Ras Atiya (; ) is a

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town in the

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in the western area of the

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, located 27 km south of

Tulkarm Tulkarm or Tulkarem (, ''Ṭūlkarm'') is a Palestinians, Palestinian city in the West Bank, the capital of the Tulkarm Governorate of the State of Palestine. The Israeli city of Netanya is to the west, and the Palestinian territories, Palestinia ...

and 11 km south of

Qalqiliya Qalqilya or Qalqiliya () is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, which serves as the administrative center of the Qalqilya Governorate. The city had a population of 51,683 in 2017. Qalqilya is surrounded by the Israeli West Bank wall, with a narr ...

. According to the

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, the village had a population of 2,129 inhabitants in 2017.

Location

Ras ‘Atiya (including ''Ras at Tira'' and ''Wadi ar Rasha'') is located 4-5 km south of

. It is bordered by ‘Izbat al Ashqar to the east, Ad Dab’a to the east and south, ‘Izbat Jalud and Al Mudawwar to the south, Habla to the west, and

An Nabi Elyas Nabi Ilyas () is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate of the Palestine, 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 ...

and ‘Arab Abu Farda to the north.Ras ‘Atiya Village Profile (including Ras at Tira & Wadi ar Rasha Localities)
ARIJ, p. 4

History

In 1882, the PEF's ''

Survey of Western Palestine The PEF Survey of Palestine was a series of surveys carried out by the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) between 1872 and 1877 for the completed Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) and in 1880 for the soon abandoned Survey of Eastern Palestine. The ...

'' found at Kh. Ras et Tireh: "walls and

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s."

Jordanian era

In the wake of the

1948 Arab–Israeli War The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, also known as the First Arab–Israeli War, followed the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine, civil war in Mandatory Palestine as the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. The civil war becam ...

, and after the

1949 Armistice Agreements The 1949 Armistice Agreements were signed between Israel and Egypt,Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...

ian rule. In 1961, the population was 224.Government of Jordan, 1964, p
27
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Post-1967

After the

Six-Day War The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states, primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan from 5 to 10June ...

in 1967, the area has been under

Israeli occupation Israel has occupied the Golan Heights of Syria and the Palestinian territories since the Six-Day War of 1967. It has previously occupied the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt and southern Lebanon as well. Prior to 1967, control of the Palestinian terr ...

. After the 1995 accords, 32.2% of Ras 'Atiya land is defined as Area B, while the remainder 67.8% is

Area C Area C (; ) is the fully Israeli-controlled territory in the West Bank, defined as the whole area outside the Palestinian enclaves (Areas A and B). Area C constitutes about 61 percent of the West Bank territory, containing most Israeli settle ...

.Ras ‘Atiya Village Profile (including Ras at Tira & Wadi ar Rasha Localities)
ARIJ, p. 17 Under the same accord, 5% of ''Ras al-Tira'' land is defined as Area B, while the remainder 95% is

, while 100% of ''Wadi ar Rasha'' land is

, Israel has confiscated 51

dunam A dunam ( Ottoman Turkish, Arabic: ; ; ; ), also known as a donum or dunum and as the old, Turkish, or Ottoman stremma, was the Ottoman unit of area analogous in role (but not equal) to the Greek stremma or English acre, representing the amo ...

s of land from ''Ras at Tira'' in order to construct the

Israeli settlement Israeli settlements, also called Israeli colonies, are the civilian communities built by Israel throughout the Israeli-occupied territories. They are populated by Israeli citizens, almost exclusively of Israeli Jews, Jewish identity or ethni ...

Alfei Menashe Alfei Menashe (, , ''lit.'' Thousands of Tribe of Manasseh, Manasseh) is an Israeli settlement on the western edge of the central West Bank. Built over land confiscated from the nearby State of Palestine, Palestinian villages of Nabi Ilyas, Azzun ...

.Ras ‘Atiya Village Profile (including Ras at Tira & Wadi ar Rasha Localities)
ARIJ, p. 18 Qalqilya 1942

References

Bibliography

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External links

Welcome To Khirbat Ras Atiya
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14:
IAA Wikimedia commonsRas 'Atiya (including Ras at Tira & Wadi ar Rasha Localities) (Fact Sheet)

Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ; ) 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 m ...

, ARIJ
Ras ‘Atiya Village Profile (including Ras at Tira & Wadi ar Rasha Localities)
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Ras ‘Atiya, aerial photo
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Development Priorities and Needs in Ras ‘ATiya (including Ras at Tira & Wadi ar Rasha Localities)
ARIJ {{Qalqilya Governorate Qalqilya Governorate Villages in the West Bank Municipalities of Palestine