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'''Qabatiya''' ({{lang-ar|قباطية}}, also spelled '''Qabatia''', '''Qabatya''', and '''Kabatiya''') is a ] city located in the ] of the ], in the northern ], located 6&nbsp;km south of ]. According to the ] (PCBS) census, the town had a population of 19,197 in 2007.<ref name="PCBS Jenin">. ]</ref> '''Qabatiya''' ({{langx|ar|قباطية}}, also spelled '''Qabatia''', '''Qabatya''', and '''Kabatiya''') is a city in ], ], ]. According to the ] (PCBS) census, the town had a population of 19,197 in 2007 and 24,439 by 2017.<ref name="PrelimCensus2017" /><ref name="PCBS Jenin">. ]</ref>


Its entire land area is 50,547 dunams (50.5 km2; 19.5 sq mi), and its elevation is roughly 256 meters (840 feet).<ref></ref> Qabatiya is famous for its ], modern agriculture, and ] industry. Its entire land area is 50,547 dunams (50.5 km2; 19.5 sq mi), and its elevation is roughly 256 meters (840 feet).<ref></ref> Qabatiya is famous for its ], modern agriculture, and ] industry.
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in 1838 ] found it to be a very large village, surrounded by very extensive and beautiful olive groves,<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. </ref> while in 1850, it was described as surrounded by gardens, built on the side of a wooden hill, covered with olive trees.<ref>de Saulcy, 1854, vol 1, p. </ref> in 1838 ] found it to be a very large village, surrounded by very extensive and beautiful olive groves,<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. </ref> while in 1850, it was described as surrounded by gardens, built on the side of a wooden hill, covered with olive trees.<ref>de Saulcy, 1854, vol 1, p. </ref>


In 1870 ] found gardens around Koubatieh planted with fig, olive and pomegranate trees, with vegetables underneath. It was a large village, divided into several areas under the jurisdiction of many different sheikhs.<ref>Guérin, 1874, pp. -4</ref> He further noted that “Kubataieh stands upon a rocky hill, whose sides are pierced by numerous ]s of ancient origin, some of which are partly filled up and in bad repair ; others are still used by the people. The latter are closed at the mouth by great round stones in form of a mill-stone, pierced in the centre. This second opening is itself closed by another stone, which is taken away when the water is drawn. This system of closed ]s and cisterns by means of a stone is of extreme antiquity. It is found in many parts of Palestine, and was in use before the ] conquest.”<ref>Guérin, 1874, pp. -4; as translated by Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. </ref> In 1870 ] found gardens around Koubatieh planted with fig, olive and pomegranate trees, with vegetables underneath. It was a large village, divided into several areas under the jurisdiction of many different sheikhs.<ref>Guérin, 1874, pp. -4</ref> He further noted that “Kubataieh stands upon a rocky hill, whose sides are pierced by numerous ]s of ancient origin, some of which are partly filled up and in bad repair; others are still used by the people. The latter are closed at the mouth by great round stones in form of a mill-stone, pierced in the centre. This second opening is itself closed by another stone, which is taken away when the water is drawn. This system of closed ]s and ]s by means of a stone is of extreme antiquity. It is found in many parts of Palestine, and was in use before the ] conquest.”<ref>Guérin, 1874, pp. -4; as translated by Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. </ref>


In 1882, the ]'s '']'' described it as a “large stone village on a slope, east of a small plain which is full of olives. It has a sacred place on the south (Sheikh Theljy), and a good orange garden near the village.”<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. </ref> In 1882, the ]'s '']'' described it as a “large stone village on a slope, east of a small plain which is full of olives. It has a sacred place on the south (Sheikh Theljy), and a good orange garden near the village.”<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. </ref>


===British Mandate era=== ===British Mandate era===
In the ], conducted by the ], Qabatiya had 1,803 inhabitants; 1,799 Muslims and 4 Christians,<ref name=Census1922a>Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. </ref> where the Christians were all Orthodox.<ref name=Census1922b>Barron, 1923, Table XV, p. </ref> This increased to 2,447 in the ]; 2 Christians and the rest Muslims, in a total of 551 houses.<ref name=Census1931>Mills, 1932, p. </ref> In the ], conducted by the ], Qabatiya had 1,803 inhabitants; 1,799 Muslims and four Christians,<ref name=Census1922a>Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. </ref> where the Christians were all Orthodox.<ref name=Census1922b>Barron, 1923, Table XV, p. </ref> This increased to 2,447 in the ]; two Christians and the rest Muslims, in a total of 551 houses.<ref name=Census1931>Mills, 1932, p. </ref>


