The barrier in northern Jerusalem, which confines al-Juderia to an enclave under Israeli control.
Al Judeira is located (horizontally) 9.3 kilometers (5.8 mi) north-west ofJerusalem. To the east isKalandia,Rafat is to the north,Al Jib is to the west, andBir Nabala is to the south.[3]
History
Ancient period
Several scholars have suggested that Judeira is the site of Gederah inBenjamin, which is mentioned in the Bible as home to Yozabad the Gederathite, a Benjaminite warrior who defected toDavid. It is mentioned shortly after the nearby sites of Azmaveth (identified with modern-dayHizme),Anathoth (probably'Anata) andGibeon (Al Jib).[4][5][6]
In 1838el-Jedireh was noted as aMuslim village, located north of Jerusalem.[8][9]
In 1863Guérin described it as a small village, with amosque consecrated to a Sheikh Yassin. In the courtyard in front of this sanctuary, he noticed what was possibly an oldCorinthiancapital, which had been made into amortar, where the villagers pounded coffee.[10] An Ottoman village list from about 1870 found that the village had a population of 40, in a total of 13 houses, though the population count only included men. It was also noted that it was located east ofAl Jib.[11][12]
In 1883, thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as "a small village on a slope, surrounded by figs and olives, and with rock-cut tombs to the north."[4]
In the1945 statistics Judeira had a population of 190 Muslims,[15] with 2,044dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[16] Of this, 353 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 1,314 used for cereals,[17] while 7 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[18]
^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p.25
^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics.Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.57Archived 2011-06-04 at theWayback Machine
^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics.Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.103Archived 2016-03-03 at theWayback Machine
^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics.Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.153Archived 2016-03-03 at theWayback Machine
^Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p.23
^"West Bank Closures - Jerusalem"(PDF). United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. March 2004. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2007-10-14. Retrieved2007-10-14.
