Hasmonean Baris
The Hasmonean Baris was a citadel constructed north of Jerusalem's Temple Mount in existence during the Hasmonean period.
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452 Articles of interest in Palestine
Click on them to get its location and coordinatesGivat Massuah
Givat Massuah (Hebrew: גבעת משואה) (lit. "Beacon Hill") is a new neighborhood in the southwest outskirts of Jerusalem, Israel, overlooking Malha and Emek Lavan Valley. It has a population of 1,100 families, mainly Jews, secular and orthodox.
Fountain of Qayt Bay
Fountain of Qayt Bay or Sabil Qaitbay is a domed public fountain (sabil) located on the western esplanade of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, situated fifty metres west of the Dome of the Rock. Built in the fifteenth century by the Egyptian…
Fountain of Qasim Pasha
The Fountain of Qasim Pasha (Arabic: سبيل قاسم باشا) also known as the Fountain of the Bitter Orange (al-Naranj Sabil) is an ablution and drinking fountain located in the western esplanade of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Ein Shemer Airfield
Ein Shemer Airport is an Israeli army airport in northern Israel, located approximately 6 km east of Hadera.
Teperberg 1870
Teperberg 1870 Winery (Hebrew: יקב טפרברג 1870) is a winery near kibbutz Tzora in the foothills of the Judean hills, Israel.
East Jerusalem Central Bus Station
The East Jerusalem Central Bus Station is an Arab transportation hub serving Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Dome of al-Khalili
The Dome of al-Khalili (Arabic: Qubbat al-Khalili) or the Hebronite is a small domed-building located in the central platform of the Temple Mount (Haram ash-Sharif), north of the Dome of the Rock in the Old City of Jerusalem. The building is made …
Beit Yatir
Beit Yatir (Hebrew: בית יתיר), also known as Metzadot Yehuda (Hebrew: מְצָדוֹת יְהוּדָה), is a religious Orthodox moshav and Israeli settlement in the southern Hebron Hills of the West Bank along the Green Line south of Susiya, and close to the Pal…
Battle of Hill 86
The Battle of Hill 86 was a military engagement between the Israel Defense Forces and the Egyptian Army as part of Operation Horev. It was fought on December 22–23, 1948, and was the first battle of the operation.
Adora, Har Hebron
Adora (Hebrew: אֲדוֹרָה, also Adorah) is an Israeli settlement and a communal village in the Judean Mountains in the southern West Bank, northwest of Hebron. Established in 1984, the community ideologically identifies with the Herut–Betar farming or…
Abraham's Oak Holy Trinity Monastery
Abraham's Oak Holy Trinity Monastery (Russian: Троицкий монастырь и храм св. Праотцев в Хевроне) is a Russian Orthodox monastery in Hebron founded in the 20th century on the site of the ancient Oak of Mamre. The lands were acquired by the Russian Ch…
Zrubavel Gilad
Zrubavel Gilad (Hebrew: זרובבל גלעד, also Hebrew: זרבבל גלעד; b. 9 December 1912, d.
Zaretan
Zaretan (also known as Zarethan or Zeredathah) is a city mentioned in the Bible, as near the location where the Hebrews crossed the Jordan.
Yitav
Yitav (Hebrew: יִיטַ"ב, an abbreviation of Yad Yitzhak Tabenkin, Hebrew: יד יצחק טבנקין, also spelled Yeitav in English) is an Israeli settlement and moshav shitufi in the southern Jordan Valley of the West Bank. Located just north of Jericho and w…
Vered Yeriho
Vered Yeriho (Hebrew: וֶרֶד יְרִיחוֹ, lit. Rose of Jericho) is a moshav and Israeli settlement near Jericho in the Jordan valley in the West Bank.
Umariya Elementary School
The Umariya Elementary School is a madrassa in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City. It is located at the start of the Via Dolorosa, and is adjacent to the Convent of the Sisters of Zion.
