Siddikine
Siddikine
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Dialing code | +9617 |
Siddikine or Seddiqine (
Origin of name
E. H. Palmer wrote that the name means "the truthful ones".[1] The Arabic name is transliterated as Siddikine or Seddiqine.[2]
History
In 1596, it was named as a village, Sidiqin, in the
In 1875, Victor Guérin noted: "Here are what appears to be the remains of an ancient synagogue. Its direction is from south to north, which is the general direction of the ancient synagogues of Palestine; and, besides, here I remarked two monolithic pillars, cut one side in pilaster fashion, and rounded on the other side like a half column. This kind of pillar generally terminates the end of the range of columns in these synagogues."[5]
In 1881, the
They further noted: "There are remains of an early Christian site at this village; some well-dressed stones scattered about with crosses on them: There are also rock-cut cisterns, tombs, and stone olive and wine presses. The site of the ancient place was a little to the north of the present village."[7]
In May 1988, during the
On 19 May 2021, about two weeks after the beginning of the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, four rockets were reportedly launched from near Siddikine towards Israel.[2] According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), its missile defences intercepted one of them, while the other projectiles fell in open areas. The IDF fired artillery in response,[9] apparently towards the outskirts of Siddikine.[10]
References
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 32
- ^ a b "Four rockets launched from Lebanon to Israel, Lebanese security sources". Reuters. 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 179
- ^ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 Archived 2016-10-10 at the Wayback Machine writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
- ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 389; as translated in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 139
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 94
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 138
- ISBN 978-0-571-23741-8p.235
- ^ Ayyub, Rami (2021-05-19). "Israel fires at south Lebanon in response to rocket launches - Israeli military". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
- ^ Gross, Judah Ari (2021-05-19). "Israeli military firing at source of rocket attacks in Lebanon". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
Bibliography
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rhode, H. (1979). Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century. Columbia University. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
External links
- Saddiqine, Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons