As-Sawiya (Arabic: الساويه) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located 18 kilometers...
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West Bank organized as a community settlement, located on Highway 60, north of Ramallah, between the Palestinian villages of As-Sawiya and Qaryut, part of...
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April 2024 Israeli settler rampages (section As-Sawiya)
made no attempt to stop him. Israeli settlers arrived at the town of As-Sawiya, close to the Israeli settlement of Eli, and began to throw stones at...
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north of Jerusalem. It covers the area around the city of Nablus which serves as the muhfaza (seat) of the governorate. The governor of the district is Mahmoud...
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131. Israeli settlers tried to set a car on fire on the outskirts of as-Sawiya, south of Nablus. The Gaza Health Ministry reported that 107 Palestinians...
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‘Murder suspects’ yeshiva seen as a radical bastion in a more moderate settlement,’ The Times of Israel 8 January 2019 As Sawiya Village Profile, ARIJ, pp...
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of 14,000 akçe. In 1838, Robinson described Huwara as a "large and old village". It was also noted as a Muslim village, in Jurat Merda, south of Nablus...
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approximately 567 dunums of which 296 are arable land and 32 dunums are registered as residential. One account suggests that the name of the village originates...
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city of Nablus in the West Bank. It is within Area B of the West Bank, and as a result is under the joint control of Israel and the Palestinian National...
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disappearance through destruction or conversion. In the Crusader era, it was known as Bethflori, and in 1241 CE there was fought a battle here, according to Ibn...
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1980s and 1990s, Balata residents played a leading role in the uprising known as the First Intifada. In November 2007, Palestinian National Authority police...
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Sultanate. Under the Ottoman Turks, who conquered the city in 1517, Nablus served as the administrative and commercial centre for the surrounding area corresponding...
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Rantis, Askar (camp), Beit Wazan, Deir Istiya, Jalud, Biddya, Majdal Yaba, As-Sawiya Kafr Rai, Zeita, Tulkarm, Iktaba, Dhinnaba, Zemer, Qaqun Al-Funduq, Jinsafut...
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places in the West Bank. In the 9th century BCE, it was known as Samaria, and served as the capital city of the northern Kingdom of Israel until it was...
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171 inhabitants in 2017. The adjacent valley, Wadi al-Badhan (also known as Wadi Sajour), is a picturesque natural area located 5 km northeast of Nablus...
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Hebron. Israeli settlers tried to set a car on fire on the outskirts of as-Sawiya, south of Nablus. The Gaza Health Ministry reported that 107 Palestinians...
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After the 1995 accords, 23% of village land was classified as Area B, the remaining 77% as Area C. 236 dunams Deir Sharaf’s land has been confiscated...
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significant distance between the electrical transformer and the village, as well as the inadequate supply of electrical power. Al Aqrabaniya is provided with...
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is bordered by Aqraba and Jurish to the east, Talfit and As Sawiya to the south, As Sawiya and Yatma to the west, and Beita and Osarin to the north....
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bordered by Duma and Jalud to the east, Qusra and Talfit to the north, As Sawiya to the west, and Turmus'ayya to the south. Qaryut is an ancient village...
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Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Umayyad and Crusader/Ayyubid period, as well as rock-hewn cisterns have been found in Aqraba. In 1874 surveyors found...
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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...
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Sabastiya to the south. Ceramics from the late Roman era have been found here, as has ceramics from the Byzantine era, and Early Muslim era. Burqa was incorporated...
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or (Hebrew: כביש שישים, Kvish Shishim; Arabic: الطريق السريع ستين at-Tariq as-Sarie Sitiin) is a south–north intercity road in Israel and the Palestinian...
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and in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers under the name of 'Asirah, as being in the nahiya of Jabal Qubal, part of Sanjak Nablus. It had a population...
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synagogue in the 4th century CE. The Jerusalem Talmud mentions the village as "Turluzeh" where the Romans burnt the sacred Hebrew scrolls. In 1941, a Greek...
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Robinson noted the village as en-Nakurah in the Wady esh-Sha'ir district, west of Nablus. In 1870, Victor Guérin noted it as a village on a hill, with...
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CE) named "Gemmail", has been identified with Jamma'in. It was referred to as "Jamma'il" in medieval Arabic sources. The village was home to the Bani Qudama...
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1596 the village appeared in Ottoman tax registers under the name of Qusayra as being in the nahiya of Jabal Qubal in the liwa of Nablus. It had a population...
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village appeared in Ottoman tax registers under the name of ‘’Usarin’’, and as being in the nahiya of Jabal Qubal in the liwa of Nablus. It had a population...
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