Palestinian villages in order to construct Talmon, including: *taking land from private Palestinians citizens of Al-Janiya, *land confiscated from the town of Al-Ittihad,Al-Itihad Town Profile (Beitillu, Jammala & Deir 'Ammar) ARIJ, pp. 16-17 *in addition to 289 du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Ein Qiniya
Ein Qiniya or 'Ayn Kiniya ( ar, عين قينيا) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located northwest of Ramallah and is a part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. Ein Qiniya has existed since the Roman-era of rule in Palestine. The village is very small with no public structures or institutions and is governed by a local development committee. Ein Qiniya is regionally notable for being a spring and autumn time picnic resort. There is an annual walk on March 4 from Ramallah to Ein Qiniyya in celebration of the spring. Location 'Ein Qiniya is located (horizontally) 5.5 km west of Ramallah. It is bordered by Ramallah to the east, Al-Zaitounah to the north, Al-Janiya and Deir Ibzi to the west, and Ein 'Arik and Beitunia to the south. Important Bird Area A 1,500 ha site in the vicinity of the village has been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a population of short-toed snake-eagles. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bir Zeit
Birzeit ( ar, بيرزيت), also Bir Zeit, is a State of Palestine, Palestinian Palestinian Christians, Christian town north of Ramallah, in the central West Bank. Its population in the 2007 census was 4,529. Birzeit is the home to Birzeit University and to the Birzeit Brewery. Location Bir Zeit is located north of Ramallah. It is bordered by Jifna and Ein Siniya to the east, 'Atara to the north, Burham, Ramallah, Burham, Kobar and Al-Zaitounah, Al-Zaytouneh to the west, and Abu Qash to the south. History Sherds from the Iron Age#Near East timeline, Iron Age II, Hellenistic period, Hellenistic, Roman Empire, Roman, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine and Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo), Mamluk eras have been found.Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 426 399 Orthodox, 253 Roman Catholics and 125 Anglicans.Barron, 1923, Table XIV, p45/ref> In the 1931 census of Palestine, 1931 census, the village had 251 occupied houses and a total population of 1233; 362 Muslims and 871 Christians.Mills, 1932, p4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic Script
The Arabic script is the writing system used for Arabic and several other languages of Asia and Africa. It is the second-most widely used writing system in the world by number of countries using it or a script directly derived from it, and the third-most by number of users (after the Latin and Chinese scripts). The script was first used to write texts in Arabic, most notably the Quran, the holy book of Islam. With the religion's spread, it came to be used as the primary script for many language families, leading to the addition of new letters and other symbols. Such languages still using it are: Persian (Farsi/Dari), Malay ( Jawi), Uyghur, Kurdish, Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Sindhi, Balti, Balochi, Pashto, Lurish, Urdu, Kashmiri, Rohingya, Somali and Mandinka, Mooré among others. Until the 16th century, it was also used for some Spanish texts, and—prior to the language reform in 1928—it was the writing system of Turkish. The script is written from right to left in a cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahliel
Nahliel ( he, נַחֲלִיאֵל) is a Haredi Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located close to the Palestinian villages of Beitillu and Deir 'Ammar, and some from Modi'in, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In it had a population of . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. History The settlement was established in October 1984 by the Poalei Agudat Yisrael movement, and was named after the biblical city of Nahaliel and a book by Isaac Breuer, the founder of Poalei Agudat Yisrael. According to ARIJ, Nahliel was built on land confiscated from two Palestinian towns; 396 dunams from al-Ittihad and 19 dunams from al-Zaitounah. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem
The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ; ar, معهد الابحاث التطبيقية - القدس) is a Palestinian NGO founded in 1990 with its main office in Bethlehem in the West Bank. ARIJ is actively working on research projects in the fields of management of natural resources, water management, sustainable agriculture and political dynamics of development in the Palestinian Territories. Projects POICA Together with the Land Research Center (LRC), ARIJ runs a joint project named ''POICA, Eye on Palestine–Monitoring Israeli Colonizing activities in the Palestinian Territories''. The project, funded by the European Union, inspects and scrutinizes Israeli colonizing activities in the West Bank and Gaza, and disseminates the related information to policy makers in the European countries and to the general public. Sustainable waste treatment In 2011 ARIJ, along with the TTZ Bremerhaven, the University of Extremadura, and the Institute on Membrane Technolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahl'iel
Nahliel ( he, נַחֲלִיאֵל) is a Haredi Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located close to the Palestinian villages of Beitillu and Deir 'Ammar, and some from Modi'in, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In it had a population of . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. History The settlement was established in October 1984 by the Poalei Agudat Yisrael movement, and was named after the biblical city of Nahaliel and a book by Isaac Breuer, the founder of Poalei Agudat Yisrael. According to ARIJ, Nahliel was built on land confiscated from two Palestinian towns; 396 dunams from al-Ittihad and 19 dunams from al-Zaitounah. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Settlements
Israeli settlements, or Israeli colonies, are civilian communities inhabited by Israeli citizens, overwhelmingly of Jewish ethnicity, built on lands occupied by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. The international community considers Israeli settlements to be illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this. Israeli settlements currently exist in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), claimed by the State of Palestine as its sovereign territory, and in the Golan Heights, widely viewed as Syrian territory. Jerusalem Law, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights Law, Golan Heights have been effectively annexation, annexed by Israel, though the international community has rejected any change of status in both territories and continues to consider each status of territories occupied by Israel in 1967, occupied territory. Although the West Bank settlements are on land administered under Israeli military rule rather than civil law, Israeli law in the West Bank settlements, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area C (West Bank)
Area C ( he, שטח C; ar, منطقة ج) is an West Bank Areas in the Oslo II Accord, Oslo II administrative division of the West Bank, defined as "areas of the West Bank outside West_Bank_Areas_in_the_Oslo_II_Accord#Area_B, Areas A and B". Area C constitutes about 61 percent of the West Bank territory; the area was committed in 1995 under West_Bank_Areas_in_the_Oslo_II_Accord, the Oslo II Accord to be "gradually transferred to Palestinian jurisdiction" (with an option for land swaps under a final agreement), but such transfer did not happen. Area C (excluding East Jerusalem), which along with Area B is under Israeli military control since June 1967, is home to roughly 400,000 Israeli settlers, and approximately 300,000 Palestinians; who live in more than 500 residential areas located partially or fully in Area C. The Jewish population in Area C is administered by the Israeli Judea and Samaria Area administration, whereas the Palestinian population is directly administered by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area B
The Palestinian enclaves are areas in the West Bank designated for Palestinians under a variety of Israeli–Palestinian peace process, U.S. and Israeli-led proposals to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The enclaves are Israel and apartheid, often compared to the Bantustans, nominally self-governing black homelands created in apartheid-era South Africa, and are therefore referred to as bantustans. They have been referred to figuratively as the Palestinian archipelago, among other terms. The "islands" first took official form as Areas A and B under the 1995 Oslo II Accord. This arrangement was explicitly intended to be temporary with Area C (West Bank), Area C (the rest of the West Bank) to "be gradually transferred to Palestinian jurisdiction" by 1997; however, no such transfers were made. The area of the West Bank currently under partial civil control of the Palestinian National Authority is composed of 165 "islands". The creation of this arrangement has been described by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
