Main cities in Palestine

موضوع: Main cities in Palestine 2010-03-04, 18:18

Al-Qouds

Jerusalem (Arabic al-Quds) largest city in the West Bank , situated between
the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea . Jerusalem is a holy city for the
world's major religions: Islam, and Christianity . In 1948 Jerusalem was
under Israel occupation (West Jerusalem) , and Jordan controlled the other
part of Jerusalem (East Jerusalem) including the Old City. In 1967 Israel
occupied East Jerusalem in the Six-Day War, Since then , both west and east
Jerusalem has been under Israeli occupation.

Points of Interest Jerusalem's Old City is divided into Muslim, Armenian,
Christian and Jewish sections and is enclosed by walls with gates . The
Christian section , in the northwest, contains the New Gate, shares the
Jaffa Gate with the Armenian section on the southwest, and the Damascus
Gate with the Muslim section on the north. The Muslim section, in the
northeastern portion of the Old City , contains Herod's Gate, Saint
Stephen's Gate, and the Golden Gate , east of which is located the Mount of
Olives and the garden of Gethsemane.

The Jewish section, occupying the southeastern portion, contains the Zion
Gate , south of which is Mount Zion was created in place of an Islamic area
called Harat Al-Shurafa (or Harat al-Magarbah) after the Israeli occupation
in 1967 (all the houses and the building in Harat al-Magarbah were
deomlished by Israeli forces and new houses for Jeiwsh setllers were
build). It also contains Dung Gate. Around the Old City is the New City,
developed since the middle of the 19th century. The population of Jerusalem
(1990 estimate) is 524,500.

The Old City is sacred to Christians as the site where Jesus Christ spent
his last days on earth, and it is sacred to Muslims as the site of the
ascent into heaven of the Prophet Muhammad. Notable structures include the
Christian Church of the Holy Sepulcher, built over the 4th-century , the
Muslim Dome of the Rock, built upon the site where Muhammad have ascended
to heaven , the Mosque of Al Aqsa one of Islam's most sacred shrines; and
the Citadel, a 14th-century structure on the site of Herod's fortress.

موضوع: Hebron 2010-03-04, 18:22

Hebron

Hebron, city in the West Bank, near Jerusalem. Israel has occupied Hebron
since 1967, when it captured the West Bank and other territories in the
Six-Day War. Hebron is one of oldest communities in the world. Among the
interesting features of Hebron are the narrow, winding streets , the
flat-roofed stone houses , the bazaars , and the mosque of al-Haram
al-Ebrahimi. The mosque is built on top of the cave that is believed to
hold the tombs of Abraham and his family. In the top of this cave is
al-Ebrahimi mosque.

Hebron's population is Arab Muslim, although Israelis have settled in the
city since 1967 . A large Israeli settlement called Qiryat Arba lies on the
outskirts of Hebron . Hebron has a number of small scale industrial
establishments that produce cotton goods , leather , water containers,
glass bracelets, rings, lamps, and ceramics.

British troops occupied Hebron in December 1917, during World War I. Hebron
was part of the British mandate for Palestine from 1923 until 1948 . In
1949 Jordan controled Hebron and the rest of West Bank . In June 1967 ,
following the Six-Day War between Israel and Arab countries, Israeli troops
took control of the West Bank.

In February 1994 an Israeli settler massacred at least 29 Palestinians in
al-Haram al-Ebrahimi mosque.

Population (estimated) 75,000.

موضوع: Bethlehem 2010-03-04, 18:24

Bethlehem

Bethlehem (pop. 16,313) is the birthplace of Jesus Christ. It lies about 5
miles (8 kilometers) south of Jerusalem in a region of the Middle East
called the West Bank.

The Arabic name is Bayta lahm, which means house of meat. Bethlehem is
chiefly a religious shrine. It has many houses of worship and other
religious institutions.

In 1917, during World War I, British forces led by General Edmund Henry
Hynman Allenby took the town. It became under Jordan control in 1948 after
the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948 . Israel occupied the West Bank,
including Bethlehem, during the Six-Day War of 1967. In 1995, Israel
withdrew from Bethlehem and gave control to Palestinian based on self-rule
agreement between PLO and Israel.

موضوع: Gaza City 2010-03-04, 18:26

Gaza City

Principal city of the Gaza Strip. Gaza is located on the coast of the
Mediterranean Sea, north of the Sinai Peninsula and southwest of Jerusalem.
A city of historical and religious importance, Gaza has been disputed since
ancient times. Along with the rest of the Gaza Strip, Gaza came under
Israeli occupation in 1967. In May 1994 the city became the headquarters of
the new Palestinian Authority, which administers Palestinian areas in the
Gaza Strip and West Bank.

Gaza is the economic center for a region in which citrus fruits and other
crops are grown. The city contains some small industry, including textiles
and food processing. A variety of wares are sold in Gaza's street bazaars,
including carpets, pottery, wicker furniture, and cotton clothing;
commercial development in the city is minimal. Gaza serves as a
transportation hub for the Gaza Strip, and contains a small port that
serves a local fishing fleet. Points of interest in Gaza include the Great
Mosque and Al Jundi, or the Square of the Unknown Soldier, built by the
Egyptian army.

