Jinsafut

Jinsafut (, Jinṣāfūṭ) is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northeastern West Bank, located east of Qalqilya.The Segregation Wall hits more Palestinian lands in Qalqilyia district
Land Research Center (LRC) & The Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ). 2004-06-15. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,571 inhabitants in 2017.

Fatah's Secretary-General Farouk Kaddoumi was born in Jinsafut.

In 2012 it was decided that Jinsafut and Al-Funduq should be merged under one local council.

Etymology

The name Jinsafut had varied spellings historically, reflecting different interpretations and transcriptions by records and researchers. The unique name of the village, absent from Arabic texts, suggests it retains an ancient title, as is common with numerous locations across the region of Palestine.

According to one theory, Jinsafut may preserve the name of a town called ''Qiryat ha-Mishpaṭ'', mentioned in a 14th-century Samaritan chronicle. The chronicle mentions the town being located across from a village known as ''ʿUskūr'' or ''ʿAskur'', and indeed, to the east of Jinsafut, there exists a place called ''Khirbat ʿUskūr''. This implies "Jinsafut" could have evolved from the Hebrew word "ha-Mishpaṭ" (המשפט), with "Qiryat" possibly being a Samaritan addition.

Location

Jinsafut (including Al-Funduq) is located east of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by Immatin to the east, Deir Istiya to the south, Wadi Qana (in Salfit Governorate) to the west and Hajja to the north.

History

Early Islamic period

According to the ''Continuatio of the Samaritan Chronicle of Abu'l-Fath,'' During the reign of Abbasid Caliph al-Radi (935-940), Arabs from Jinsafut gathered and burned five Samaritans, all renowned in their villages, to death.

Mamluk period

A construction text, over the lintel to a shrine known both as ''az-Zawiyah'', and ''al Kihlwah'', informs us that it was built by ''Mubarak Ibn Salih Alusi'' in the Mamluk era, in the year 791 AH, that is 1389 CE.

Ottoman period

The place appeared in 1596 Ottoman tax registers as ''Jim Safut'', being in the ''nahiya'' (subdistrict) of Bani Sa'b of the '' liwa'' (district) of Nablus. It had a population of 26 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, including wheat barley, summer crops, olives, goats and beehives, and a press for olives or grapes; a total of 8,654 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 139

In 1838, Robinson noted ''Jin Safut'' as a village in Bani Sa'b. In 1870 Victor Guérin described viewing the village from Fara'ata, but did not visit it. In 1870/1871, an Ottoman census listed the village in the ''nahiya'' (subdistrict) of Bani Sa'b. In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' described the village as "a small village on high ground, with wells to the north, and a few olives."

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Jinsafut had a population of 267 inhabitants, all Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p
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Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreementsian rule. It was annexed by Jordan in 1950. The Jordanian census of 1961 found 729 inhabitants in Jinsafut.

1967-present

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Jinsafut has been under Israeli occupation. After the 1995 accords, 4.8% of Jinsafut and Al-Funduq land was classified as Area B, the remaining 95.2% is Area C.Jinsafut Village Profile (including Al Funduq Locality)
ARIJ, p. 17 Israel has expropriated 713 dunums of land from Jinsafut in order to establish two Israeli settlements; Karne Shomron and Neve Oramin.

Places of Interest

Jinsafut houses two sanctuaries dedicated to local holy men: Shaykh Aḥmad in the north and Shaykh Abū Saʿīd in the south.

Centrally located in the village is a khilwah (according to Husseni) or zāwiyah (according to Mayer), both terms denoting a small sanctuary dedicated to private meditation. At its entrance there is a marble slab dating back to 1389, bearing an inscription commemorating its construction by Mubārak Ibn Ṣāliḥ Alūsī. This inscription, accompanied by a heraldic shield, signifies Mubārak's status as a free and esteemed Muslim official, likely serving as a cup-bearer to the sultan, maybe the Mamluk sultan Barquq.

Demographics

The village's residents have their origins in Kafr Qallil and Kafr Qaddum.Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 353 Some families of Jinsafut include al-Ayoub, al-Sukar, al-Saber, al-Allan, al-Nassar, al-Bashir and Eid.Hundreds of olive trees burned by Israeli settlers in Jinsafut Village
Land Research Center. 2007-10-01.

Prior to 1967, Jinsafut had a population of 700, which decreased to 550 after the 1967 Six-Day War; the drop was caused by residents fleeing the village to Jordan. According to a PCBS estimate, the village had grown to 2,122 inhabitants in 2003, then rose to 2,280 in 2006.

Economy

Before 1967, 99.5% of Jinsafut's labor force depended agriculture, particularly on peach and grape crops, as well as raising livestock. The remainder worked in civil jobs. From 1967 to 2002, 91% of the village residents depended on agriculture or working in Israel, 6% were employed in the Palestinian National Authority government and 3% worked in commerce. Since the beginning of the Second Intifada, vehicle movement in Jinsafut has been constricted by Israel, contributing to 93% of the working population being unemployed.

According to the Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem, Jinsafut has a land area of 9,335 dunams; 31.8% is used for growing crops, 4.3% are for heterogeneous agricultural areas, 1.9% for herbaceous vegetation associations, 5.2% is designated as arable land, 3% is built-up area, 8% is used for land for Israeli settlements and the remainder is forest area.

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External links

Welcome To Jinsafut Jinsafut
Welcome to Palestine
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11
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Jinsafut Village (including Al Funduq Locality) (Fact Sheet)
Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
Jinsafut Village Profile (including Al Funduq Locality)
ARIJ
Jinsafut, aerial photo
ARIJ
The Segregation Wall hits more Palestinian lands in Qalqilyia district
15, June, 2004, ARIJ
Tree uprooting and colonial expansion in Jinsafut village
04, June, 2005, ARIJ
Talk of Churchills and Chamberlains
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz, May.16, 2006
Jinsafut village's land devastated for Wall construction
15, January, 2007, ARIJ
Demolition Warnings in Jinsafut Village - Qalqlyiah Governorate
24, February, 2007, ARIJ
House demolition and warning campaign continued in Qalqiliay governorate
11, September, 2007, ARIJ
Hundreds of olive trees burned by Israeli settlers in Jinsafut Village
01, October, 2007, ARIJ
Halt Construction Orders against a number of structures in Hajja and Jinsafut villages
20, February, 2010, ARIJ
Ravaging 60 trees in Jinsafut village in Qalqiliya
15, January, 2012, ARIJ

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