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''' 'Azzun 'Atma''' ({{lang-ar|<big>عزون عتمة</big>}}) is a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] village in the [[Qalqilya Governorate]] in the western [[West Bank]], located 5 kilometers South-east of [[Qalqilya]]. According to the [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]], 'Azzun 'Atma had a population of approximately 1,670 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.<ref>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop04.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Qalqilya Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006] [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]].</ref> 3.9% of the population of 'Azzun 'Atma were refugees in 1997.<ref>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/qal_t6.aspx Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status] [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]]</ref> The healthcare facilities for 'Azzun 'Atma are designated as MOH level 2.<ref>[http://wwww.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/BB0D1D0CC89A371F8525706F00517495/$File/healthinforum_HLT_westbank_opt110205.pdf?OpenElement Health care Facilities West Bank]</ref>
''' 'Azzun 'Atma''' ({{langx|ar|عزون عتمة}}) is a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] village in the [[Qalqilya Governorate]] in the western [[West Bank]], located 5 kilometers South-east of [[Qalqilya]]. According to the [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]], 'Azzun 'Atma had a population of 2,068 inhabitants in 2017.<ref name="PrelimCensus2017" /> 3.9% of the population of 'Azzun 'Atma were refugees in 1997.<ref>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/qal_t6.aspx Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status] [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]]</ref> The healthcare facilities for 'Azzun 'Atma are designated as MOH level 2.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/BB0D1D0CC89A371F8525706F00517495/$File/healthinforum_HLT_westbank_opt110205.pdf?OpenElement |title=Updates |access-date=2016-05-24 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20060313002206/http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/BB0D1D0CC89A371F8525706F00517495/$File/healthinforum_HLT_westbank_opt110205.pdf?OpenElement |archive-date=2006-03-13 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

==Location==
‘Azzun ‘Atma is located 8.82 km south of [[Qalqiliya]]. It is bordered by [[Mas-ha]] and [[Sha'arei Tikva]] to the east, [[Zawiya, West Bank|Az Zawiya]] to the south, [[Oranit]] to the west, and [[Beit ‘Amin]] and ‘Izbat Salman to the north.<ref>[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/azzunatma_vp_en.pdf ‘Azzun ‘Atma Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 4</ref>


==History==
==History==
[[Potsherds]] from the [[Iron_Age#Near_East_timeline|Iron Age II]], [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]], [[Hellenistic period|Hellenistic]], [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]], [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]]/[[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]], [[Crusader states|Crusader]]/[[Ayyubid dynasty|Ayyubid]] and [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]] eras have been found.<ref>Finkelstein et al., 1997, p. 290</ref>
[[Potsherds]] from the [[Iron Age#Near East timeline|Iron Age II]], [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]], [[Hellenistic period|Hellenistic]], [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]], [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]]/[[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]], [[Crusader states|Crusader]]/[[Ayyubid dynasty|Ayyubid]] and [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]] eras have been found.<ref name=Finkelstein>Finkelstein et al., 1997, p. 290</ref>
Old stones have been reused in homes, and the mosque is possibly an old church.<ref>Dauphin, 1998, p. 808</ref>
Old stones have been reused in homes, and the [[mosque]] is possibly an old [[Church (building)|church]].<ref>Dauphin, 1998, p. 808</ref>


===Ottoman era===
===Ottoman era===
[[File:Azzun Atma Checkpoint.jpg|thumbnail|right]]
[[File:Azzun Atma Checkpoint.jpg|thumbnail|right]]
The place appeared in 1596 [[Ottoman Syria|Ottoman]] [[daftar|tax registers]] as 'Azzun, being in the ''[[Nahiya]]'' of Jabal Qubal of the ''[[Liwa (Arabic)|Liwa]]'' of [[Sanjak of Nablus|Nablus]]. It had a population of 29 households and 2 bachelors, all [[Muslim]]. The villagers paid taxes on wheat, barley, summercrops, olives, goats and beehives.<ref name=Hutteroth139>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 135</ref>
The place appeared in 1596 [[Ottoman Syria|Ottoman]] [[daftar|tax registers]] as 'Azzun, being in the ''[[Nahiya]]'' of Jabal Qubal of the ''[[Liwa (Arabic)|Liwa]]'' of [[Sanjak of Nablus|Nablus]]. It had a population of 29 households and 2 bachelors, all [[Muslim]]. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3%, on wheat, barley, summer crops, olives, goats and beehives; a total of 4,200 [[akçe]].<ref name=Hutteroth139>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 135</ref>
Potsherds from the early Ottoman era have also been found here.<ref name=Finkelstein/>