In the ] the population of Qabatiya, together with Kh. Tannin, was 3,670, all Muslims,<ref name=1945p16>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. </ref> with 50,547 ]s of land, according to an official land and population survey.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref> 9,542 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 21,464 dunams for cereals,<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref> while 113 dunams were built-up (urban) land and 19,428 sunams were classified as "non-cultivable".<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref> In the ] the population of Qabatiya, together with Kh. Tannin, was 3,670, all Muslims,<ref name=1945p16>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. </ref> with 50,547 ]s of land, according to an official land and population survey.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref> The city had 9,542 dunams used for plantations and irrigable land, 21,464 dunams for cereals,<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref> while 113 dunams were built-up (urban) land and 19,428 sunams were classified as "non-cultivable".<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref>


===Jordanian era=== ===Jordanian era===
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After ] in 1995, Qabatiya came under ] (PA) administration, in what is now known as ].<ref>. Text of the Accord</ref> After ] in 1995, Qabatiya came under ] (PA) administration, in what is now known as ].<ref>. Text of the Accord</ref>


Approximately ten Palestinians were killed between October 2015 and July 2016 while carrying out attacks against Israelis. In July 2016, clashes between Palestinians and Israeli armed forces occurred during a ] of a man accused of being involved in an attack in Jerusalem. The Israeli military reported that the military convoy that carried out the demolition was met by ] and fire from improvised guns. Palestinian officials reported six Palestinians wounded in the exchange, with the Israeli military confirming three Palestinians hit. Israel calls the demolition of homes of attackers as a deterrent to violence, while human rights groups and Palestinians condemn it as a form of ].<ref>{{cite news Approximately ten Palestinians were killed between October 2015 and July 2016 while carrying out attacks against Israelis. In July 2016, clashes between Palestinians and Israeli armed forces occurred during a ] of a man accused of being involved in an attack in Jerusalem. The Israeli military reported that the military convoy that carried out the demolition was met by ] and fire from improvised guns. Palestinian officials reported six Palestinians wounded in the exchange, with the Israeli military confirming three Palestinians hit. Israel calls the demolition of homes of attackers as a deterrent to violence, while human rights groups and Palestinians condemn it as a form of ].<ref>{{cite news |title =Clashes as Israel destroys Palestinian home over deadly attack |publisher=AFP News Agency |date=18 July 2016 |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/clashes-israel-destroys-palestinian-home-over-deadly-attack-093709575.html |access-date=18 July 2016}}</ref>

