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{{Infobox Palestinian Authority municipality {{Short description|Palestinian town in the Bethlehem Governate}}
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'''Husan''' ({{lang-ar|<big>حوسان</big>}}) is a ] town located nine kilometers west of ], in the ]. According to the ], Husan had a population of 5,511 in 2007.<ref name="PCBS"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210081942/http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_PCBS/Downloads/book1487.pdf |date=2010-12-10 }} ]. p.117.</ref>


'''Husan''' ({{langx|ar|حوسان}}) is a ] town located {{convert|9|km|abbr=on}} west of ], in the ]. According to the ], Husan had a population of 7,048 in 2017.<ref name="PrelimCensus2017" />
==Etymology==
In Arabic, ''husan'' means "goodness and beauty". The name may also be derived from Hassan monastery, which later became Husan.<ref name="Husan profile"></ref> In 1881, ] wrote that it came from "hovering round".<ref name=Palmer295/>


Husan is located in the ] of the ], such that it is separated from the rest of the ] by the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=697849|title = وكـالـة مـعـا الاخـبـارية}}</ref>
==History==
The oldest remains found in the village date back to the ]. Other remains date from the post-Babylonian Exile Period and the Middle Ages.<ref> The Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation</ref> The original inhabitants came from the ] and ] in the 3rd century.<ref name="Husan profile"/> Ceramics from the ] era have been found.<ref>Dauphin, 1998, p. 913</ref>


===Ottoman era=== == Etymology ==
In Arabic, ''husan'' means "goodness and beauty". The name may also be derived from Hassan monastery, which later became Husan.<ref name="Husan profile">, ] (ARIJ)</ref> In 1881, ] wrote that it came from "hovering round".<ref name=Palmer295/>
Husan, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the ] in 1517, and in the ] of 1596, the village appeared in the tax registers as being in the '']'' of ] of the '']'' of ]. It had an all-Muslim population of 12 households and paid taxes on wheat, barley, summer crops, vineyards and fruit trees, vegetable and fruit garden, orchard, occasional revenues, goats and/or beehives.<ref>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 115</ref>


== History ==
When the French explorer ] first passed by Husan in June 1863, he noted that it was located on a mountain.<ref>Guérin, 1869, pt. 2, p. </ref> Later, in August the same year, he found that it contained only a small number of people, with
The oldest remains found in the village date back to the ]. Other remains date from the post-] period and the Middle Ages.<ref> The Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation</ref> The original inhabitants came from the ] and ] in the 3rd century.<ref name="Husan profile"/> Ceramics from the ] era have been found here.<ref>Dauphin, 1998, p. 913</ref>
houses grouped around a tower.<ref>Guérin, 1869, pt. 3, p. </ref>


=== Ottoman era ===
An Ottoman village list from about 1870 found that Husan had a population of 115, in 28 houses, though the population count included men, only.<ref name=Socin155>Socin, 1879, p. </ref><ref>Hartmann, 1883, p. , noted 39 houses</ref>
Husan, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the ] in 1517, and in the ] of 1596, the village appeared in the tax registers as being in the '']'' of ] of the '']'' of ]. It had an all-] population of 12 households and paid taxes on wheat, barley, summer crops, vineyards and fruit trees, vegetable and fruit garden, orchard, occasional revenues, goats and/or beehives.<ref>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 115</ref>


In 1883, the ]'s ''Survey of Western Palestine'' described ''Hausan'' as a small stone village on a flat ridge, with a steep valley to the north and a well to the south.<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1883, p. </ref> In 1838 it was noted as a Muslim village in the District of el-'Arkub; Southwest of Jerusalem.<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. </ref><ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 2. p. </ref>


When ] first passed by Husan in June 1863, he noted that it was located on a mountain.<ref>Guérin, 1869, pt. 2, p. </ref> Later, in August the same year, he found that it contained only a small number of people, with houses grouped around a tower.<ref>Guérin, 1869, pt. 3, p. </ref>
In 1896 the population of Husan was estimated to be about 258 persons.<ref>Schick, 1896, p. </ref>
===British Mandate era===
In the ], conducted by the ], Husan had an all-Muslim population of 396, 219 males and 177 females.<ref>Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Bethlehem, p.</ref> This had increased in the ] to a total of 540, still all-Muslim, in 122 houses.<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, p. </ref>


An Ottoman village list from about 1870 found that Husan had a population of 115, in 28 houses, though the population count included men only. Husan was listed as a plain village in the Hebron District to the West of ].<ref name=Socin155>Socin, 1879, p. </ref><ref>Hartmann, 1883, p. , noted 39 houses</ref>
In ] the population of Husan was 770, all Muslims,<ref name=1945p24>Department of Statistics, 1945, p. </ref> who owned 7,252 ]s of land according to an official land and population survey.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref> Of this, 1,972 dunams were for cereals,<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref> while 37 dunams were built-up (urban) land.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref>


In 1883, the ]'s ] described ''Hausan'' as a small stone village on a flat ridge, with a steep valley to the north and a well to the south.<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1883, p. </ref>
===Jordanian era===
In the wake of the ], and after the ], Husan came under ]ian rule and annexation.