The village was abanonded in the 17th century due to internal conflicts.<ref>Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in '''Shomron studies'''. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 347</ref>
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When the French explorer [[Victor Guérin]] visited the place in 1870 it was described it as a large Arab village, then deserted. Many small, square houses were still partly standing, and near the mosque he noticed old columns and large stone from older buildings. Old fig trees and beautiful mimosa were scattered through the ruins.<ref>Guérin, 1875, pp. [http://www.archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr04gugoog#page/n168/mode/1up 143]-144</ref> In the [[Palestine Exploration Fund]]'s ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (1882), it is also described as a "ruined village".<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [http://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/305/mode/1up 305]</ref>

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When the French explorer [[Victor Guérin]] visited the place in 1870 it was described it as a large Arab village, then deserted. Many small, square houses were still partly standing, and near the mosque he noticed old columns and large stone from older buildings. Old fig trees and beautiful mimosa were scattered through the ruins.<ref>Guérin, 1875, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr04gugoog#page/n168/mode/1up 143]-144</ref> In the [[Palestine Exploration Fund|PEF]]'s ''[[PEF Survey of Palestine|Survey of Western Palestine]]'' (1882), it is also described as a "ruined village".<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/305/mode/1up 305]</ref>

=== British Mandate era ===
Azzun Atma was resettled in the early 20th century by people from [[Sanniriya]]. In 1931, it was recorded as a ''khirbet'' of Sanniriya.<ref>Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in '''Shomron studies'''. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 347</ref>

===Jordanian Era===
In the wake of the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]], and after the [[1949 Armistice Agreements]], Azzun Atma came under [[Jordanian annexation of the West Bank|Jordanian rule]].

=== Post-1967 ===
Since the [[Six-Day War]] in 1967, Azzun Atma has been under [[Israeli occupation of the West Bank|Israeli occupation]].

After the [[Oslo II Accord|1995 accords]], about 3.8% of village land was classified as [[Palestinian enclaves|Area B]], the remaining 96.2% as [[Area C (West Bank)|Area C]].<ref>[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/azzunatma_vp_en.pdf ‘Azzun ‘Atma Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 15</ref> Israel has confiscated 2,689 [[dunam]]s of village land in order to construct three [[Israeli settlement]]s of [[Sha'are Tikva]], [[Oranit]] and [[Zamarot]] (Zamarot becoming part of Oranit), in addition to land for the [[Israeli West Bank barrier]], which almost entirely surrounds Azzun Atma, and which also isolate the village from much of its remaining land behind the wall.<ref>[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/azzunatma_vp_en.pdf ‘Azzun ‘Atma Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 16</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Sanniriya]]
*[[Sanniriya]]

