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'''Deir al-'Asal al-Fauqa''' ({{lang-ar|<big>دير العسل الفوقا</big>}}) is a [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian]] town located sixteen kilometers west of [[Hebron]].The town is in the [[Hebron Governorate]] Southern [[West Bank]]. According to the [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]], the town had a population of over 1,600 in 2007.<ref name="PCBS">[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_PCBS/Downloads/book1487.pdf 2007 PCBS Census] [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]]. p.118.</ref>
'''Deir al-'Asal al-Fauqa''' ({{lang-ar|<big>دير العسل الفوقا</big>}}) is a [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian]] town located sixteen kilometers west of [[Hebron]].The town is in the [[Hebron Governorate]] Southern [[West Bank]]. According to the [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]], the town had a population of over 1,600 in 2007.<ref name="PCBS">[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_PCBS/Downloads/book1487.pdf 2007 PCBS Census] [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]]. p.118.</ref>

==Etymology==
==Etymology==
According to [[Edward Henry Palmer|Palmer]], the name ''Deir el ’Asl'' means "The monastery of honey".<ref>Palmer, 1881, p [http://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/392/mode/1up 392]</ref>
According to [[Edward Henry Palmer|Palmer]], the name ''Deir el ’Asl'' means "The monastery of honey".<ref>Palmer, 1881, p [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/392/mode/1up 392]</ref>


==History==
==History==
In 1883, the [[Palestine Exploration Fund]]'s ''Survey of Western Palestine'' found here "Foundations, and heaps of stones, caves, [[cistern]]s, and a ruined chapel, apparently [[Byzantine empire|Byzantine]]."<ref name=SWP359>Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. [http://www.archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp03conduoft#page/359/mode/1up 359]</ref>
In 1883, the [[Palestine Exploration Fund]]'s ''Survey of Western Palestine'' found here "Foundations, and heaps of stones, caves, [[cistern]]s, and a ruined chapel, apparently [[Byzantine empire|Byzantine]]."<ref name=SWP359>Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp03conduoft#page/359/mode/1up 359]</ref>


In March 2013, Yusef a-Shawamreh, a 14 year old from the village, who went with two others through the [[Israeli West Bank barrier]] near the village to pick [[Akub]] on part of his family’s land west of the barrier, was shot to death by Israeli soldiers, stationed to prevent unauthorized passage through the barrier. According to an [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] investigation, a-Shawamreh and his partners made a hole in the fence before passing. After passing through the fence the soldiers called them to stop and when they tried to escape shot towards a-Shawamreh's leg but mistakenly hit his waste causing his death. Therefore, the soldiers were not prosecuted. [[B'Tselem]] criticized this decision, claiming that a-Shawamreh was shot without warning and that in any event the decision to put in ambush near the fence and shoot those who pass was illegal.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/1.582534 Nothing short of a war crime] Mar. 28, 2014 [[Haaretz]]</ref><ref>[http://mondoweiss.net/2015/03/bitter-anniversary-shawamrehs The bitter anniversary of Yusuf Shawamreh’s death]</ref><ref>[http://www.dci-palestine.org/update_israeli_forces_kill_palestinian_teen_in_southern_west_bank Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in southern West Bank] </ref><ref>[http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/patrick-strickland/whatsapp-messages-show-israeli-soldiers-knew-they-were-about-kill-child WhatsApp messages show Israeli soldiers knew they were about to kill a child], 21 June 2015, Patrick Strickland</ref>
In March 2013, Yusef a-Shawamreh, a 14 year old from the village, who went with two others through the [[Israeli West Bank barrier]] near the village to pick [[Akub]] on part of his family’s land west of the barrier, was shot to death by Israeli soldiers, stationed to prevent unauthorized passage through the barrier. According to an [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] investigation, a-Shawamreh and his partners made a hole in the fence before passing. After passing through the fence the soldiers called them to stop and when they tried to escape shot towards a-Shawamreh's leg but mistakenly hit his waste causing his death. Therefore, the soldiers were not prosecuted. [[B'Tselem]] criticized this decision, claiming that a-Shawamreh was shot without warning and that in any event the decision to put in ambush near the fence and shoot those who pass was illegal.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/1.582534 Nothing short of a war crime] Mar. 28, 2014 [[Haaretz]]</ref><ref>[http://mondoweiss.net/2015/03/bitter-anniversary-shawamrehs The bitter anniversary of Yusuf Shawamreh’s death]</ref><ref>[http://www.dci-palestine.org/update_israeli_forces_kill_palestinian_teen_in_southern_west_bank Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in southern West Bank]</ref><ref>[http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/patrick-strickland/whatsapp-messages-show-israeli-soldiers-knew-they-were-about-kill-child WhatsApp messages show Israeli soldiers knew they were about to kill a child], 21 June 2015, Patrick Strickland</ref>


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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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=1883|url=http://www.archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp03conduoft|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=3}}
*{{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=Claude Reignier|authorlink1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H. H.|authorlink2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|year=1883|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp03conduoft|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=3}}
*{{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]]}}
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Dayr_al__Asal_al_Fuqa_2123/index.html Welcome To Dayr al-'Asal al-Fuqa]
*[http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Dayr_al__Asal_al_Fuqa_2123/index.html Welcome To Dayr al-'Asal al-Fuqa]

Revision as of 15:25, 29 July 2016

Template:Infobox Palestinian Authority municipality Deir al-'Asal al-Fauqa (Template:Lang-ar) is a Palestinian town located sixteen kilometers west of Hebron.The town is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 1,600 in 2007.[1]

Etymology

According to Palmer, the name Deir el ’Asl means "The monastery of honey".[2]

History

In 1883, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine found here "Foundations, and heaps of stones, caves, cisterns, and a ruined chapel, apparently Byzantine."[3]

In March 2013, Yusef a-Shawamreh, a 14 year old from the village, who went with two others through the Israeli West Bank barrier near the village to pick Akub on part of his family’s land west of the barrier, was shot to death by Israeli soldiers, stationed to prevent unauthorized passage through the barrier. According to an IDF investigation, a-Shawamreh and his partners made a hole in the fence before passing. After passing through the fence the soldiers called them to stop and when they tried to escape shot towards a-Shawamreh's leg but mistakenly hit his waste causing his death. Therefore, the soldiers were not prosecuted. B'Tselem criticized this decision, claiming that a-Shawamreh was shot without warning and that in any event the decision to put in ambush near the fence and shoot those who pass was illegal.[4][5][6][7]

Footnotes

  1. ^ 2007 PCBS Census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.118.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p 392
  3. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 359
  4. ^ Nothing short of a war crime Mar. 28, 2014 Haaretz
  5. ^ The bitter anniversary of Yusuf Shawamreh’s death
  6. ^ Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in southern West Bank
  7. ^ WhatsApp messages show Israeli soldiers knew they were about to kill a child, 21 June 2015, Patrick Strickland

Bibliography

  • Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Palmer, E. H. (1881). 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. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
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