Yasuf
Yasuf | |
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Village council | |
Area | |
• Total | 8,550 dunams (8.6 km2 or 3.3 sq mi) |
Elevation | 575 m (1,886 ft) |
Population (2017)[2] | |
• Total | 2,093 |
• Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
Name meaning | from personal name[3] |
Yasuf (
Location
Yasuf is located 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) north-east of Salfit. It is bordered by Yatma and Za'tara to the east, As-Sawiya to the east and south, Iskaka to the south and west, Jamma'in to the west and north, and Huwwara to the north.[1]
History
Yasuf is an ancient village, that is known from all periods.
NE and SW of the village is a large cemetery, with tombs carved into rock, some with arcosolia.[7]
Iron age
Yasuf is identified with the Israelite village of Yaashuv mentioned in the Samaria Ostraca.[8]
Classical antiquity
During the Roman period, it was one of three important markets for fruits, grains and legumes in the northern
The village is mentioned by its current name in the
Middle ages
During the
Ottoman period
The village was incorporated into the
In the
French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village in 1870, and he found it to have about 350 inhabitants. The village appeared ancient, with old masonry reused in houses and walls. The village had an excellent supply of water which was collected in a pool, near the steps down was a beautifully carved niche with a shell motif. This pool provided water for gardens of olive and pomegranate trees.[18]
In 1870/1871 (1288
In the 1882
Also in the village were, "rock-cut tombs with kokim [...]". A subterranean channel led out from the spring that contained small fish and there were pillar shafts there too. To the west of the village under an oak tree lay the ruins of a
British Mandate period
In the
In the 1945 statistics the population was 360, all Muslims,[23] while the total land area was 6,068 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[24] Of this, 928 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 1,991 for cereals,[25] while 35 dunams were classified as built-up areas.[26]
Jordanian period
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Yasuf came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 585 inhabitants here.[27]
1967–present
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Yasuf has been under Israeli occupation.
After the
In January 2010, the extremist settler Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira was arrested by the Israeli police for alleged involvement in the torching of the mosque. He denied any involvement, and was later released due to lack of evidence.[31][32]
In April 2010, the settlers spray-painted elsewhere in the village the words "Thank you God, for not making me a Gentile".[33]
Israeli settler attacks
On October 6, 2014, Israeli settlers from
Tell Abu Zarad
Near Yasuf lies a significant archaeological tell known as Tell Abu Zarad. Positioned atop an dominating hill (PAL 171/167), it is home to a Muslim tomb-shrine dedicated to Sheikh Abu Zarad (or Abu az-Zurd). This location may be identified with a biblical named Tappuah, which is also associated with a place of the same name mentioned in a Qumran text. The majority of the potsherds found here date back to the Middle Bronze Age and Iron Age II.[35]
References
- ^ a b Yasuf 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. 250
- ^ Yassuf Village: General Information Archived 2009-07-14 at the Wayback Machine Land Research Center. 18 September 2008.
- ^ Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 354
- ^ Finkelstein, 1997, p. 618
- ^ a b Dauphin, 1998, p. 810
- ^ ^ Bustanai Oded, History of the Jewish People in the time of First Temple - Volume 2, The Open University, p.' 262 (According to Yohanan Aharoni).
- ^ Safrai, 1994, p. 66.
- ^ a b c Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 287
- ^ Conder, 1876, pp. 190-196
- ^ Conder, 1876, p. 196
- ^ Ellenblum, 2003, p. 244
- ^ Drory, 1988, p. 97
- ^ Le Strange, 1890, p. 552
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 134.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Guérin, 1875, pp. 162-3
- ^ Grossman, David (2004). Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine. Jerusalem: Magnes Press. p. 252.
- ^ a b Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 378.
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. 25
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 66
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 19
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 61
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 108
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 158
- ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 26
- ^ Yasuf Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 16
- ^ West Bank settlers set fire to mosque Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, Maan News, 11 December 2009.
- ^ a b c d Mark Weiss (December 12, 2009). "Mosque fire leads to West Bank clash". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
- ^ "Rabbi arrested, suspected in West Bank mosque arson", BBC News, 27 January 2010
- ^ 'IDF to blame for price-tag atmosphere' Jerusalem Post
- ^ "Palestinian mosque torched in suspected 'price tag' operation by settlers." by Avi Issacharoff. Haaretz.
- WAFA
- ^ Finkelstein, 1997, p. 606-607
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.
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- Drory, Joseph (1988). "Hanbalis of the Nablus Region in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries". Asian and African Studies. 22: 93–112.
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- 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.
- Le Strange, G. (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- 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.
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External links
- Welcome To Yasuf
- Yasouf, IWPS
- Yasuf, Welcome to Palestine
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Yasuf Village (Fact Sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Yasuf Village Profile, ARIJ
- Yasuf aerial photo, ARIJ
- The Expansion of Tapuah settlement Established on the Land of Yasuf Village - Salfit Governorate, 01, July, 2000, POICA
- A New Colonial Outpost in Iskaka and Yasouf - Salfit, 15, October, 2011, POICA
- Israeli Settlers Rage jammed on the villages of Iskaka and Yasouf "Razing Palestinian lands for expanding Nofei Nehemia outpost ", 16, October, 2011, POICA
- Ravaging 78 Olive Trees in Jama'een and Yasouf villages – Salfit 14, January, 2012, POICA