Beit Surik
Beit Surik | |
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Village council | |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 4,025 |
Name meaning | "The house of Surik"[2] |
Beit Surik (
Location
Beit Surik is located 9.3 kilometers (5.8 mi) (horizontally) north-west of Jerusalem. It is bordered by Beit Iksa to the east, Biddu to the north, Qatanna to the west, and Qalunya to the south.[3]
History
Beit Surik is situated on an ancient site on top of a hill. Fragments of Corinthian columns have been found, and a mosaic floor, with dedicatory inscription in Greek and tabula ansata was excavated in part by LH Vincent in 1901.[4]
The village was known as Beit Surie in the
Ottoman era
The village was incorporated into the
In 1738 Richard Pococke noted the village, Bethsurick, as he passed between Biddu (Bedou) and Beit Surik.[14]
In 1838 Beit Surik was noted as a Muslim village, located in the Beni Malik district, west of Jerusalem.[15][16]
In 1863, the French explorer Victor Guérin noticed there a "beautiful piece of antique wall", with several layers, formed of large stones.[17]
An official Ottoman village list of about 1870 showed that "Bet Surik" had a total of 32 houses and a population of 125, though the population count included only the men.[18][19]
In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Beit Surik as a "small stone village on a hill-top. To the east in a flat valley is a spring with lemon and other trees. The place appears to be ancient, having rock-cut tombs near the spring."[20]
In 1896 the population of Bet Surik was estimated to be about 264 persons.[21]
British Mandate era
A
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Bait Suriq had a total population of 352; all Muslims,[23] increasing in the 1931 census to 432 Muslims, with 87 houses.[24]
In the 1945 statistics the population was 480 Muslims,[25] while the total land area was 6,879 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[26] Of this, 581 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 1,827 for cereals,[27] while 33 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) areas.[28]
Jordanian era
Many women and children were moved from
On the night of 19 April 1948 the village was attacked by the
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Beit Surik came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 954 inhabitants in Beit Surik.[36]
post-1967
Since Six-Day War in 1967, Beit Surik has been under Israeli occupation.
In 1986 the Israeli settlement of Har Adar was built. 456 dunums of land was confiscated from Beit Surik by the Israeli government for that purpose.[37]
After the 1995 accords, 10.3% of the village land was classified as Area B, while the remaining 89.7% was classified as Area C.[38]
On the morning of 26 September 2017, a Palestinian gunman from Beit Surik opened fire, shot Israeli security guards at a checkpoint in Har Adar, killing three and wounding one.[39]
Enclave
Beit Surik along with
Folklore
Tawfiq Canaan related in 1927 the story of Telah, a local wali.[48]
On the village's eastern edge stands the tomb-shrine of ash-Sheikh Derwish. Local tradition suggest that ash-Sheikh Derwish posthumously opposed the idea of a dome over his grave. Repeated attempts by villagers to construct a dome were met with unexplained failure; structures erected were found dismantled by the following day, resulting in a site consistently left in disrepair. This series of events eventually led to the abandonment of the dome project, in a collective decision that respected what was perceived as the saint's wishes.[49]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 287
- ^ Beit Surik Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 4
- ^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 897
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, pp. 11, 16
- ^ de Roziére, 1849, p. 102: Bethsurie; p. 263: Bethsurie; p. 303: "in cujus territorio fundata est villa, quae dicitur Parva Mahumeria"; all cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, pp. 16-17, No 74
- ^ de Roziére, 1849, p. 95, cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, p. 70 No. 278
- ^ Röhricht, 1904, RRH Ad, p. 28 No 458b
- ^ Roziére, 1849, p. 301-305, cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, pp. 123-124, No 469
- ^ Pringle, 1993, p. 103
- ^ Ellenblum, 2003, pp. 242-243
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 119
- ^ Toledano, 1984, p. 291, has Bayt Surik, and Bayt Suriq, at location 31°49′25″N. 35°08′35″E
- ^ Pococke, 1745, vol II, p. 49, cited in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 65
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 124
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 65
- ^ Guérin, 1868, p. 362
- ^ Socin, 1879, p. 147 Also noted that it was in the Beni Malik district
- ^ Hartmann, 1883, p. 118 also found 32 houses
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 16
- ^ Schick, 1896, p. 126
- ^ Canaan, 1927, p. 11
- ^ Barron, 1923, Sub-district of Jerusalem, p. 15
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 38.
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 24
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 56
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 102
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 152
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. 174 note #46, p. 267
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. 235 note #548, p. 294
- ^ Morris, 1987, pp. 112, 158
- ^ Allon, 1970, pp. 193-195
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. 345 note #21, p. 296
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. 346 note #26, p. 297
- ^ Benny Morris, Benjamin Z. Kedar, ‘Cast thy bread’: Israeli biological warfare during the 1948 War Middle Eastern Studies 19 September 2022, pages =1-25 p.5.
- ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 23
- ^ Beit Surik Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 17
- ^ Beit Surik Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 16
- ^ Rosenberg, David (26 September 2017). "Three killed in terror attack northwest of Jerusalem". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ OCHA Archived November 12, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Humanitarian Events, Monitoring issues Archived November 12, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Barrier March 2004 Archived 2009-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ BADIL Barrier Report Archived December 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Barrier route July 2008
- ^ Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- ^ UN Doc A/59/256 Economic and Social Council; Question of the violation of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine
- ^ UN Doc Chronological Review of Events Relating to the Question of Palestine Monthly Media Monitoring Review March 2005
- ^ Canaan, 1927, p. 258
- ISBN 978-965-217-452-9.
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External links
- Welcome To Bayt Surik
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Beit Surik Town (Fact Sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Beit Surik Town Profile (ARIJ)
- Aerial photo (ARIJ)
- Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Beit Surik (ARIJ)
- The Hackney-Beit Surik Friendship Forum
- A battle of will ... ! Beit Surik, Qattanah & Beddo Villages: An Agricultural Triangle Under Israeli Attack, 27 March 2004, Poica
- Israeli Occupying Forces flout High Court Ruling, 9 March 2005, Poica
- The Segregation Wall seized more lands of Beit Surik Village, 21 May 2005, Poica
- Israel hits Beit Iksa, Nabi Samuel and Beit Surik with new military order in favor of the Segregation Wall, 16 January 2007, POICA