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Yitzhar
Yitzhar ( he, יִצְהָר) is an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank, south of the city of Nablus, just off Route 60, north of the Tapuach Junction. The predominantly Orthodox Jewish community falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron 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. In 2008, the ''New York Times'' described Yitzhar as "an extremist bastion on the hilltops commanding the Palestinian city of Nablus ... herea local war is ... being waged". The inhabitants of Yitzhar have a reputation as being among the most extreme Israeli settlers, and regularly clash with members of the Israeli security forces and local Palestinian civilians. The settlement is at the forefront of the settler movement's so called "price tag" policy, which calls for attacks against Palestinians in retaliation for actions of the Israeli g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Od Yosef Chai
Od Yosef Chai, also known as Od Yosef Hai (Hebrew: עוד יוסף חי, Joseph still lives) is a yeshiva situated in the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar. Od Yosef Chai includes several related institutions; a yeshiva high school, a yeshiva gedola (post-high school yeshiva), a kollel (yeshiva for married men) and the publishing house that released "The King's Torah", and other materials. The yeshiva was initially located at Joseph's Tomb in Nablus, but was relocated to the settlement of Yitzhar after the original site was abandoned following the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada. In April 2014, the IDF seized the yeshiva, which functioned as the headquarters from where violent attacks on both nearby Palestinian villages and Israeli security forces were launched, and Talmudic studies there were suspended.Yoav Zitun'IDF takes over extremist yeshiva in Yitzhar,'Ynet, 11 April 2014. "The yeshiva occupies an unusual discursive space – neither mainstream religious Zionist (though some o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Price Tag Policy
The price tag attack policy ( he, מדיניות תג מחיר), also sometimes referred to as "mutual responsibility" (), is the name originally given to the attacks and acts of vandalism committed primarily in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, occupied West Bank by Hilltop Youth, Israeli Jewish fundamentalist settler youths against Palestinians, Palestinian Arabs, left-wing Israeli Jews,Oz Rosenberg'Home of Israeli left-wing activist defaced in latest 'price tag' act,'in Haaretz, 12 September 2011. Arab citizens of Israel, Israeli Arabs, Christianity in Israel, Christians, and Israeli security forces. The youths officially claim that the acts are committed to "exact a price from local Palestinians or from the Israeli security forces for any action taken against their settlement enterprise".Uri FriedmanThe 'Price Tag' Menace: Vigilante Israeli Settler Attacks Spread at The Atlantic Wire, 3 October 2011:'The New York Times defines price tag attacks as incidents in which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asira Al-Qibliya
’Asira al-Qibliya ( ar, عصيرة القبلية) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the village had a population of 2,336 inhabitants in 2007. Victor Guérin visited the village (which he called ''A'sirah'') in 1870, and he estimated it had three hundred inhabitants. He further noted that the ''medhafeh,'' or guest-house, was situated on the highest ground in the village. In 1882, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described ''Asiret al Kibliyeh'' as a village of moderate size on low ground, with a well to the south-east. British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ‘''Asira al-Qebliyeh'' had a population of 282 Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 326, still all Muslim, in 84 houses.Mills, 1932, p59/ref> In the 1945 statistics the population was 410, all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burin, Nablus
Burin ( ar, بورين) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located southwest of Nablus. The town had a population of around 2,800 in 2008. History The name itself may conserve the toponym of ''Beera'' mentioned in the Book of Judges 9:21. In the 12th and 13th centuries, during the Crusader era, Burin was inhabited by Muslims, according to the historian Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi.Ellenblum, 2003, pp244 In 1176, a part of the tithes from the village was pledged to the Church of Mount Zion, but there is no evidence that it was ever collected. The founder of the Banu Ghawanima family, Shaykh Ghanim, was born in the village in 1166 and entered Jerusalem with the army of Saladin in 1187.Auld, Hillenbrand and Natsheh 2000, pp. 66, 146. He was appointed as the sheikh of the city's al-Khanqah al-Salahiyya Mosque founded by Saladin in 1187 and he and his descendants served as the head judges of the Shafi'i ''fiqh'' (Isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yitzchak Ginsburg
Yitzchak Feivish Ginsburgh (Hebrew: יצחק פייוויש גינזבורג; born 14 November 1944) sometimes referred to as "the Malakh" () is an American-born Israeli rabbi affiliated with the Chabad movement. In 1996 he was regarded as one of Chabad's leading authorities on Jewish mysticism. He is the leader of the Derech Chaim Movement and founder of the Gal Einai Institute, which publishes his written works. His students include Charedim, religious Zionists, and Chabad Chassidim, as well as ba'alei teshuvah. He is currently the president of a number of educational institutions, including the Od Yosef Chai yeshiva in the settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank. Ginsburgh has lectured in various countries, and throughout Israel. His teachings cover subjects including science, psychology, marital harmony and monarchy in Israel. He has published over 100 books in Hebrew and English, most of which are edited by his students. Ginsburgh is a musician and composer. Some of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urif