Gaza's population is composed entirely of Muslim Palestinian Arabs. A
massive influx of Palestinian refugees swelled Gaza's population after the
1948 Arab Israeli war . By 1967 the population had grown to about six times
its 1948 size. The city's population has continued to increase since that
time, and poverty, unemployment, and poor living conditions are widespread.
Gaza has serious deficiencies in housing and infrastructure, and an
inadequate sewage system has contributed to serious problems of hygiene and
public health.

Strategically located on the Mediterranean coastal route, ancient Gaza was
a prosperous trade center and a stop on the caravan route between Egypt and
Syria. The city was occupied by Egypt around the 15th century BC.
Philistines settled the area several hundred years later, and Gaza became
one of their chief cities.

Gaza was captured by Arabs in the AD 600s. Believed to be the site where
the Prophet Muhammad's great grandfather was buried, the city became an
important Islamic center . In the 12th century Gaza was taken by Christian
Crusaders, it returned to Muslim control in 1187. The city fell to the
Ottomans in the 16th century and was taken by the British during World War
I (1914-1918).

Following World War I, Gaza became part of the British mandate for
Palestine. After the first Arab Israel war in 1948, Egypt took control over
Gaza and its surrounding area. Israel occupied the city and the Gaza Strip
during the 1967 Six Day War, and Gaza remained under Israeli administration
for the next 27 years.

With the onset of the Palestinian uprising known as the intifada in 1987,
Gaza became a center of political unrest and confrontation between Israelis
and Palestinians, and economic conditions in the city worsened.

In September 1993 leaders of Israel and the Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO) signed a peace agreement calling for Palestinian
administration of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho, which
was implemented in May 1994. Most of the Israeli forces left Gaza, leaving
a new Palestinian Authority to administer and police the city, along with
the rest of the Gaza Strip and Jericho. The Palestinian Authority, led by
Yasser Arafat, chose Gaza as its first provincial headquarters. In
September 1995 Israel and the PLO signed a second peace agreement extending
the Palestinian Authority to some West Bank towns . The agreement also
established an elected 88-member Palestinian Council, which held its
inaugural session in Gaza in March 1996.

موضوع: Jericho 2010-03-04, 18:27

Jericho

Excavations at ancient Jericho, identified as Tell al-Sultan, 10 km (6 mi)
north of the Dead Sea , have revealed remains of the oldest city yet
discovered by archaeologists. The earliest occupation of the site, dating
from the 10th millennium BC, consists of remains of the NATUFIAN culture
and includes what may have been a shrine. During the 8th millennium BC the
site was greatly expanded under a culture known as the Aceramic, or
Prepottery Neolithic , and a wall standing 5.2 m (17 ft) high was erected
around the settlement . On the west side were found remains of a round
tower that stood 7 m (23 ft) high and included an internal flight of steps.

Following a break the next city was populated by a culture known as the
Prepottery Neolithic (7th - 6th millennium BC). Houses of this phase were
rectangular and had beaten earth floors . That the two cultures represent
different groups is shown by significant changes in both the architectural
tradition and in the flint tools. Extraordinary finds of this period
included plastered skulls with shells replacing the eyes. These skulls,
found beneath the floors of houses .

In the ceramic stage of the Neolithic (6th-4th millennium BC) the dwellers
lived in pits and produced a characteristic painted pottery .

Early Bronze Age occupation (3100-2100 BC) was extensive and consisted of
large , well-built homes. Tombs were constructed for mass burials, and in
one such grave about 100 skulls were counted. Following the destruction of
the Early Bronze Age settlement, occupation was resumed by people who have
been identified with the AMORITES. They did not build a permanent
settlement and buried their dead in shaft tombs, the variety of whose grave
deposits may indicate tribal differences.

During the Middle Bronze Age (c.1900-1550 BC) houses consisting of small
irregularly shaped rooms were built. Mass burials were excavated in a
cemetery off the mound in shaft graves . The remains of wooden beds on
which the deceased lay as well as pottery vessels containing food and drink
have been found next to several of the bodies. The city was destroyed,
probably about the end of the Middle Bronze Age (1550BC).

موضوع: Nabulus 2010-03-04, 18:33

Nabulus

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Market town on the West Bank of the river Jordan, North of Jerusalem , the
largest Palestinian town, after east Jerusalem , in Israeli occupation ,
population (1971) 64,000 . The British field marshal Allenby's defeat of
the Turks here 1918 completed the conquest of Palestine.

موضوع: RamAllah 2010-03-04, 18:35

RamAllah

Also spelled RAMALLAH, town, central Palestine, adjacent to the town of
Al-Birah (east) and north of Jerusalem. Ram Allah has since the Six-Day War
of 1967 been under Israeli occupation as part of the West Bank territory.

Situated on the crest of the Judaean Hills, at an elevation of 2,861 feet
(872 m) above sea level, Ram Allah has fine summer breezes and has long
been a popular Arab resort. The surrounding area is fertile, olives and
viticulture are important. Birzeit University was founded at Ram Allah in
1924.

The demographic makeup of the town changed drastically between 1948 and
1967, formerly Ram Allah was predominantly Christian and twice as large as
Al-Birah, a Muslim town. In 1967, Ram Allah's population was 12,134, only
slightly more than half Christian, while Al-Birah, including a large
refugee camp, was 13,037. Pop.

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