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'''Urif''' ({{lang-ar|عوريف}}) is a ] village in the ] in northern ], located 13 kilometers (8 miles) south of ]. According to the ] (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,839 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.<ref> ]</ref>
'''Urif''' ({{langx|ar|عوريف}}) is a ] village in the ] of the ], in the northern ], located 13 kilometers (8 miles) south of ]. According to the ] (PCBS), the town had a population of 3,624 inhabitants in 2017.<ref name="PrelimCensus2017" />

==Location==
‘Urif is located 7.6km south of ]. It is bordered by ] to the east, ] to the north, and ] to the west and south.<ref>, ARIJ, p. 4</ref>


==History== ==History==
Ceramics from the late ] have been found here.<ref name=Dauphin>Dauphin, 1998, p. 803</ref> Dauphin writes that ceramics from the ] era also have been found,<ref name=Dauphin/> but Ellenblum writes that no pottery from that era has been found here.<ref>Ellenblum, 2003, p. </ref> Ceramics from the late ] have been found here.<ref name=Dauphin>Dauphin, 1998, p. 803</ref> Dauphin writes that ceramics from the ] era also have been found,<ref name=Dauphin/> but Ellenblum writes that no pottery from that era has been found here.<ref>Ellenblum, 2003, p. </ref>


===Crusader period===
] (1173-1245) refers to the presence of ]s in Urif during his lifetime.<ref>Ellenblum, 2003, p. </ref>
A woman of Dayr Urif, Sa'ida, was wed to Ahmad ibn Khalid ibn Qudama, a jurist and leader of ] villagers in the Nablus area who fled from ] rule to ] between 1156 and 1173.<ref>Kedar and al-Hajjuj 1994, .</ref> Ahmad's grandson ] (1173–1245) refers to the presence of Muslims in Urif during his lifetime.<ref>Ellenblum, 2003, p. </ref>
===Ottoman era===
Urif was incorporated into the ] in 1517 with all of ], and in 1596 it appeared in the ] as being in the '']'' of Jabal Qubal of the '']'' of ]. 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 ].<ref name=Hutteroth132>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 130</ref>


The medieval town of Gerraa, today the ruin of ], was located to the west.
In 1870, ] found the village to occupy the top of a hill, and having about 450 inhabitants.<ref>Guérin, 1875, p. </ref>


===Ottoman era===
In 1882, the ]'s ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described Urif as: "A stone village, on high ground, with a few olives; supplied by ] and with a small spring to the east."<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP II, p. </ref>
Urif was incorporated into the ] in 1517 with all of ], and in 1596 it appeared in the ] as being in the '']'' (subdistrict) of Jabal Qubal of the '']'' (district) of ]. 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 ].<ref name=Hutteroth132>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 130</ref>

In 1838 Urif was noted as a Muslim village, part of the Jurat Merda subdistrict, located south of Nablus.<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. </ref> In 1870, ] found the village to occupy the top of a hill, and having about 450 inhabitants.<ref>Guérin, 1875, p. </ref> In 1882, the ]'s '']'' (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."<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP II, p. </ref>


===British Mandate era=== ===British Mandate era===
In the ] conducted by the ], Urif had a population of 270 Muslims,<ref name="Census1922">Barron, 1923, Table IX, p. </ref> increasing in the ] to 403; 402 Muslims and 1 Christian, in 103 houses.<ref>Mills, 1932, p. </ref> In the ] conducted by the ], Urif had a population of 270 Muslims,<ref name="Census1922">Barron, 1923, Table IX, p. </ref> increasing in the ] to 403; 402 Muslims and 1 Christian, in 103 houses.<ref>Mills, 1932, p. </ref>


In ] the population was 520, all Muslims,<ref name=1945p19>Department of Statistics, 1945, p. </ref> while the total land area was 3,965 ]s, 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> In the ] the population was 520, all Muslims,<ref name=1945p19>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. </ref> while the total land area was 3,965 ]s, 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>
Of this, 1,107 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 1,452 for cereals,<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref> while 32 dunams were classified as built-up areas.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref> Of this, 1,107 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 1,452 for cereals,<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref> while 32 dunams were classified as built-up areas.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref>

