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The Al-Makassed Islamic Charitable Hospital, a 250-bed medical facility with in-patient and out-patient services is located in At-Tur.<ref>, biojerusalem.org.il; accessed 24 November 2014.</ref> The Al-Makassed Islamic Charitable Hospital, a 250-bed medical facility with in-patient and out-patient services is located in At-Tur.<ref>, biojerusalem.org.il; accessed 24 November 2014.</ref>


On Friday, 24 April 2015, a 16-year-old resident of at-Tur was shot dead by Israeli soldiers at the Az-Zaim checkpoint, after the youth ran toward officers stationed at the checkpoint wielding a large knife. On Friday, 24 April 2015, a 16-year-old resident of at-Tur was shot dead by Israeli soldiers at the Az-Zaim checkpoint.<ref> Ha'aretz 25/4/2015</ref><ref>, ], 26 April 2015</ref>
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Pater Noster Church in At-Tur

At-Tur (Template:Lang-ar, lit. "The Mount" in Arabic) is an Arab majority neighborhood on the Mount of Olives approximately 1 km east of the Old City of Jerusalem. At-Tur is situated in East Jerusalem, which was annexed by Israel after the Six-Day War in 1967.

History

The Chapel of the Ascension is located in At-Tur. Located on the Mount of Olives, the chapel is part of a larger complex consisting first of a Christian church and monastery, then an Islamic mosque. It is located on a site which the Christian faithful traditionally believe to be the earthly spot where Jesus ascended into Heaven forty days after his resurrection.

Ottoman era

In 1596, the village appeared as Tur Zayta in Ottoman tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Quds of the Liwa of Quds. It had a population of 48 Muslim households and 8 bachelors, and paid taxes on wheat, barley, vines or fruit trees, and goats or beehives.

An Ottoman village list of about 1870 counted 38 houses and a population of 127, though the population count included men only. It was described as a village on the Mount of Olives. In 1883, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described At-Tur as "a small straggling village on the top of Olivet. The houses are built of stone, but low and mean. The church of the Ascension, now a mosque, stands towards the west at the brow of the hill."

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Al Tur had a population 1,037; 806 Muslims and 231 Christians, increasing in the 1931 census to 2,090; 12 Jews, 253 Christians and 1,825 Muslims, in 400 houses.

In 1945 the population of Et Tur was 2,770; 2,380 Muslims and 390 Christians, who owned 8,808 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey. 228 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 2,838 for cereals, while 86 dunams were built-up (urban) land.

Modern era

At-Tur has a population of 18,150, mostly Muslims with a small Christian minority. Landmarks in At-Tur include the Augusta Victoria Hospital, the Church and Convent of Pater Noster, where the Lord's Prayer is inscribed in 110 languages, and the Seven Arches Hotel.

The Al-Makassed Islamic Charitable Hospital, a 250-bed medical facility with in-patient and out-patient services is located in At-Tur.

On Friday, 24 April 2015, a 16-year-old resident of at-Tur was shot dead by Israeli soldiers at the Az-Zaim checkpoint.

See also

References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 330
  2. "Building and Infrastructure Development in East Jerusalem" (Press release). Municipality of Jerusalem. 3 March 1997. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  3. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 118
  4. Socin, 1879, p. 162
  5. Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 30
  6. Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Jerusalem, p. 14
  7. Mills, 1932, p. 44
  8. Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 25
  9. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 58
  10. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 104
  11. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945; quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 154
  12. The Pater Noster Church on the Mount of Olives Archived July 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, netours.com; accessed 24 November 2014.
  13. Church of the Pater Noster (Jerusalem), sacred-destinations.com; accessed 24 November 2014.
  14. Seven Arches Hotel profile, jerusalemfoundation.org; accessed 24 November 2014.
  15. Al-Makassed Hospital profile, biojerusalem.org.il; accessed 24 November 2014.
  16. Palestinian Tries to Stab Police Officers in Jerusalem and Is Shot Dead, Police Says Ha'aretz 25/4/2015
  17. Jerusalem teen killed by Israeli forces in “cold blood,” family says, Ali Abunimah, 26 April 2015

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