In 1896 the population of Husan was estimated to be about 258 persons.<ref>Schick, 1896, p. </ref>
===Post-1967===
Since the ] in 1967, Husan has been under ]. The ] and representatives of the ] reached an agreement in September of 1995 in what became known as the ], and which ultimate aim was to relegate administrative authority among the different sectors of the Palestinian Arab population, in collaboration with Israel.<ref>. Text of the Accord</ref> However, Husan's close proximity to Jewish illegal settlements in the region, and Jewish security concerns resulting therefrom, has resulted in Husan being designated as ], in which designation the ] has no say in security concerns relating to Husan and to its immediate environs. While the town's inhabitants are permitted to seek redress of court-related issues in places administered by the Palestinian Authority, any serious breaches in security are handled by the ].


=== British Mandate era ===
The population in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 1,149.<ref name=67census>{{cite web |url=http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/1967_census/vol_1_tab_2.pdf |title=The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version |author=Perlmann, Joel |date=November 2011 – February 2012 |website=] |publisher= |access-date=24 June 2016 |quote=}}</ref> In 1978, Husan had a total land area of 7,134 ]s. Since the establishment of ] and land expropriations by the ], the town has been downsized to 1,425 dunams.<ref> Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem</ref>
In the ], conducted by the ], Husan had an all-Muslim population of 396, 219 males and 177 females.<ref>Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Bethlehem, p.</ref> This had increased in the ] to a total of 540, still all-Muslim, in 122 houses.<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, p. </ref>


In the ] the population of Husan was 770, all Muslims,<ref name=1945p24>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. </ref> who owned {{convert|7252|dunam|ha acre}} of land according to an official land and population survey.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref> Of this, {{convert|1972|dunam|ha acre}} were for cereals,<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref> while {{convert|37|dunam|ha acre}} were built-up (urban) land.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref>
On October 27, 1996, a 10-year-old Palestinian boy was beaten unconscious by an ], after an incidence of alleged stone-throwing at passing vehicles. He died of his injuries the following day.<ref></ref> In the months of January and February 2017, regional highway 375 nearest Husan was again the scene of frequent stone-throwing at passing-by Israeli motorists with some injuries reported, which prompted the ] to take measures to ensure the safety of all motorists.<ref>, ] (30 January 2017)</ref><ref>''Bakitzur'' - ] Weekly, Issue 387 (16 February 2017), p. 22 (Hebrew)</ref><ref>, Jerusalem Online (19 March 2017)</ref>


=== Jordanian era ===
==Education==
In the wake of the ], and after the ], Husan came under ].

In 1961, the population of Husan was 1,073.<ref>Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. </ref>

=== Post-1967 ===
Since the ] in 1967, Husan has been under ]. As a result of the restrictions following the occupation, many people in Husan have become unemployed, and the economic situation has severely declined, forcing many to work in the service sector and in agriculture to earn a living.<ref name="Husan profile"/> Since 1996, Husan has been governed by a village council which is currently administrated by ten members appointed by the ].<ref>, p. 4</ref> Under the ], 7.2% of Husan’s land was classified as ], the remaining 92.8% as ].<ref>. paragraph: Husan Village: Location & Population</ref><ref>Other statistics published by ] claim that after the Oslo Interim Agreement, 12.6% of total area of Husan village was classified as area ], while 87.4% classified as ]. See: , ], pp. 16–17</ref>

The population in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 1,149.<ref name=67census>{{cite web |url=http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/1967_census/vol_1_tab_2.pdf |title=The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version |author=Perlmann, Joel |date=November 2011 – February 2012 |website=] |access-date=24 June 2016 }}</ref> In 1978, Husan had a total land area of {{convert|7,134|dunam|ha acre}}. Since the establishment of ] and land expropriations by the ], the town has been downsized to 1,425 {{convert|1,425|dunam|ha acre}}.<ref> Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem</ref>

