Urif

’Urif
Other transcription(s)
 • Arabic عوريف
 • Also spelled Orif[1] (unofficial)
’Urif

Location of ’Urif within the Palestinian territories

Coordinates: 32°09′34″N 35°13′23″E / 32.15944°N 35.22306°E / 32.15944; 35.22306Coordinates: 32°09′34″N 35°13′23″E / 32.15944°N 35.22306°E / 32.15944; 35.22306
Palestine grid 171/174
Governorate Nablus
Government
 • Type Village council
Population (2006)
 • Jurisdiction 2,839
Name meaning from personal name[2]

Urif (Arabic: عوريف‎‎) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 13 kilometers (8 miles) south of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,839 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[3]

History

Ceramics from the late Roman have been found here.[4] Dauphin writes that ceramics from the Byzantine era also have been found,[4] but Ellenblum writes that no pottery from that era has been found here.[5]

Diya al-Din (1173-1245) refers to the presence of Muslims in Urif during his lifetime.[6]

Ottoman era

Urif was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal of the Liwa of Nablus. It was noted as hali, empty, but a fixed tax rate of 33,3% was paid on various agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and/or beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 2,800 akçe.[7]

In 1838 Urif was noted as a Muslim village, part of Jurat Merda, located south of Nablus.[8]

In 1870, Victor Guérin found the village to occupy the top of a hill, and having about 450 inhabitants.[9]

In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Urif as: "A stone village, on high ground, with a few olives; supplied by wells and with a small spring to the east."[10]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Urif had a population of 270 Muslims,[11] increasing in the 1931 census to 403; 402 Muslims and 1 Christian, in 103 houses.[12]

In 1945 the population was 520, all Muslims,[13] while the total land area was 3,965 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[14] Of this, 1,107 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 1,452 for cereals,[15] while 32 dunams were classified as built-up areas.[16]

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Urif came under Jordanian rule.

Post 1967

After the Six-Day War in 1967, Urif came under Israeli occupation. As of 1995, Urif and its immediate region has been under collaborative or joint Israeli-Palestinian Authority (PA) administration, in what is now known as Area B.[17]

Chronology of events and disturbances

On May 19, 2012, about 25 Jewish settlers, some of them carrying guns, set fire to the wheat fields of Urif, and shot one Palestinian man in the stomach.[18] On May 26, 2012, settlers from Yitzhar shot a youth from Urif. They then tied him up and proceeded to beat him.[19] Samaria Regional Council head Gershon Mesika said that the shooting was a defensive act against a man who wielded a knife.[20] The clash had started when a group of settlers were thought to have set fire to fields belonging to Urif, although the settlers denied any involvement.[21][22]


References

  1. 1 2 Palestinian official: Jewish settlers deface West Bank school, February 26, 2015, Haaretz
  2. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 246
  3. ↑ Projected Mid -Year Population for Nablus Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  4. 1 2 Dauphin, 1998, p. 803
  5. ↑ Ellenblum, 2003, p. 263
  6. ↑ Ellenblum, 2003, p. 244
  7. ↑ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 130
  8. ↑ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 127
  9. ↑ Guérin, 1875, p. 177
  10. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP II, p. 287
  11. ↑ Barron, 1923, Table IX, p. 25
  12. ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 66
  13. ↑ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 19
  14. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 61
  15. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 108
  16. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 158
  17. ↑ 1995 Oslo Interim Agreement. Text of the Accord
  18. ↑ Israeli Settler Shoots Palestinian in West Bank, May 26, 2012, Haaretz
  19. ↑ IDF Inquiry Finds Israeli Youth Tied and Beat Palestinian After Shot by Settlers, June 3, 2012, Haaretz
  20. ↑ http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Palestinian-settler-violence-caught-on-tape-again
  21. ↑ Lazaroff, Tovah (29 May 2012). "Palestinian, settler violence caught on tape again". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  22. ↑ http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Palestinian-settler-violence-caught-on-tape-again
  23. ↑ Kalman, Matthew (30 April 2013). "Israelis burn Palestinian fields and stone vehicles in West Bank after father is stabbed to death at settlement bus stop". The Independent. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  24. ↑ Levinson, Chaim (30 April 2013). "Israeli settlers riot after West Bank terror attack, 6 arrested". Haaretz. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  25. ↑ "Video footage shows the army failed in its duty to protect Palestinians from settler revenge attacks". B'Tselem. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  26. ↑ http://www.mako.co.il/news-military/security-q3_2016/Article-d5b53b52108d551004.htm
  27. ↑ TWICE BARRED PALESTINIAN FARMER SAYS HE WILL WAIT FOR IDF PERMISSION, April 2, 2017, Jerusalem Post
  28. ↑ In the West Bank, the tail wags the dog. When civilian security officers are dictating policy on the ground, to whom should Palestinian farmers in Urif turn?, April 2, 2017, Amira Hass, Haaretz

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