===Jordanian era===
===Jordanian period===
In the wake of the ], and after the ], Urif came under ]ian rule.
In the wake of the ], and after the ], Urif came under ]. The Jordanian census of 1961 found 710 inhabitants.<ref>Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. </ref>

===Post 1967=== ===Post 1967===
After the ] in 1967, Urif came under ]i occupation. As of 1995, Urif and its immediate region has been under collaborative or joint Israeli-] (PA) administration, in what is now known as ].<ref>. Text of the Accord</ref> Since the ] in 1967, Urif has been under ]. As of 2014, 3,115 dunams (77%) of Urif land were ], while 949 (23%) were ]. 58 dunums of Urif's land have been confiscated for the ] of ].<ref>, ARIJ, 2014, p. 15</ref>


===Chronology of events and disturbances=== ===Chronology of events and disturbances===
*On May 19, 2012, about 25 ]s, some of them carrying guns, set fire to the wheat fields of Urif, and shot one Palestinian man in the stomach.<ref>, May 26, 2012, ]</ref>
*Between May 19 - 26, 2012, clashes erupted between Arab residents of Urif and about 25 local Jewish residents, most whom had come from ] and some of whom armed, over what allegedly began when wheat fields of Urif were set ablaze. In a conflicting account, some accused Jewish settlers for setting fire to the fields,<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Palestinian-settler-violence-caught-on-tape-again| title= Palestinian, settler violence caught on tape again | author= Lazaroff, Tovah| work=The Jerusalem Post| date= 29 May 2012| accessdate= 9 April 2017}}</ref> while others accused the Palestinians for lighting the fire.<ref>http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Palestinian-settler-violence-caught-on-tape-again</ref> The IDF soon intervened to break-up the fighting, but not until one Palestinian man had been shot in the stomach.<ref>, May 26, 2012, ]</ref> Samaria Regional Council head Gershon Mesika said that the shooting was a defensive act against a man who wielded a knife.<ref>http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Palestinian-settler-violence-caught-on-tape-again</ref><ref>, June 3, 2012, ]</ref>
*On May 26, 2012, settlers from ] shot a youth from Urif. They then tied him up and proceeded to beat him.<ref>, June 3, 2012, ]</ref> Samaria Regional Council head Gershon Mesika said that the shooting was a defensive act against a man who wielded a knife.<ref name=violence/> 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.<ref name=violence>{{cite news| url= http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Palestinian-settler-violence-caught-on-tape-again| title= Palestinian, settler violence caught on tape again | author= Lazaroff, Tovah| work=The Jerusalem Post| date= 29 May 2012| access-date= 9 April 2017}}</ref>
*In January 2013, dispute arose between local Jews and Arabs.<ref>http://news.walla.co.il/item/2605613</ref>
*In 2013, settlers from Yitzhar reportedly smashed the window of a mosque in Urif and tried to burn it down.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israelis-burn-palestinian-fields-and-stone-vehicles-in-west-bank-after-father-is-stabbed-to-death-at-settlement-bus-stop-8597810.html| title=Israelis burn Palestinian fields and stone vehicles in West Bank after father is stabbed to death at settlement bus stop| author= Kalman, Matthew| date= 30 April 2013| work=The Independent| accessdate= 9 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/settlers-riot-after-west-bank-terror-attack-6-arrested.premium-1.518394#| title=Israeli settlers riot after West Bank terror attack, 6 arrested| author=Levinson, Chaim | date=30 April 2013| work= Haaretz| accessdate= 9 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.btselem.org/settler_violence/20130502_military_not_protecting_palestinians_from_vengeful_settler| title=Video footage shows the army failed in its duty to protect Palestinians from settler revenge attacks| publisher=B'Tselem| date= 2 May 2013| accessdate= 9 April 2017}}</ref> *In 2013, settlers from Yitzhar reportedly smashed the window of a mosque in Urif and tried to burn it down.