Jiljilyya Explained

Jiljilyya
Translit Lang1:Arabic
Translit Lang1 Type:Arabic
Translit Lang1 Info:جلجليّا
Type:Municipality type D (Village council)
Pushpin Map:Palestine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Jiljilyya within Palestine
Coordinates:32.0306°N 35.225°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:171/159
Subdivision Type:State
Subdivision Name:State of Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Ramallah and al-Bireh
Established Title:Founded
Unit Pref:dunam
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:749
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:632
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:Name meaning
Blank Info Sec1:Jiljilia, Jiljilîyeh, from Gilgal[3]

Jiljilyya (Arabic: جلجليّا ) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank.

Location

Jiljilyya is located (horizontally) 14.11km (08.77miles) northeast of Ramallah. It is bordered by Al Mazra'a ash Sharqiya to the east, Sinjil to the east and north, 'Abwein to the north, west and south, and by Silwad to the south.[1]

History

See also: Gilgal. Several scholars have identified Jiljliya as one of several biblical places named Gilgal. Pottery sherds from the Iron Age II,[4] Roman,[4] Byzantine[4] [5] Byzantine/Umayyad,[4] and the Crusader/Ayyubid[4] eras have been found here.

Ottoman era

The village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Jinjiliyya, being in the nahiya (subdistrict) of Quds, part of the liwa (district) of Quds. It had a population of 8 households, all Muslims. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, vineyards, fruit trees, goats and/or beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 2,600 akçe.[6] Pottery sherds from the early Ottoman era have also been found here.[4]

In 1838 Edward Robinson noted Jiljilia on his travels in the region, and connected it with ancient Gilgal.[7] He further noted it as a Muslim village, located in the Beni Zeid district, north of Jerusalem.[8]

In 1870 Victor Guérin found Djildjilia to have 200 inhabitants,[9] while an Ottoman village list of about the same year counted 14 houses and a population of 49 in dschildschilija, though the population count included only men.[10] [11]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Jiljilia as: "A large village on the top of a high hill, with a well to the south, and a few olives. The ridge is arable land."[12]

In 1896 the population of Dschildschilja was estimated to be about 138 persons.[13]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Jeljelieh had a population of 162 Muslims,[14] increasing in the 1931 census to 212 Muslims, in 47 houses.[15]

In the 1945 statistics, the population was 280 Muslims,[16] while the total land area was 7,283 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[17] Of this, 1,897 were plantations and irrigable land, 1,940 for cereals,[18] while 16 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) areas.[19]

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Jiljilyya came under Jordanian rule. It was annexed by Jordan in 1950.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 490 inhabitants in Jiljiliya.[20]

Post-1967

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

After the 1995 accords, 99.3% of village land was classified as Area A, while the remaining 0.7% was classified as Area B.[21]

Death of Omar Assad

In January 2022, 78-year-old Omar Assad died after being detained by Israeli soldiers. Assad had lived in the US from 1967, was a US citizen, and had returned to his childhood village for his retirement in 2010. The Israeli spokesman stated that Assad was alive when he was released, but this was contradicted by several eye-witnesses. The autopsy found that he had died from “a stress-induced heart attack probably brought on by being bound and gagged and held in a cold construction site.”[22] [23] In February, the US State Department said it wanted a “criminal investigation” into his death.[24]

In October, Israeli spokesperson claimed that a settlement had been reached with the Assad family, and that Israel would pay them 500,000 shekels, (~$141,000), in return for their withdrawal of the case against the Israeli state.[25] However, the family denied this, saying that they had rejected the offer.[26] [27]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Jilijliya_Vp_En.pdf Jilijliya Village Profile
  2. February 2018 . Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 . Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) . . 64–82 . 2023-10-24.
  3. Palmer, 1881, p. 230
  4. Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 557
  5. Dauphin, 1998, p. 823
  6. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 119
  7. Robinson, 1841, vol 3, p. 82
  8. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 125
  9. Guérin, 1875, pp. 167-168
  10. Socin, 1879, p. 153. It was further noted that it was in the Beni Zeid district
  11. Hartman 1883, p. 107 also noted 14 houses
  12. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 290
  13. Schick, 1896, p. 124
  14. Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramallah, p. 16
  15. Mills, 1932, p. 49.
  16. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 26
  17. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 65
  18. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 112
  19. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 162
  20. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 24
  21. http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Jilijliya_Vp_En.pdf Jilijliya Village Profile
  22. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/17/palestinian-american-death-west-bank/ Family of elderly Palestinian American who died after Israeli detention demands international inquiry
  23. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/26/us-citizen-died-heart-attack-israeli-custody/ Autopsy finds Palestinian American man died of heart attack after being bound and gagged by Israeli soldiers
  24. https://www.state.gov/statement-on-israeli-defense-forces-report-on-death-of-omar-assad/ Statement on Israeli Defense Forces Report on Death of Omar Assad
  25. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-to-pay-compensation-over-death-of-elderly-us-palestinian-man-report/ Israel to pay compensation for death of elderly US-Palestinian man after IDF arrest
  26. https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Family-of-dead-Palestinian-American-rebuffs-17504745.php Family of dead Palestinian-American rebuffs settlement offer
  27. https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/omar-assads-family-says-israeli-settlement-claim-lie Omar Assad’s family says Israeli settlement claim is a lie

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