Nabi Ilyas

Nabi Ilyas ( ar, قرية النبي الياس) is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western West Bank, located two kilometers east of Qalqilya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, an Nabi Ilyas had a population of approximately 1,214 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. 25.6% of the population of an Nabi Ilyas were refugees in 1997.

The health care facilities for an Nabi Ilyas are in Qalqilya designated as MoH level 4 there are also two clinics one run by the UNRWA and one run by the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Location

An Nabi Ilyas is located 5.06 km east of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by ‘Izbat at Tabib and ‘Isla to the east, ''Ras at Tira'' and ''‘Izbat al Ashqar'' to the south, ‘Arab Abu Farda to the west, and Jayyus to the north.

History

The village is situated on an ancient site. Cisterns, and graves cut into rock have been found here, together with ceramics from the Byzantine era.

Ottoman era

Nabi Ilyas was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers under the name of ''Ilyas'', as being in the ''Nahiya'' of Bani Sa'b of the '' Liwa'' of Nablus. It was noted as ''hali'', empty, but a fixed tax rate of 33,3% was paid on agricultural products; a total of 1,200 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 140

In 1882 the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' described ''Neby Elyas'' (under "Archæology") as: "Walls and wells, with a ruined ''kubbeh''."

British Mandate era

In the 1945 statistics, during the British Mandate of Palestine, the population was counted under Azzun.

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreementsian rule.

In 1961, the population of Nabi Ilyas was 223.

1967-present

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Nabi Ilyas has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 2.7% of Nabi Ilyas land has been defined as Area B land, while the remaining 97.3% is Area C.

Israel confiscated 1,943 dunums of village land (43.8% of the total village lands) for the Israeli settlement of Alfei Menashe, in addition to confiscating land from other neighbouring Palestinian villages. The Separation Wall would further separate the village from much of its land.

By 2009 Israeli consumers were using Nabi Ilyas for bargain hunting. Jewish shoppers, who were kept out of the main Palestinian cities by Israeli security regulations, were drawn by the cheap prices for groceries, furniture and dental treatment that are on offer in Nabi Ilyas.Palestinian village profits from influx of Israeli shoppers
''Haaretz''

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External links

An Nabi Elyas
Welcome to Palestine
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11:
IAAWikimedia commonsAn Nabi Elyas Village (Fact Sheet)
Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
An Nabi Elyas Village Profile
ARIJ
An Nabi Elyas, aerial photo
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Development Priorities and Needs in An Nabi Elyas
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{{Qalqilya Governorate

Villages in the West Bank
Municipalities of the State of Palestine