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israelis-burn-palestinian-fields-and-stone-vehicles-in-west-bank-after-father-is-stabbed-to-death-at-settlement-bus-stop-8597810.html| title=Israelis burn Palestinian fields and stone vehicles in West Bank after father is stabbed to death at settlement bus stop| author= Kalman, Matthew| date= 30 April 2013| work=The Independent| access-date= 9 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/settlers-riot-after-west-bank-terror-attack-6-arrested.premium-1.518394#| title=Israeli settlers riot after West Bank terror attack, 6 arrested| author=Levinson, Chaim | date=30 April 2013| work= Haaretz| access-date= 9 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.btselem.org/settler_violence/20130502_military_not_protecting_palestinians_from_vengeful_settler| title=Video footage shows the army failed in its duty to protect Palestinians from settler revenge attacks| publisher=B'Tselem| date= 2 May 2013| access-date= 9 April 2017}}</ref>
*In February, 2015, unruly youth from ] defaced the village school with graffiti, with 'Death to Arabs' sprayed alongside the ] in an alleged ].<ref name=haaretz2015/> *In February, 2015, settlers from ] defaced the village school with graffiti, with ']' sprayed alongside the ] in an alleged ].<ref name=haaretz2015/>
*In July 2016, the IDF confiscated in Urif homemade weapons and ammunition, and lathes used to manufacture weapons, as well as apprehending four local residents of Urif who sold such weapons.<ref>http://www.mako.co.il/news-military/security-q3_2016/Article-d5b53b52108d551004.htm</ref> *In July 2016, the ] confiscated in Urif homemade weapons and ammunition, and lathes used to manufacture weapons, as well as apprehending four local Arab residents of Urif who sold such weapons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mako.co.il/news-military/security-q3_2016/Article-d5b53b52108d551004.htm|title = N12 - נעצרו יצרני וסוחרי נשק ליד שכם|date = 11 July 2016}}</ref>
*In 2017, farmers from Urif were prevented from working on their land in Area B.<ref>, April 2, 2017, ]</ref><ref>, April 2, 2017, ], Haaretz</ref> *In 2017, farmers from Urif were prevented from working on their land in Area B.<ref>, April 2, 2017, ]</ref><ref>, April 2, 2017, ], Haaretz</ref>
*In May, 2021, as part of the ]; Nidal Sael Safadi was killed in Urif by the ], while "trying to confront ] who were storming the area".<ref>, Shatha Hammad, 14 May 2021, ]</ref>
*In June 2023, it was the target – along with nearby ] and several other Palestinian villages – of ].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |title=20 Countries Rail at Israel for Settler Mob Attacks on Palestinians, IDF Condemns as 'Terror' |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-06-24/ty-article/.premium/20-countries-hold-israel-responsible-for-string-of-mob-attacks-on-palestinian-towns/00000188-ee31-df52-a79d-fe336eb30000 |access-date=2023-09-23}}</ref> After the attack, the ] (IDF) spokesperson called the incursions and attacks by armed Jewish settlers "] conducted by criminals",<ref name=":1" /> adding that the IDF had “failed to prevent” the attacks, described as “very grave”, and that such incidents "create terror" by pushing the attacked civilian populations "towards extremism".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |author=ToI Staff |title=IDF spokesman slams settler riots that ‘create terror’; far-right MK: It was a protest |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-spokesman-slams-settler-riots-that-create-terror-far-right-mk-it-was-a-protest/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

<gallery>
File:201805 defenseless against settlers violence photoblog jamileh shhadeh urif.jpg |81 year old Jamileh Shehadeh, Urif, who had all her olive trees cut down by ]
File:201805 defenseless against settlers violence photoblog urif2.jpg |"Fight the enemy. ]." Hebrew Graffiti spray-painted by Israeli settlers
File:Itzhar01.jpg |] of ] northeast of Urif<ref>Palmer, 1881, p. </ref>
</gallery>