On October 27, 1996, Hilmi Shusha, a 10 or 11-year-old Palestinian boy was beaten unconscious by an ], after an incidence of alleged ] at passing vehicles. He died of his injuries the following day.<ref></ref> In the months of January and February 2017, regional highway 375 nearest Husan was again the scene of frequent stone-throwing at passing Israeli motorists with some injuries reported. The incidents led to measures by the ] to ensure the safety of Israelis driving in the area.<ref>, ] (30 January 2017)</ref><ref>''Bakitzur'' - ] Weekly, Issue 387 (16 February 2017), p. 22 (Hebrew)</ref><ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001052539/http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news/politics-and-military/military/idf-protects-israeli-drivers-in-west-bank-27316 |date=2017-10-01 }}, Jerusalem Online (19 March 2017)</ref>

== Education ==
In 2009, there were five public schools in Husan, two for girls and three for boys, run by the Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education.<ref name="Husan profile"/> In 2009, there were five public schools in Husan, two for girls and three for boys, run by the Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education.<ref name="Husan profile"/>


== References == == References ==
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== Bibliography == == Bibliography ==
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*{{cite book | editor =Barron, J. B. | title = Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922|url=https://archive.org/details/PalestineCensus1922 | publisher = Government of Palestine | year = 1923}} * {{cite book | editor =Barron, J.B. | title = Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922|url=https://archive.org/details/PalestineCensus1922 | publisher = Government of Palestine | year = 1923}}
*{{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=]|volume=3}} * {{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=C.R.|author-link1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H.H.|author-link2=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=]|volume=3}}
*{{cite book | last= Dauphin |first = Claudine | title = La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations |url=http://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 |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 =fr|isbn= 0-860549-05-4}}
* {{cite book | title = First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population | author = Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics | year = 1964|url=http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensus1961bits.pdf}}
*{{cite book|title=Village Statistics, April, 1945 |url=http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/Hebrew/library/Pages/BookReader.aspx?pid=856390|author=Department of Statistics|year=1945|publisher=Government of Palestine}}
* {{cite book|title=Village Statistics, April, 1945 |url=http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/Hebrew/library/Pages/BookReader.aspx?pid=856390|author=Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics|year=1945}}
*{{cite book|last=Guérin|first=Victor|authorlink=Victor Guérin|title=Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine|url=https://archive.org/details/descriptiongog02gu|volume=1: Judee, pt. 2|year=1869|publisher= L'Imprimerie Nationale|location=Paris|language=French}}
*{{cite book|last=Guérin|first=Victor|authorlink=Victor Guérin|title=Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine|url=https://archive.org/details/descriptiongogr06gugoog|volume=1: Judee, pt. 3|year=1869|publisher= L'Imprimerie Nationale|location=Paris|language=French}} * {{cite book|last=Guérin|first=V.|author-link=Victor Guérin|title=Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine|url=https://archive.org/details/descriptiongog02gu|volume=1: Judee, pt. 2|year=1869|publisher= L'Imprimerie Nationale|location=Paris|language=fr}}
* {{cite book|last=Guérin|first=V.|author-link=Victor Guérin|title=Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine|url=https://archive.org/details/descriptiongogr06gugoog|volume=1: Judee, pt. 3|year=1869|publisher= L'Imprimerie Nationale|location=Paris|language=fr}}
*{{cite book|title=Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine|url=http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html|first1=Sami|last1=Hadawi|authorlink=Sami Hadawi|year=1970|publisher=Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center}}
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*{{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 |url= http://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 | 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}}
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*{{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=]}}
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* {{cite journal | last = Socin | first =A.| author-link = Albert Socin | title = Alphabetisches Verzeichniss von Ortschaften des Paschalik Jerusalem | journal = Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins | volume = 2 | pages = –163 | url = https://archive.org/details/zeitschriftdesde01deut | year = 1879}}
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Palestinian town in the Bethlehem Governate Municipality type C in Bethlehem, State of Palestine
Husan
Municipality type C
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicحوسان
 • LatinHussan (official)
Housan (unofficial)
View of HusanView of Husan
Husan is located in State of PalestineHusanHusanLocation of Husan within PalestineShow map of State of PalestineHusan is located in the West BankHusanHusanHusan (the West Bank)Show map of the West Bank
Coordinates: 31°42′36″N 35°08′02″E / 31.71000°N 35.13389°E / 31.71000; 35.13389
Palestine grid162/124
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateBethlehem
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • Head of MunicipalityJamal Sabatin
Area
 • Total7,134 dunams (7.1 km or 2.7 sq mi)
Population
 • Total7,048
 • Density990/km (2,600/sq mi)
Name meaning"Hovering round"

Husan (Arabic: حوسان) is a Palestinian town located 9 km (5.6 mi) west of Bethlehem, in the Bethlehem Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Husan had a population of 7,048 in 2017.

Husan is located in the Seam Zone of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, such that it is separated from the rest of the West Bank by the Israeli West Bank barrier.