==Footnotes==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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*{{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=Claude Reignier|authorlink1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H. H.|authorlink2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|year=1881|url=http://www.archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp02conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology|location=London|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]|volume=2}}
*{{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=C.R.|authorlink1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H.H.|authorlink2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp02conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology|location=London|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]|volume=2}}
*{{cite book | last= Dauphin |first = Claudine | title = La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations |volume = III : Catalogue | series = BAR International Series 726 | year = 1998 | publisher = Archeopress | location = Oxford|language =French}}
*{{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 =French|isbn= 0-860549-05-4}}
*{{cite book|editor1=Finkelstein, Israel | editor1-link= Israel Finkelstein|editor2=Lederman, Zvi|year=1997|title=Highlands of many cultures |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=h5JtAAAAMAAJ |location=[[Tel Aviv]]|publisher= Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Publications Section| isbn = 965-440-007-3}}
*{{cite book|editor1=Finkelstein, I. | editor1-link= Israel Finkelstein|editor2=Lederman, Zvi|year=1997|title=Highlands of many cultures |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5JtAAAAMAAJ |location=[[Tel Aviv]]|publisher= Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Publications Section| isbn = 965-440-007-3}}
*{{cite book|last=Guérin|first=Victor|authorlink=Victor Guérin|title=Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine|url=http://archive.org/details/descriptiongogr04gugoog|volume=2: Samarie, pt. 2|year=1875|publisher= L'Imprimerie Nationale|location=Paris|language=French}}
*{{cite book|last=Guérin|first=V.|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}}
*{{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 | 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=Palmer|first=E. H.|authorlink=Edward Henry Palmer|year=1881|url=http://www.archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]}}
*{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=E.H.|authorlink=Edward Henry Palmer|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]}}
{{refend}}
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==External links==
==External links==
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8376 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.14.jpg Wikimedia commons]
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8376 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.14.jpg Wikimedia commons]
*[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/factsheet/azzunatma_fs_en.pdf ‘Azzun ‘Atma Village (Fact Sheet)], ARIJ
*[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/factsheet/azzunatma_fs_en.pdf ‘Azzun ‘Atma Village (Fact Sheet)], [[Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem]], ARIJ
*[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/azzunatma_vp_en.pdf ‘Azzun ‘Atma Village Profile], ARIJ
*[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/azzunatma_vp_en.pdf ‘Azzun ‘Atma Village Profile], ARIJ
*[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/images/english/'Azzun%20'Atma_ap_en.jpg ‘Azzun ‘Atma, areal photo], ARIJ
*[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/images/english/'Azzun%20'Atma_ap_en.jpg ‘Azzun ‘Atma, aerial photo], ARIJ
*[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/needsfordevelopment/azzunatma_n_en.pdf Development Priorities and Needs in ‘Azzun ‘Atma], ARIJ
*[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/needsfordevelopment/azzunatma_n_en.pdf Development Priorities and Needs in ‘Azzun ‘Atma], ARIJ
*[http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=395 Azzun- Atma: A village encircled by the Wall] 17, May, 2004, ARIJ
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130406145243/http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=395 Azzun- Atma: A village encircled by the Wall] 17, May, 2004, POICA
*[http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=833 Israeli Occupation Forces Expands its Siege on Residents of Azzun Atma – Qalqiliya Governorate] 16, May, 2006, ARIJ
*[https://archive.today/20130415231738/http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=833 Israeli Occupation Forces Expands its Siege on Residents of Azzun Atma – Qalqiliya Governorate] 16, May, 2006, POICA
*[http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=915 New Stage for completing the Segregation wall around 'Azzun 'Atma village in Qalqilyia], 02, October, 2006, ARIJ
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070107044708/http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=915 New Stage for completing the Segregation wall around 'Azzun 'Atma village in Qalqilyia], 02, October, 2006, POICA
*[http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=1203 Azzun Atme village engulfed by two walls] 05, November, 2007, ARIJ
*[http://poica.org/2007/11/azzun-atme-village-engulfed-by-two-walls/ Azzun Atme village engulfed by two walls] 05, November, 2007, POICA
*[http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=1820 Azzun Atmeh village completely sealed off by the Segregation Wall] 01, March, 2009, ARIJ
*[http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090714053950/http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID%3D1820 Azzun Atmeh village completely sealed off by the Segregation Wall] 01, March, 2009, POICA
*[http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=2193 Settlers of the Israeli Settlement of "Oranit" Set Lands of 'Azzun 'Atma village Ablaze] 09, November, 2009, ARIJ
*[https://archive.today/20130415152302/http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=2193 Settlers of the Israeli Settlement of "Oranit" Set Lands of 'Azzun 'Atma village Ablaze] 09, November, 2009, POICA
*[http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=2352 Israeli Colonists Pump Sewage towards a Palestinian School in 'Azzun 'Atma village] 23, February, 2010, ARIJ
*[https://archive.today/20130415150813/http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=2352 Israeli Colonists Pump Sewage towards a Palestinian School in 'Azzun 'Atma village] 23, February, 2010, POICA
*[http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=4020 Azzun Atma Wall Section - Qalqiliya Governorate] 06, December, 2011, ARIJ
*[https://archive.today/20130415182822/http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=4020 Azzun Atma Wall Section - Qalqiliya Governorate] 06, December, 2011, POICA