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In September 2024, the city was stormed by again. ], flanked by military bulldozers, surrounded and opened fire near Izzat Abu al-Rab School and Qabatiya School, leaving over 1,200 pupils and teachers besieged.<ref>, ], 19 September 2024</ref> The Israeli military was filmed throwing bodies of ] off the 3rd floor of a house in Qabatiya,<ref>Jack Khoury: , ], 20 September 2024, </ref> it happened after at least seven people were killed by Israeli forces in the town on the 29th of September.<ref>Yolande Knell, James Gregory: , ], 20 September 2024</ref> The desecration of corpses is a ], armed forces are obliged to ensure that bodies, including those of enemy fighters, are treated with respect and return them to their families. The Israeli military opened fire on a group of ]s filming the events.<ref>, ], 20 September 2024</ref><ref>, ], 20 September 2024</ref>
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== References == == References ==
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*{{cite book|last=Guérin|first=V.|author-link=Victor Guérin|title=Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine|url=https://archive.org/details/descriptionsam01gu|volume=2: Samarie, pt. 1|year=1874|publisher= L'Imprimerie Nationale|location=Paris|language=fr}} *{{cite book|last=Guérin|first=V.|author-link=Victor Guérin|title=Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine|url=https://archive.org/details/descriptionsam01gu|volume=2: Samarie, pt. 1|year=1874|publisher= L'Imprimerie Nationale|location=Paris|language=fr}}
*{{cite book|title=Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine|url=http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html|first=S.|last=Hadawi|author-link=Sami Hadawi|year=1970|publisher=Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center}} *{{cite book|title=Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine|url=http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html|first=S.|last=Hadawi|author-link=Sami Hadawi|year=1970|publisher=Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center}}
*{{cite book | last1= Hütteroth |first1=Wolf-Dieter |first2=Kamal | last2=Abdulfattah | title = Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ | year = 1977 | publisher = Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft|isbn= 3-920405-41-2}} *{{cite book | last1= Hütteroth |first1=W.-D.|author-link1=Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth|first2=K. | last2=Abdulfattah |author-link2=Kamal Abdulfattah| title = Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ | year = 1977 | publisher = Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft|isbn= 3-920405-41-2}}
*{{cite book|last=Khaldi|first= Ahmed el-Safadi|title=Tarih Fakhr ed-Din bin Ma'an wa-Abnahu Ali|location=Beyrouth |year=1935|language=ar}} *{{cite book|last=Khaldi|first= Ahmed el-Safadi|title=Tarih Fakhr ed-Din bin Ma'an wa-Abnahu Ali|location=Beyrouth |year=1935|language=ar}}
*{{cite book|editor = Mills, E.|title = Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas |url=https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas | publisher = Government of Palestine | location = Jerusalem | year = 1932}} *{{cite book|editor = Mills, E.|title = Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas |url=https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas | publisher = Government of Palestine | location = Jerusalem | year = 1932}}
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Municipality type B in Jenin, State of Palestine
Qabatiya
Municipality type B
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicقباطية
Qabatiya general view (Eastern field)Qabatiya general view (Eastern field)
Qabatiya is located in State of PalestineQabatiyaQabatiyaLocation of Qabatiya within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°24′35″N 35°16′51″E / 32.40972°N 35.28083°E / 32.40972; 35.28083
Palestine grid176/201
StateState of Palestine (occupied by Israel)
GovernorateJenin
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • Head of MunicipalityMr. Mahmoud Kameel
Area
 • Total50,547 dunams (50.55 km or 19.52 sq mi)
Population
 • Total24,439
 • Density480/km (1,300/sq mi)
Name meaning“The Copts´place”

Qabatiya (Arabic: قباطية, also spelled Qabatia, Qabatya, and Kabatiya) is a city in Jenin Governorate, West Bank, Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the town had a population of 19,197 in 2007 and 24,439 by 2017.

Its entire land area is 50,547 dunams (50.5 km2; 19.5 sq mi), and its elevation is roughly 256 meters (840 feet). Qabatiya is famous for its olive groves, modern agriculture, and limestone industry.

History

Sherds have been found here from Persian, Hellenistic, early and late Roman, Byzantine, early Muslim and Medieval eras. A Muslim traveller in the 12th century CE indicated it as "a village in the district of Jenin".

Ottoman era

Qabatiya, like all of Palestine was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517. In the 1596 tax registers, it was part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Jabal Sami, part of the larger Sanjak of Nablus. It had a population of 89 households and 18 bachelors, all Muslims. The inhabitants paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 14,920 akçe. Half of the revenues went to the Tarabay Bey of Lajjun. In 1105 AH (1693 CE) Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi mentioned a village on the road from Nablus to Jenin.

in 1838 Edward Robinson found it to be a very large village, surrounded by very extensive and beautiful olive groves, while in 1850, it was described as surrounded by gardens, built on the side of a wooden hill, covered with olive trees.

In 1870 Victor Guérin found gardens around Koubatieh planted with fig, olive and pomegranate trees, with vegetables underneath. It was a large village, divided into several areas under the jurisdiction of many different sheikhs. He further noted that “Kubataieh stands upon a rocky hill, whose sides are pierced by numerous cisterns of ancient origin, some of which are partly filled up and in bad repair; others are still used by the people. The latter are closed at the mouth by great round stones in form of a mill-stone, pierced in the centre. This second opening is itself closed by another stone, which is taken away when the water is drawn. This system of closed wells and cisterns by means of a stone is of extreme antiquity. It is found in many parts of Palestine, and was in use before the Hebrew conquest.”