Etymology

In Arabic, husan means "goodness and beauty". The name may also be derived from Hassan monastery, which later became Husan. In 1881, Edward Henry Palmer wrote that it came from "hovering round".

History

The oldest remains found in the village date back to the Iron Age. Other remains date from the post-Babylonian captivity period and the Middle Ages. The original inhabitants came from the Arabian Peninsula and Yemen in the 3rd century. Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.

Ottoman era

Husan, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596, the village appeared in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Quds of the Liwa of Quds. It had an all-Muslim population of 12 households and paid taxes on wheat, barley, summer crops, vineyards and fruit trees, vegetable and fruit garden, orchard, occasional revenues, goats and/or beehives.

In 1838 it was noted as a Muslim village in the District of el-'Arkub; Southwest of Jerusalem.

When Victor Guérin first passed by Husan in June 1863, he noted that it was located on a mountain. Later, in August the same year, he found that it contained only a small number of people, with houses grouped around a tower.

An Ottoman village list from about 1870 found that Husan had a population of 115, in 28 houses, though the population count included men only. Husan was listed as a plain village in the Hebron District to the West of Solomon's Pools.

In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Hausan as a small stone village on a flat ridge, with a steep valley to the north and a well to the south.

In 1896 the population of Husan was estimated to be about 258 persons.

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Husan had an all-Muslim population of 396, 219 males and 177 females. This had increased in the 1931 census to a total of 540, still all-Muslim, in 122 houses.

In the 1945 statistics the population of Husan was 770, all Muslims, who owned 7,252 dunams (725.2 ha; 1,792 acres) of land according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 1,972 dunams (197.2 ha; 487 acres) were for cereals, while 37 dunams (3.7 ha; 9.1 acres) were built-up (urban) land.

Jordanian era

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

In 1961, the population of Husan was 1,073.

Post-1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Husan has been under Israeli occupation. As a result of the restrictions following the occupation, many people in Husan have become unemployed, and the economic situation has severely declined, forcing many to work in the service sector and in agriculture to earn a living. Since 1996, Husan has been governed by a village council which is currently administrated by ten members appointed by the Palestinian Authority. Under the Oslo Accords, 7.2% of Husan’s land was classified as Area B, the remaining 92.8% as Area C.

The population in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 1,149. In 1978, Husan had a total land area of 7,134 dunams (713.4 ha; 1,763 acres). Since the establishment of Betar Illit and land expropriations by the Israeli Defense Forces, the town has been downsized to 1,425 1,425 dunams (142.5 ha; 352 acres).

On October 27, 1996, Hilmi Shusha, a 10 or 11-year-old Palestinian boy was beaten unconscious by an Israeli settler, after an incidence of alleged stone-throwing at passing vehicles. He died of his injuries the following day. In the months of January and February 2017, regional highway 375 nearest Husan was again the scene of frequent stone-throwing at passing Israeli motorists with some injuries reported. The incidents led to measures by the IDF to ensure the safety of Israelis driving in the area.

Education

In 2009, there were five public schools in Husan, two for girls and three for boys, run by the Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education.

References

  1. ^ 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. 295
  3. "وكـالـة مـعـا الاخـبـارية".
  4. ^ Husan profile, Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)
  5. Hussan Old Core The Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation
  6. Dauphin, 1998, p. 913
  7. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 115
  8. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 124
  9. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 2. p. 337
  10. Guérin, 1869, pt. 2, p. 385
  11. Guérin, 1869, pt. 3, p. 383
  12. Socin, 1879, p. 155
  13. Hartmann, 1883, p. 144, noted 39 houses
  14. Conder and Kitchener, 1883, p. 25
  15. Schick, 1896, p. 122
  16. Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Bethlehem, p.18
  17. Mills, 1932, p. 36
  18. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 24
  19. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 57
  20. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 102
  21. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 152
  22. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 23
  23. Husan Village Profile, p. 4
  24. OICA - Eye on Palestine. paragraph: Husan Village: Location & Population
  25. Other statistics published by ARIJ claim that after the Oslo Interim Agreement, 12.6% of total area of Husan village was classified as area Area B, while 87.4% classified as Area C. See: Husan Village Profile, Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, pp. 16–17
  26. Perlmann, Joel (November 2011 – February 2012). "The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version" (PDF). Levy Economics Institute. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  27. Husan: A Palestinian Village Undergoes the Segregation Wall Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem
  28. UN
  29. Stoning Attacks Growing More Serious, The Jewish Press (30 January 2017)
  30. Bakitzur - Mateh Yehuda Regional Council Weekly, Issue 387 (16 February 2017), p. 22 (Hebrew)
  31. IDF Protects Israeli Drivers in West Bank Archived 2017-10-01 at the Wayback Machine, Jerusalem Online (19 March 2017)

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