Az-Za'ayyem

Municipality type D in Jerusalem, State of Palestine

31°47′16.41″N 35°15′54.11″E / 31.7878917°N 35.2650306°E / 31.7878917; 35.2650306StateState of PalestineGovernorateJerusalemGovernment

• TypeVillage councilPopulation

(2017)^[1]

• Total6,270

az-Za'ayyem (Arabic: الزعیّم) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 3 kilometers east of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 6,270 in 2017.^[1] The healthcare facilities for az-Za'ayyem according to the Ministry of Health are obtained in East Jerusalem.^[2]

History

1967, aftermath

After the 1967 Six-Day War, az-Za'ayyem has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 3.8% (or 236 dunams) of the land was classified as Area B, the remaining 96.2% (or 5,896 dunams) as Area C.^[3]

Israel has confiscated land from az-Za'ayyem in order to construct two Israeli settlements:

406 dunams for Ma’ale Adumim,^[3]
138 dunams for Mishor Adumim (industrial zone).^[3]

Az-Za'ayyem lies close to Highway 1 to Jerusalem and the az-Za'ayyem check point in the separation barrier.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^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.
^ Health care Facilities West Bank
^ ^a ^b ^c Az Za'ayyem Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 16
^ Humanitarian Events, Monitoring issues Archived 2005-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Barrier March 2004" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
^ Displaced by the Wall: Pilot Study on Forced Displacement Caused by the Construction of the West Bank Wall and its Associated Regime in the Occupied Palestinian territories (PDF) (Report). BADIL. 2006. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
^ "Barrier route July 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-07-16.