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Latest revision as of 06:02, 3 November 2024

'Azzun 'Atma
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
Azzun Atma
Azzun Atma
'Azzun 'Atma is located in State of Palestine
'Azzun 'Atma
'Azzun 'Atma
Location of 'Azzun 'Atma within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°07′23″N 35°00′58″E / 32.12306°N 35.01611°E / 32.12306; 35.01611
Palestine grid152/169
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateQalqilya
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total
2,068
Name meaning"The wild olive of Ibn 'Atmeh"[2]

'Azzun 'Atma (Arabic: عزون عتمة) is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western West Bank, located 5 kilometers South-east of Qalqilya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 'Azzun 'Atma had a population of 2,068 inhabitants in 2017.[1] 3.9% of the population of 'Azzun 'Atma were refugees in 1997.[3] The healthcare facilities for 'Azzun 'Atma are designated as MOH level 2.[4]

Location

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‘Azzun ‘Atma is located 8.82 km south of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by Mas-ha and Sha'arei Tikva to the east, Az Zawiya to the south, Oranit to the west, and Beit ‘Amin and ‘Izbat Salman to the north.[5]

History

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Potsherds from the Iron Age II, Persian, Hellenistic, Byzantine, Byzantine/Umayyad, Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk eras have been found.[6] Old stones have been reused in homes, and the mosque is possibly an old church.[7]

Ottoman era

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The place appeared in 1596 Ottoman tax registers as 'Azzun, being in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal of the Liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 29 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3%, on wheat, barley, summer crops, olives, goats and beehives; a total of 4,200 akçe.[8] Potsherds from the early Ottoman era have also been found here.[6]

The village was abanonded in the 17th century due to internal conflicts.[9]

When the French explorer Victor Guérin visited the place in 1870 it was described it as a large Arab village, then deserted. Many small, square houses were still partly standing, and near the mosque he noticed old columns and large stone from older buildings. Old fig trees and beautiful mimosa were scattered through the ruins.[10] In the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (1882), it is also described as a "ruined village".[11]

British Mandate era

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Azzun Atma was resettled in the early 20th century by people from Sanniriya. In 1931, it was recorded as a khirbet of Sanniriya.[12]

Jordanian Era

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

Post-1967

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

After the 1995 accords, about 3.8% of village land was classified as Area B, the remaining 96.2% as Area C.[13] Israel has confiscated 2,689 dunams of village land in order to construct three Israeli settlements of Sha'are Tikva, Oranit and Zamarot (Zamarot becoming part of Oranit), in addition to land for the Israeli West Bank barrier, which almost entirely surrounds Azzun Atma, and which also isolate the village from much of its remaining land behind the wall.[14]

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 225
  3. ^ Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  4. ^ "Updates" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2006-03-13. Retrieved 2016-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ ‘Azzun ‘Atma Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 4
  6. ^ a b Finkelstein et al., 1997, p. 290
  7. ^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 808
  8. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 135
  9. ^ Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 347
  10. ^ Guérin, 1875, pp. 143-144
  11. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 305
  12. ^ Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 347
  13. ^ ‘Azzun ‘Atma Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 15
  14. ^ ‘Azzun ‘Atma Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 16

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