Karim Khalaf was Mayor of which West Bank city for 10 years in the late 20th century?
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Karim Khalaf Karim Hanna Sama'an Khalaf (Arabic: كريم حنا خلف‎ ‎ , 1935–1985) was a Palestinian attorney and politician who served as the Mayor of Ramallah from 1972 to 1982.
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Ramallah Ramallah (Arabic: رام الله‎ ‎   ) is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank located 10 km north of Jerusalem at an average elevation of 880 meters above sea level, adjacent to al-Bireh. It currently serves as the "de facto" administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). Ramallah was historically an Arab Christian town. Today Muslims form the majority of the population of nearly 27,092 in 2007, with Christians making up a significant minority.
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Adly Yaish Adly Yaish (Arabic: عدلي يعيش‎ ‎ , Oɑdlí Iɑoíś ) is the mayor of the Nablus Municipality (Dec. 2005–present) in the central highlands of the West Bank under the Palestinian National Authority.
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Al Jib Al Jib or al-Jib (Arabic: الجيب‎ ‎ ) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located ten kilometers northwest of Jerusalem, in the seam zone of the West Bank. The surrounding lands are home to "Al Jib Bedouin". Since 1967, Al Jib is occupied by Israel and about 90% of its lands are assigned as Area C. About a quarter of the land is seized by Military Orders for the establishment of Israeli settlements. The neighborhood Al Khalayleh was separated by the West Bank barrier. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Al Jib had a population of approximately 4,700 in 2006. The modern village is identified with the ancient city of Gibeon.
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Tulkarm governorate The Tulkarm governorate (Arabic: محافظة طولكرم‎ ‎ "Muḥāfaẓat Ṭūlkarm "; Hebrew: נפת טולכרם‎ "Nafat Ṭūlkarm ") is an administrative district and one of 16 Governorates of Palestine located in the northwestern West Bank. The governorate's land area is 268 square kilometers. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the governorate had a population of 172,800 inhabitants. The "muhfaza" or district capital is the city of Tulkarm.
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Nablus Nablus (Arabic: نابلس‎ ‎ "Nāblus " ] , Hebrew: שכם‎ "Šəḵem ", Biblical "Shechem" "Škem", Greek: Νεάπολις Νeapolis) is a city in the northern West Bank, approximately 49 km north of Jerusalem, (approximately 63 km by road), with a population of 126,132. Located between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, it is the capital of the Nablus Governorate and a Palestinian commercial and cultural center, containing the An-Najah National University, one of the largest Palestinian institutions of higher learning, and the Palestinian stock-exchange.
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Jericho Jericho ( ; Arabic: أريحا‎ ‎ "Arīḥā " ] ; Hebrew: יְרִיחוֹ‎ "Yeriḥo ") is a city in the Palestinian Territories and is located near the Jordan River in the West Bank. It is the administrative seat of the Jericho Governorate, and is governed by the Fatah faction of the Palestinian National Authority. In 2007, it had a population of 18,346. The city was occupied by Jordan from 1949 to 1967, and has been held under Israeli occupation since 1967; administrative control was handed over to the Palestinian Authority in 1994. It is believed to be one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world and the city with the oldest known protective wall in the world. It was thought to have the oldest stone tower in the world as well, but excavations at Tell Qaramel in Syria have discovered stone towers that are even older.
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Beit Fajjar Beit Fajjar (Arabic: بيت فجّار‎ ‎ ) is a Palestinian town located eight kilometers south of Bethlehem in the Bethlehem Governorate, in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 11,000 in 2007.
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City of David The City of David (Hebrew: (Hebrew: עיר דוד‎ , "Ir David"; literal translation to Arabic: مدينة داوود‎ ‎ , "Madina Dawud", common Arabic name: وادي حلوه , "Wadi Hilweh") is an Israeli settlement and the archaeological site which is speculated to compose the original urban core of ancient Jerusalem. First suggested in 1920, the name was used officially from the 1970s, following the capture of East Jerusalem by Israel, but today the name is questioned in the archaeological academic community. In 1997 management of the park was taken over by Ir David Foundation. Although it is located within the Jerusalem Municipality, it is considered a settlement, having been built on land in the West Bank that was occupied by and annexed to Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War and 1980 Jerusalem Law. The international community regards Israeli settlements illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this. It is best known for its Iron Age structures attributed to Judean kings, and it also contains older Canaanite infrastructure dated to the Middle Bronze Age.
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'Azza ′Azza, (Arabic: مخيم العزة‎ ‎ ; also spelled "′Azzeh", "′Azzah" or "Alazzeh") also known as Beit Jibrin Camp (Arabic: مخيم بيت جبرين‎ ‎ ) is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Bethlehem Governorate located within the city of Bethlehem. It is the smallest of the 59 refugee camps in the West Bank and the other Arab countries. It was established in 1950 on an area of 20 dunams and receives services from UNRWA workers based in nearby Aida camp, but inside the camp there are no medical or educational services, so it was fused with the Aida camp to receive services.