== References == == References ==
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==Bibliography== ==Bibliography==
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*{{cite book | editor =Barron, J. B. | title = Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 |url=https://archive.org/details/PalestineCensus1922 |publisher = Government of Palestine | year = 1923}} *{{cite book | editor =Barron, J.B. | title = Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 |url=https://archive.org/details/PalestineCensus1922 |publisher = Government of Palestine | year = 1923}}
*{{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=Claude Reignier|authorlink1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H. H.|authorlink2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|year=1882|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp02conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology|location=London|publisher=]|volume=2}} *{{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=C.R.|author-link1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H.H.|author-link2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|year=1882|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp02conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology|location=London|publisher=]|volume=2}}
*{{cite book | last= Dauphin |first = Claudine | title = La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FC1mAAAAMAAJ |volume = III : Catalogue | series = BAR International Series 726 | year = 1998 | publisher = Archeopress | location = Oxford|language =French|isbn= 0-860549-05-4}} *{{cite book |last= Dauphin |first = C.|author-link= Claudine Dauphin| title = La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FC1mAAAAMAAJ |volume = III : Catalogue | series = BAR International Series 726 | year = 1998 | publisher = Archeopress | location = Oxford|language =fr|isbn= 0-860549-05-4}}
*{{cite book |first=R.|last=Ellenblum|author-link= Ronnie Ellenblum|title=Frankish Rural Settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=riHMZiH_Te4C | publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2003|isbn= 9780521521871}}
*{{cite book|title=Village Statistics, April, 1945 |url=http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/Hebrew/library/Pages/BookReader.aspx?pid=856390|author=Department of Statistics|year=1945|publisher=Government of Palestine}}
*{{cite book | title = First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population | author = Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics | year = 1964|url=http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensus1961bits.pdf}}
*{{cite book |first=Ronnie|last=Ellenblum|title=Frankish Rural Settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem|url=https://books.google.no/books?id=riHMZiH_Te4C | publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2003|ISBN= 9780521521871}}
*{{cite book|title=Village Statistics, April, 1945 |url=http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/Hebrew/library/Pages/BookReader.aspx?pid=856390|author=Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics|year=1945}}
*{{cite book|last=Guérin|first=Victor|authorlink=Victor Guérin|title=Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine|url=https://archive.org/details/descriptiongogr04gugoog|volume=2: Samarie, pt. 2|year=1875|publisher= L'Imprimerie Nationale|location=Paris|language=French}}
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Municipality type D in Nablus, State of Palestine
’Urif
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicعوريف
 • LatinOrif (unofficial)
’Urif is located in State of Palestine’Urif’UrifLocation of ’Urif within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°09′34″N 35°13′23″E / 32.15944°N 35.22306°E / 32.15944; 35.22306
Palestine grid171/174
State State of Palestine
GovernorateNablus
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 • Total3,624
Name meaningfrom personal name

Urif (Arabic: عوريف) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the 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 3,624 inhabitants in 2017.

Location

‘Urif is located 7.6km south of Nablus. It is bordered by ‘Einabus to the east, ‘Asira al Qibliya to the north, and Jamma’in to the west and south.

History

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

Crusader period

A woman of Dayr Urif, Sa'ida, was wed to Ahmad ibn Khalid ibn Qudama, a jurist and leader of Hanbali villagers in the Nablus area who fled from Crusader rule to Damascus between 1156 and 1173. Ahmad's grandson Diya al-Din (1173–1245) refers to the presence of Muslims in Urif during his lifetime.

The medieval town of Gerraa, today the ruin of Khirbet Jarra'a, was located to the west.

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 (subdistrict) of Jabal Qubal of the liwa (district) 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.

