Haris, Salfit
Haris | |
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Village council | |
Elevation | 486 m (1,594 ft) |
Population (2017)[2] | |
• Total | 4,137 |
Name meaning | The watch[3] |
Haris (
Location
Haris is located 5.11 kilometers (3.18 mi) north-west of Salfit. It is bordered by Kifl Haris to the east, Salfit and Bruqin to the south, Sarta and Qarawat Bani Hassan to the west, and Deir Istiya to the north.[1]
History
It has been suggested (by
Ottoman era
In 1517, the village was included in the
In the
In 1838, Edward Robinson noted it as a village, Harith, in the Jurat Merda district, south of Nablus.[9]
In 1870 Guérin observed here a building used as a mosque, divided into three naves separated by marble columns of different sizes, and evidently ancient. 'On a neighbouring Tell, which commands the village, are the ruins of an ancient tower. The spot is now planted with olives. Two ancient tombs and several cisterns cut in the rock once belonged to the ancient city which stood here.'[10]
In 1870/1871 (1288
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Haris as "a medium sized village on high ground built of stone, and supplied by cisterns. It has rock-cut tombs and is probably an ancient site; there are fine olive groves round it." [12]
British Mandate era
In the
In the 1945 statistics the population was 540, all Muslims,[15] while the total land area was 8,391 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[16] Of this, 1,545 were used for plantations and irrigable land, 1,341 for cereals,[17] while 21 dunams were classified as built-up areas.[18]
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Haris came under Jordanian rule.
In 1961, the population was 726.[19]
Post-1967
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Haris has been held under Israeli occupation.
After the 1995 accords, about 6% of village land was classified as Area B land, while the remaining 94% was classified as Area C.[20]
Loss of land
Haris has been directly affected by the construction of the
Settlement | Date of establishment | Pop 2007 | Area/Dunums | Area expropriated from the village pre 2008 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Barqan | 1981 | 1,300 | 649 | 304 |
Revava | 1991 | 827 | 399 | 78 |
Barqan Industrial Zone
|
1981 | -- | 1,417 | 1,417 |
Qiryat Netafim
|
1982 | 438 | 386 | 188 |
Ariel West Park Industrial
|
NA | -- | 1,728 | 1,110 |
Total | 2,565 | 4,579 | 3,097 | |
Source: ARIJ 2008[21] |
In late October 2014, Israel expropriated a further 20 dunams (5 acres) of land, near the Israeli settlement of Barkan.[22]
On May 24, 2020,
References
- ^ a b Haris Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 4
- ^ 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. 229
- ^ Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, 17:10:9-289; The Jewish War 2:5:1-69
- ISSN 0333-5844.
- ^ a b c d Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 454
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 131
- ^ Marom, Roy (2022-11-01). "Jindās: A History of Lydda's Rural Hinterland in the 15th to the 20th Centuries CE". Lod, Lydda, Diospolis. 1: 17.
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 127
- ^ Guérin, 1875, p. 159–160; as given by Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 322
- ^ Grossman, David (2004). Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine. Jerusalem: Magnes Press. p. 252.
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 284
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table IX, p. 25
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 61
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 18
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 59
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 106
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 156
- ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 26
- ^ Haris Village Profile, ARIJ, 2013, p. 17
- ^ ARIJ, New Palestinian houses threatened of Demolition by the Israeli Occupation Authorities, 2 December 2008
- ^ 'Israel confiscates 20 dunums of Palestinian land near Salfit' Archived 2014-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, Ma'an News Agency 23 October 2014
- ^ "Settlers of "Revava" cut down 150 olive saplings in Haris Vallage / Salfit governorate – POICA". Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ Protection of Civilians Report | 12 May - 1 June 2020
Bibliography
- Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- ISBN 965-440-007-3.
- Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics (1964). First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population (PDF).
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
- Guérin, V. (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
External links
- Welcome To Haris
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Haris Village (Fact Sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
- Haris Village Profile, ARIJ
- Haris, aerial photo, ARIJ
- Development Priorities and Needs in Haris, ARIJ