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Savyon Savyon (Hebrew: סַבְיוֹן‎ , Arabic: سفيون‎ ‎ ) is a local council in the Central District of Israel, bordering the cities of Kiryat Ono, Petah Tikva, and Yehud. Ranked 10/10 on the Israeli socio-economic scale, it is one of the wealthiest municipalities in Israel. In 2016 it had a population of 3,787 .
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Beit Sira Beit Sira (Arabic: بيت سيرا‎ ‎ ) is a Palestinian village in the central West Bank, located 22 kilometers west of Ramallah and is a part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. The village is situated along the Green Line. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, around 4,000 dunams of its land became a part of the "No-Man's Land" strip between the north-central West Bank and Israel. Currently Beit Sira's jurisdiction is 3,120 dunams, of which 441 dunams are built-up areas and the remainder is open spaces for future construction or agricultural land.
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Sebastia, Nablus Sebastia (Arabic: سبسطية‎ ‎ , "Sabastiyah"; Greek: Σεβαστη , "Sevastee"; Hebrew: סבסטי‎ , "Sebasti"; Latin: "Sebaste" ) is a Palestinian village of over 4,500 inhabitants, located in the Nablus Governorate of the West Bank some 12 kilometers northwest of the city of Nablus. The village's total area is 4,810 dunums, the built up area of which comprises 150 dunums. Much of the village lands (42%) are located in Area C under the Oslo Accords. It is the home of Nabi Yahya Mosque, a former Crusader cathedral.
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Anwar Nusseibeh Anwar Bey Nuseibeh (Arabic: أنور نسيبة‎ ‎ ) Anwar Bey Nuseibeh (1913–1986) was a leading Palestinian moderate who held several major posts in the Jordanian Government before Israel took control of East Jerusalem and the West Bank in the 1967 war. After the Six Day War he became one of the first Palestinians involved in contacts with Israel after it captured the Eastern part of the city and later encouraged his son, Sari Nusseibeh, to make contact with the Israelis.
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Khaled Mashal Khaled Mashal (Arabic: خالد مشعل‎ ‎ "Khālid Mashʿal ", ] , born 28 May 1956) is a Palestinian political leader and the leader of the Islamic Palestinian organization Hamas since the Israeli assassination of Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi in 2004. He stepped down as Hamas' politburo chief at the end of his term limit in 2017.
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Abdallah Beyhum Abdallah Beyhum (Arabic: عبد الله بيهم‎ ‎ ) also written as Abdullah Bayhum (1879-1962) was a Lebanese politician and the 10th Prime Minister of Lebanon.
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Zaki al-Ghul Zaki al-Ghul (Arabic: زكي الغول; born 1926) is a Palestinian politician based in Jordan. Born in 1926 in Silwan neighbourhood, Jerusalem, he graduated from the Palestinian Institute of Law in 1948 and holds a doctorate from John F. Kennedy University in 2006. Since 1999 he has served as the titular mayor of East Jerusalem. Due to the forced shutting down of all councils related to the East Jerusalem municipal services by Israeli forces, al-Ghul holds what constitutes a purely formal position or title without any practical or real authority.
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Nablus Library Nablus Library is the oldest and largest public library in the West Bank. The library was established by the municipality of Nablus with aid from the Jordanian government in 1960. The building itself is a 19th-century Ottoman-era structure, which had a former life as a cafe. Surrounding the library building is a garden, used as a community space for lectures and events. During the First Intifada, while most schools and universities in the West Bank were shuttered, Nablus Library remained open. In the late 1990s the library opened a children's department for the first time. As of late 2013, the library is constructing an audiovisual room.
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Ahli Qalqilyah Ahli Qalqilyah is a Palestinian football team from the city of Qalqilyah, that plays in the West Bank Premier League.
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Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate The Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate (Arabic: محافظة رام الله والبيرة‎ ‎ "Muḥāfaẓat Rām Allāh wa l Bīra "; Hebrew: נפת רמאללה ואל-בירה‎ "Nafat Rāmallāh VeAl Bīra ") is one of 16 governorates of Palestine. It covers a large part of the central West Bank, on the northern border of the Jerusalem Governorate. Its district capital or "muhfaza" (seat) is the city of al-Bireh.
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Kiryat Shmuel, Haifa Kiryat Shmuel (Hebrew: קרית שמואל‎ ) is a neighborhood at the perimeter of the city of Haifa in northern Israel. The neighborhood is bounded by Kiryat Haim in the south and in the west, by Kiryat Yam in the west, and by Kiryat Motzkin in the east. It is located about one kilometer from the coast, with a train station on its border with Kiryat Motzkin. Kiryat Shmuel has a population of 5,500 (2007) consisting mostly of Orthodox Jews. The neighbourhood is named after Shmuel Hayim Landau, a leader of the Hapoel HaMizrachi movement.
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Hanna Nasser Hanna Nasser was the mayor of Bethlehem from 1997 to 2005, being succeeded by Victor Batarseh. Nasser is a Palestinian Christian.