In 1838 Urif was noted as a Muslim village, part of the Jurat Merda subdistrict, located south of Nablus. In 1870, Victor Guérin found the village to occupy the top of a hill, and having about 450 inhabitants. In 1882, the PEF'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."

British Mandate era

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

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

Jordanian period

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Urif came under Jordanian rule. The Jordanian census of 1961 found 710 inhabitants.

Post 1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Urif has been under Israeli occupation. As of 2014, 3,115 dunams (77%) of Urif land were Area B, while 949 (23%) were Area C. 58 dunums of Urif's land have been confiscated for the Israeli settlement of Yitzhar.

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.
  • On May 26, 2012, settlers from Yitzhar shot a youth from Urif. They then tied him up and proceeded to beat him. Samaria Regional Council head Gershon Mesika said that the shooting was a defensive act against a man who wielded a knife. 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.
  • In 2013, settlers from Yitzhar reportedly smashed the window of a mosque in Urif and tried to burn it down.
  • In February, 2015, settlers from Yitzhar defaced the village school with graffiti, with 'Death to Arabs' sprayed alongside the Star of David in an alleged price tag attacks.
  • In July 2016, the IDF confiscated in Urif homemade weapons and ammunition, and lathes used to manufacture weapons, as well as apprehending four local Arab residents of Urif who sold such weapons.
  • In 2017, farmers from Urif were prevented from working on their land in Area B.
  • In May, 2021, as part of the 2021 demonstrations; Nidal Sael Safadi was killed in Urif by the Israeli army, while "trying to confront Israeli settlers who were storming the area".
  • In June 2023, it was the target – along with nearby Turmus Ayya and several other Palestinian villages – of Israeli settler terror attacks. After the attack, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson called the incursions and attacks by armed Jewish settlers "acts of terror conducted by criminals", adding that the IDF had “failed to prevent” the attacks, described as “very grave”, and that such incidents "create terror" by pushing the attacked civilian populations "towards extremism".

References

  1. ^ Palestinian official: Jewish settlers deface West Bank school, February 26, 2015, Haaretz
  2. ^ 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.
  3. Palmer, 1881, p. 246
  4. ‘Urif Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 4
  5. ^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 803
  6. Ellenblum, 2003, p. 263
  7. Kedar and al-Hajjuj 1994, "Dayr+Urif%22 pp. 147, 149.
  8. Ellenblum, 2003, p. 244
  9. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 130
  10. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 127
  11. Guérin, 1875, p. 177
  12. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP II, p. 287
  13. Barron, 1923, Table IX, p. 25
  14. Mills, 1932, p. 66
  15. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 19
  16. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 61
  17. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 108
  18. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 158
  19. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 25
  20. ‘Urif Village Profile, ARIJ, 2014, p. 15
  21. Israeli Settler Shoots Palestinian in West Bank, May 26, 2012, Haaretz
  22. IDF Inquiry Finds Israeli Youth Tied and Beat Palestinian After Shot by Settlers, June 3, 2012, Haaretz
  23. ^ Lazaroff, Tovah (29 May 2012). "Palestinian, settler violence caught on tape again". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  24. 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.
  25. Levinson, Chaim (30 April 2013). "Israeli settlers riot after West Bank terror attack, 6 arrested". Haaretz. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  26. "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.
  27. "N12 - נעצרו יצרני וסוחרי נשק ליד שכם". 11 July 2016.
  28. Twice barred Palestinian farmer says he will wait for IDF permission, April 2, 2017, Jerusalem Post
  29. 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
  30. Palestinians killed in West Bank as Israeli crackdown intensifies, Shatha Hammad, 14 May 2021, Middle East Eye
  31. ^ "20 Countries Rail at Israel for Settler Mob Attacks on Palestinians, IDF Condemns as 'Terror'". Haaretz. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  32. ToI Staff. "IDF spokesman slams settler riots that 'create terror'; far-right MK: It was a protest". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  33. Palmer, 1881, p. 191

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