Urif ( ar, عوريف) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 13 kilometers (8 miles) south of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,839 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. Location ‘Urif is located 7.6km south of Nablus. It is bordered by ‘Einabus to the east, ‘Asira al Qibliya to the north, and Jamma’in to the west and south. History Ceramics from the late Roman have been found here.Dauphin, 1998, p. 803 Dauphin writes that ceramics from the Byzantine era also have been found, but Ellenblum writes that no pottery from that era has been found here. Crusader period A woman of Dayr Urif, Sa'ida, was wed to Ahmad ibn Khalid ibn Qudama, a jurist and leader of Hanbali villagers in the Nablus area who fled from Crusader rule to Damascus between 1156 and 1173. Ahmad's grandson Diya al-Din (1173-1245) refers to the presence of Muslims in Urif during his lifetime. Ottoman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einabus
Einabus ( ar, عينابوس) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located 12 kilometers (7 miles) south of Nablus and a part of the Nablus Governorate. Nearby towns include Huwara and Beita to the east and Jammain to the south. increasing slightly in the 1931 census to 244, still all Muslim, in a total of 62 houses. In the 1945 census, the population was 340, all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p18/ref> with of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, were for plantations or irrigated land, 2,107 for cereals, while 29 dunams were built-up (urban) land. Jordanian era In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Einabus came under Jordanian rule. The Jordanian census of 1961 found 524 inhabitants in Einabus. Post-1967 Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Einabus has been under Israeli occupation. After the 1995 accords, 85% of the village land was classified as Are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madama, Nablus
Madama is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate. Location Madama is located south of Nablus. It is bordered by Burin to the east, Asira al-Qibliya to the west and south, and Tell and Iraq Burin to the north. History Ottoman era In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine, and in the 1596 tax-records it was noted as ''Madama'', located in the ''Nahiya'' of Jabal Qubal, part of Nablus Sanjak. The population was 36 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and a fixed tax for people of Nablus area; a total of 6,250 akçe. In 1882, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described Madama as: "a small hamlet in a valley." British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Madama had a population of 170, all M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huwara
Huwara ( ar, حُوّارة, ''ḥuwwarah'', ) is a Palestinian town located in the Nablus Governorate of the northern West Bank, south of Nablus, on the main road connecting Nablus southwards to Ramallah and Jerusalem. It is approximately from Jacob's Well.Rix, 1907, p25/ref> According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 5,800 in 2006. Location Huwwara is located south of Nablus. It is bordered by Awarta, Odala and Beita to the east, Za’tara and Yasuf to the south, Jamma'in and Einabus to the west, and Asira al-Qibliya and Burin to the north. History Huwara is an ancient site, and cisterns and rock-cut tombs have been found, together with remains of columns. It has been suggested that Huwara should be identified with Horon, hometown of Sanballat the Horonite. In the 12th and 13th centuries, Hawara was inhabited by Muslims. Finkelstein did not find any potsherds predating the Ottoman era. Ottoman era The village was incorpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shomron Regional Council
The Shomron Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית שומרון, ''Mo'atza Azorit Shomron'', English ''Samaria Regional Council'') is an Israeli regional council in the northern portion of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Thirty-five Israeli settlements fall under its jurisdiction. As of December 2020 the jurisdiction area of the council has a population of about 47,200 people. The main offices are located in the Barkan Industrial Park. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. Covering 2,800 square kilometers of the West Bank, it was, prior to the fall of 2005 when some of its municipal land was abandoned as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, the largest Israeli regional council in municipal area. In August 2015, Yossi Dagan was elected to position of Chairman of Shomron Regional Council, with 62% of the vote. Geography The municipal area of the Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Settlement
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. East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights have been effectively annexed by Israel, though the international community has rejected any change of status in both territories and continues to consider each occupied territory. Although the West Bank settlements are on land administered under Israeli military rule rather than civil law, Israeli civil law is "pipelined" into the settlements, such that Israeli citizens living there are treated similarly to those livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel also is bordered by the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively. Tel Aviv is the economic and technological center of the country, while its seat of government is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalem, although Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is unrecognized internationally. The land held by present-day Israel witnessed some of the earliest human occupations outside Africa and was among the earliest known sites of agriculture. It was inhabited by the Canaanites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