Tell en-Nasbeh
Tell en-Nasbeh, likely the biblical city of Mizpah in Benjamin, is a 3.2 hectare (8 acre) tell located on a low plateau 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) northwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank. The site lies adjacent to an ancient roadway connecting Jerusalem…
Tel Burna
Tel Burna is an Israeli archaeological site located in the Shephelah (Judean foothills), along the banks of Nahal Guvrin, not far from modern-day Qiryat Gat.
Shekef
Shekef (Hebrew: שֶׁקֶף) is a moshav in south-central Israel southeast of Kiryat Gat and west of Hebron and falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. It was founded by the Herut movement with Betar and assistance from the Jewish Agenc…
Sdei Trumot
Sde Trumot (Hebrew: שְׂדֵי תְרוּמוֹת) is a moshav in the Beit She'an Valley in northern Israel. It is located about 7 km (4 mi) south of Beit She'an, and Israel Highway 90 passes through it.
Sa-Nur
Sa-Nur (Hebrew: שָׂא נוּר, lit. Flame Carrier) was an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank under the administrative jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council until 2005. Prior to its demolition, Sa-Nur was home to 43 families.
Rafidia
Rafidia or Rafidiya (Arabic: رفيديا) is a neighborhood in the western part of the Palestinian city of Nablus.
Pool of Raranj
The Pool of Raranj is a small pool on the Temple Mount near the Fountain of Qasim Pasha. It was restored during the reign of Sultan al-Ashraf Qait Bey and again in 1527 by Qasim Pasha the Governor of Jerusalem. In 1922, the Supreme Muslim Council re…
Plain of Manasseh
The Plain of Manasseh (Hebrew: רָמַת מְנַשֶּׁה, Ramat Menashe, lit. Manasseh Height) is a geographical region in northern Israel, located on the Carmel Range, between Mount Carmel and Mount Amir/Umm al-Fahm. While it is part of the mountain range, i…
Petza'el
Petza'el (Hebrew: פְּצָאֵל) is a moshav and Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley, 34.5 kilometers from the Green line, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council.
Palestinian Heritage Center
The Palestinian Heritage Center is a Palestinian cultural center located in Bethlehem. It was established in 1991 by Maha Saca.
Nurit
Nurit (Hebrew: נורית) was a moshav on Gilboa Mountain in northern Israel.
Monastery of St. John in the Wilderness
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Megiddo Junction
The Megiddo Junction (Hebrew: צומת מגידו) is an intersection of Highways 65 and 66 in northern Israel, located near kibbutz Megiddo. A major landmark is a large prison (formerly a military prison). Nearby are the sites of some ancient battles of Me…
Manara Clock Tower
The Manara Clock Tower is a clock tower located in the middle of the central square (casbah) in the Old City of Nablus next to the An-Nasr Mosque in the Palestinian territories.
Malha Arena
The Malha Arena (officially Lea and Maurice Goldberg Sports Hall) is the home arena of Hapoel Jerusalem professional basketball team.
Ma'ale Rehav'am
Ma'ale Rehav'am (Hebrew: מַעֲלֶה רְחַבְעָם), is an unauthorized Israeli settlement outpost in the West Bank, located south of Bethlehem and northeast of Hebron in the northeastern Judean Mountains on Road 3698 in the eastern Etzion bloc.
Lakhish Regional Council
Lakhish Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית לכיש, Mo'atza Azorit Lakhish) is a regional council in the South District of Israel. It surrounds the ancient city of Lakhish and the modern city of Kiryat Gat. It was founded in 1955. Today it include…
Khodori Institute, Tulkarm
Kadoorie Institute is an agricultural college located in Tulkarm, in the northern West Bank. The college was inaugurated in 1930 after the British Government had received a bequest from the Iraqi-born Jewish philanthropist Sir Ellis Kadoorie. The co…
Hemdat
Hemdat (Hebrew: חֶמְדָּת) is a village and Israeli settlement in the West Bank located near the Palestinian hamlet of Khirbet Makhoul, in the Jordan River Valley on a plain at an altitude of 178 metres along the Allon Road in the municipal jurisdict…