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as a “large stone village on a slope, east of a small plain which is full of olives. It has a sacred place on the south (Sheikh Theljy), and a good orange garden near the village.”

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Qabatiya had 1,803 inhabitants; 1,799 Muslims and four Christians, where the Christians were all Orthodox. This increased to 2,447 in the 1931 census; two Christians and the rest Muslims, in a total of 551 houses.

In the 1945 statistics the population of Qabatiya, together with Kh. Tannin, was 3,670, all Muslims, with 50,547 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. The city had 9,542 dunams used for plantations and irrigable land, 21,464 dunams for cereals, while 113 dunams were built-up (urban) land and 19,428 sunams were classified as "non-cultivable".

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, the Jenin-area came under Jordanian rule, together with the rest of the West Bank.

In 1961, the population of Qabatiya was 5,917.

Post-1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Qabatiya has been under Israeli occupation.

After Oslo II in 1995, Qabatiya came under Palestinian Authority (PA) administration, in what is now known as Areas A and B.

Approximately ten Palestinians were killed between October 2015 and July 2016 while carrying out attacks against Israelis. In July 2016, clashes between Palestinians and Israeli armed forces occurred during a house demolition by Israel of a man accused of being involved in an attack in Jerusalem. The Israeli military reported that the military convoy that carried out the demolition was met by Molotov cocktails and fire from improvised guns. Palestinian officials reported six Palestinians wounded in the exchange, with the Israeli military confirming three Palestinians hit. Israel calls the demolition of homes of attackers as a deterrent to violence, while human rights groups and Palestinians condemn it as a form of collective punishment.

In 2023, the city was stormed.

In September 2024, the city was stormed by again. Israeli military, flanked by military bulldozers, surrounded and opened fire near Izzat Abu al-Rab School and Qabatiya School, leaving over 1,200 pupils and teachers besieged. The Israeli military was filmed throwing bodies of Palestinians off the 3rd floor of a house in Qabatiya, it happened after at least seven people were killed by Israeli forces in the town on the 29th of September. The desecration of corpses is a war crime, armed forces are obliged to ensure that bodies, including those of enemy fighters, are treated with respect and return them to their families. The Israeli military opened fire on a group of journalists filming the events.

  • Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed Mosque in 2019 Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed Mosque in 2019
  • Salah Al Din in mosque (2019) Salah Al Din in mosque (2019)

References

  1. ^ 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 24 October 2023.
  2. Palmer, 1881, p. 187
  3. 2007 Locality Population Statistics. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  4. Qabatiya – قباطية
  5. ^ Zertal, 2004, pp. 177-178
  6. Khaldi, 1935, p. 129; cited in Zertal, 2004, p. 177
  7. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 127
  8. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 154
  9. de Saulcy, 1854, vol 1, p. 86
  10. Guérin, 1874, pp. 343-4
  11. Guérin, 1874, pp. 343-4; as translated by Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 156
  12. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 156
  13. Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 29
  14. Barron, 1923, Table XV, p. 47
  15. Mills, 1932, p. 71
  16. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 16
  17. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 55
  18. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 99
  19. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 149
  20. Bornstein, 2002, p. 48
  21. Government of Jordan, 1964, p. 13
  22. Palestinians struggle to recover from Qabatiya blockade, 22 February 2016
  23. Morris, 2011, p. x
  24. 1995 Oslo Interim Agreement. Text of the Accord
  25. "Clashes as Israel destroys Palestinian home over deadly attack". AFP News Agency. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  26. Israeli soldiers filmed throwing Palestinian bodies from rooftop, Middle East Eye, 19 September 2024
  27. Jack Khoury: IDF 'Investigating' After Soldiers Filmed Throwing Palestinian Bodies Off West Bank Rooftop, Haaretz, 20 September 2024,
  28. Yolande Knell, James Gregory: Israel investigates after its soldiers filmed throwing bodies off roof, BBC, 20 September 2024
  29. Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Pushing Bodies of Palestinians They Killed Off West Bank Roof, Democracy Now!, 20 September 2024
  30. Israeli soldiers filmed pushing bodies off roof in deadly West Bank assault, Al Jazeera English, 20 September 2024

Bibliography

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