Al-Judeira

Al-Judeira
Palestinian village
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicجديره
al-Judeira in the front of the picture.
al-Judeira in the front of the picture.
Al-Judeira is located in State of Palestine
Al-Judeira
Al-Judeira
Location of Al-Judeira within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°51′30″N 35°11′52″E / 31.85833°N 35.19778°E / 31.85833; 35.19778
Palestine grid168/140
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateJerusalem
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total
2,634
Name meaningThe sheep-fold[2]

Al-Judeira (Arabic: جديره) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank.

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,634 in 2017.[1]

Toponymy

E. H. Palmer of the Palestine Exploration Fund wrote that Al-Judeira means "sheep-fold", after the Hebrew: גדרה, romanized: Gederah, "fold".[2]

Location

The barrier in northern Jerusalem, which confines al-Juderia to an enclave under Israeli control.

Al Judeira is located (horizontally) 9.3 kilometers (5.8 mi) north-west of Jerusalem. To the east is Kalandia, Rafat is to the north, Al Jib is to the west, and Bir Nabala is to the south.[3]

History

Ancient period

Several scholars have suggested that Judeira is the site of Gederah in Benjamin, which is mentioned in the Bible as home to Yozabad the Gederathite, a Benjaminite warrior who defected to David. It is mentioned shortly after the nearby sites of Azmaveth (identified with modern-day Hizme), Anathoth (probably 'Anata) and Gibeon (Al Jib).[4][5][6]

Ottoman era

In the Ottoman census of the 1500s, Jadira was noted as a village located in the nahiya of Jerusalem.[7]

In 1838 el-Jedireh was noted as a Muslim village, located north of Jerusalem.[8][9]

In 1863 Guérin described it as a small village, with a mosque consecrated to a Sheikh Yassin. In the courtyard in front of this sanctuary, he noticed what was possibly an old Corinthian capital, which had been made into a mortar, where the villagers pounded coffee.[10] An Ottoman village list from about 1870 found that the village had a population of 40, in a total of 13 houses, though the population count only included men. It was also noted that it was located east of Al Jib.[11][12]

In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as "a small village on a slope, surrounded by figs and olives, and with rock-cut tombs to the north."[4]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Ijdireh had a population of 122, all Muslims,[13] increasing in the 1931 census to 139 Muslim inhabitants, in 31 inhabited houses.[14]

In the 1945 statistics Judeira had a population of 190 Muslims,[15] with 2,044 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[16] Of this, 353 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 1,314 used for cereals,[17] while 7 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[18]

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, al-Judeira came under Jordanian rule.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 328 inhabitants in Judeira.[19]

Post-1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, al-Judeira has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 25.4% of the village’s land was classified as Area B, the remaining 74.6% is classified was Area C.[20]

In 2005, Israel started the construction of a separation barrier around al-Judeira, Al Jib, Bir Nabala, Beit Hanina al-Balad and Kalandiya.[21] The wall was built on Palestinian land seized by Military Orders.[22] The wall completely surrounds the villages, forming an enclave.[23]

References

  1. ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. ^ a b Palmer, 1881, p. 296
  3. ^ Al Judeira Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 4
  4. ^ a b Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, pp. 9 10
  5. ^ Ehrlich, Carl S. (1992). "Gederah". The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary. 2. doi:10.5040/9780300261882-714.
  6. ^ I Chronicles. Jacob M. Myers ([1st ed.] ed.). Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. 1965. p. 96. ISBN 0-385-01259-4. OCLC 917910.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ^ Toledano, 1984, p. 294, has Jadira at location 35°11′35″E 31°51′35″N.
  8. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 122
  9. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 2, p. 137
  10. ^ Guérin, 1868, p. 392
  11. ^ Socin, 1879, p. 153
  12. ^ Hartmann, 1883, p. 127, noted 17 houses
  13. ^ Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Jerusalem, p. 15
  14. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 40
  15. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 25
  16. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 57 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 103 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 153 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 23
  20. ^ Al Judeira Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 17
  21. ^ High Court approves Bir Nabalah enclave. B'Tselem, 26 November 2006
  22. ^ Israel’s Segregation Wall Encircles Three Palestinian Villages in Northwest Jerusalem Archived 2007-06-02 at the Wayback Machine ARIJ, 7 May 2005
  23. ^ "West Bank Closures - Jerusalem" (PDF). United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. March 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2007-10-14.

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