Deir Jarir

Deir Jarir ( ar, دير جرير) is a Palestinian agricultural town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, located northeast of Ramallah. It is situated on a hilltop overlooking the Jordan Valley at an elevation of .About Deir Jarir village
The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 2008-03-15. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Deir Jarir had a population of approximately 3,986 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.2007 PCBS Census
. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.113.

It spreads along a large land area of , of which 17.2% is under the civil jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), while the remainder is under Israeli military control. Most of the land administered by the PNA is the city's built-up area and most of Deir Jarir's cultivated lands are grown with grape vines and fig and olive trees. Open-spaces make-up 76% of the town's area.

Location

Deir Jarir is located northeast of Ramallah. It is bordered by Al Auja to the east, Kafr Malik and Al Mazra'a ash Sharqiya to the north, Silwad to the west, and Et Taiyiba, after the celebrated Arab poet Jarir.

History

Sherds from the Mamluk era have been found here.Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 591 In 1354, in the Mamluk era, much of the revenue from Deir Jarir was given to a waqf in Jerusalem, to be used for the Khātūniyya Madrasa. In 1491-92, Deir Jarir yielded annually 3,800 aspers in revenue to this madrasa.

Ottoman period

In 1517, Deir Jarir was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared (with the name ''Dar Jarir'') in the tax registers as being in the ''nahiya'' of Quds in the '' liwa'' of Quds. It had a population of 23 households, all Muslim. Taxes were paid on wheat, barley, olives, vineyards, fruit trees, occasional revenues, goats and/or bee hives; a total of 4,300 akçe. Shards from the early Ottoman era have also been found.

In 1838 it was noted as ''Deir Jureir'', a Muslim village, located in the ''Beni Murrah'' region, north of Jerusalem.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p.
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The French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village in 1863 and in 1870, and he found it having about 200 inhabitants.

An Ottoman village list of about 1870 indicated 111 houses and a population of 394, though the population count included men only.

In 1882, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' described ''Dar Jerir'' as "A village of moderate size, with ancient tombs to the south, and a spring to the west; a few olives on the same side."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p
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In 1896 the population of Deir Jarir was estimated to be about 828 persons.

British Mandate

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the village, named ''Dair Ijreer'', had a population of 739, all Muslim. In the 1931 census the population of Deir Jarir was a total of 847, still entirely Muslim, in 172 inhabited houses.Mills, 1932, p
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In the 1945 statistics, the population of Deir Jarir was 1,080, all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p
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/ref> who owned of land according to an official land and population survey. 3,091 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 6,499 used for cereals, while were built-up (urban) land.

Jordanian period

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreementsian rule. It was annexed by Jordan in 1950.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,474 inhabitants in Deir Jarir.

1967-present

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Deir Jarir has been under Israeli occupation. The population of ''Deir Jerir'' in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 1,275, 18 of whom originated from the Israeli territory.

After the 1995 accords, 15% of village land was classified as Area B, the remaining 85% as Area C. Israel has confiscated 1,264 of dunams of village land for the construction of the Israeli settlement of Kokhav HaShahar.

In September 2005, hundreds of armed residents from Deir Jarir attacked the nearby town of Taybeh man from Taybeh allegedly having intimate relations with a Muslim woman from Deir Jarir. The attack left 13 houses burnt, and three men were arrested (two from Deir Jarir and one from Taybeh). Despite the incident, the neighboring towns continue to have healthy relations; residents say "the people of Taybeh and the people of Deir Jarir are one family"."A frightening family feud"
Williamson, Lucy. ''BBC News''. 2005-09-10.

See also

*Mitzpe Kramim, Israeli outpost built on private lands of Deir Jarir residents

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External links

Welcome To Dayr JarirDeir Jarir
Welcome to Palestine
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14
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Deir Jarir Village (Fact Sheet)
Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
Deir Jarir Village Profile
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Aerial photo
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Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Deir Jarir Village
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Deir Jarir & Silwad: Two Palestinian villages Hammered by the Israeli Occupation
15, March, 2008, POICA
Ufra Colonists Set Palestinian Fields Ablaze in Deir Jarir- Ramallah Governorate
24, September, 2011, POICA
Under the guise of legality: Israel's Declaration of State Land in the West Bank
February 2012, B'tselem
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Villages in the West Bank