{{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Al-Judeira | translit_lang1 = Arabic | translit_lang1_type = Arabic | translit_lang1_info = {{Lang|ar|الجديرة}} | type = Palestinian village | image_skyline = BirNaballah9947.JPG | image_caption = al-Judeira in the front of the picture. | pushpin_map = Palestine | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Al-Judeira within Palestine | image_map = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|31|51|30|N|35|11|52|E|region:PS|display=inline,title}} | grid_name = Palestine&nbsp;grid | grid_position = 168/140 | subdivision_type = State | subdivision_name = State of Palestine | subdivision_type1 = Governorate | subdivision_name1 = Quds | established_title = Founded | established_date = | government_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | government_type = Village council | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = dunam | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_total_dunam = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name="PrelimCensus2017">{{cite report |date=February 2018 |title=Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 |url=https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Downloads/book2364-1.pdf |department=Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) |publisher=State of Palestine |pages=64–82 |access-date=2023-10-24}}</ref> | population_total = 2634 | population_as_of = 2017 | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | blank_name_sec1 = Name meaning | blank_info_sec1 = The sheep-fold<ref name=Palmer296>Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/296/mode/1up 296]</ref> | website = | footnotes = }} '''Al-Judeira''' ({{langx|ar|الجديرة}}) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank.

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,634 in 2017.<ref name="PrelimCensus2017" />

== Toponymy == E. H. Palmer of the Palestine Exploration Fund wrote that Al-Judeira means "sheep-fold", after the {{langx|he|גדרה|Gederah}}, "fold".<ref name=Palmer296/>

==Location== 150px|thumbnail|The barrier in northern Jerusalem, which confines al-Juderia to an enclave under Israeli control. Al Judeira is located (horizontally) {{convert|9.3|km|mi|sp=us}} north-west of Jerusalem. To the east is Kalandia, Rafat is to the north, Al Jib is to the west, and Bir Nabala is to the south.<ref>[http://vprofile.arij.org/jerusalem/pdfs/vprofile/Al%20Judeira_EN.pdf Al Judeira Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 4</ref>

==History==

=== Ancient period === Several scholars have suggested that Judeira is the site of Gederah in Benjamin, which is mentioned in the Bible as home to Yozabad the Gederathite, a Benjaminite warrior who defected to David. It is mentioned shortly after the nearby sites of Azmaveth (identified with modern-day Hizme), Anathoth (probably 'Anata) and Gibeon (Al Jib).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ehrlich |first=Carl S. |date=1992 |title=Gederah |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9780300261882-538 |journal=The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary |volume=2 |pages= |doi=10.5040/9780300261882-714|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=I Chronicles. |date=1965 |publisher=Doubleday |others=Jacob M. Myers |isbn=0-385-01259-4 |edition=[1st ed.] |location=Garden City, N.Y. |pages=96 |oclc=917910}}</ref>

===Ottoman era=== In the Ottoman census of the 1500s, ''Jadira'' was noted as a village located in the ''nahiya'' of Jerusalem.<ref>Toledano, 1984, p. 294, has ''Jadira'' at location 35°11′35″E 31°51′35″N.</ref>

In 1838 ''el-Jedireh'' was noted as a Muslim village, located north of Jerusalem.<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/122/mode/1up 122]</ref><ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearc00smitgoog#page/n159/mode/1up 137]</ref>

In 1863 Guérin described it as a small village, with a mosque consecrated to a Sheikh Yassin. In the courtyard in front of this sanctuary, he noticed what was possibly an old Corinthian capital, which had been made into a mortar, where the villagers pounded coffee.<ref>Guérin, 1868, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongog01gu#page/392/mode/1up 392]</ref> An Ottoman village list from about 1870 found that the village had a population of 40, in a total of 13 houses, though the population count only included men. It was also noted that it was located east of Al Jib.<ref name=Socin153>Socin, 1879, p. [https://archive.org/stream/zeitschriftdesde01deut#page/153/mode/1up 153]</ref><ref>Hartmann, 1883, p. [https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_BZobAQAAIAAJ#page/n935/mode/1up 127], noted 17 houses</ref>

In 1883, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it as "a small village on a slope, surrounded by figs and olives, and with rock-cut tombs to the north."<ref name=":0">Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp03conduoft#page/9/mode/1up 9] [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp03conduoft#page/10/mode/1up 10]</ref>

===British Mandate era=== In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ''Ijdireh'' had a population of 122, all Muslims,<ref name="Census1922">Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Jerusalem, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n17/mode/1up 15]</ref> increasing in the 1931 census to 139 Muslim inhabitants, in 31 inhabited houses.<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 40]</ref>

In the 1945 statistics Judeira had a population of 190 Muslims,<ref name=DoS1945>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p25.jpg 25]</ref> with 2,044 dunams 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. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Jerusalem/Page-057.jpg 57] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604193140/http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Jerusalem/Page-057.jpg |date=2011-06-04 }}</ref> Of this, 353 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 1,314 used for cereals,<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Jerusalem/Page-103.jpg 103] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175020/http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Jerusalem/Page-103.jpg |date=2016-03-03 }}</ref> while 7 dunams were built-up (urban) land.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Jerusalem/Page-153.jpg 153] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223307/http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Jerusalem/Page-153.jpg |date=2016-03-03 }}</ref>

===Jordanian era=== In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, al-Judeira came under Jordanian rule.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 328 inhabitants in ''Judeira''.<ref>Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p23.pdf 23]</ref>

===Post-1967===

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, al-Judeira has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 25.4% of the village’s land was classified as Area B, the remaining 74.6% is classified was Area C.<ref>[http://vprofile.arij.org/jerusalem/pdfs/vprofile/Al%20Judeira_EN.pdf Al Judeira Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 17</ref>

In 2005, Israel started the construction of a separation barrier around al-Judeira, Al Jib, Bir Nabala, Beit Hanina al-Balad and Kalandiya.<ref name=BTselem_barrier>[http://www.btselem.org/english/Separation_Barrier/20061126_Bir_Nabala.asp ''High Court approves Bir Nabalah enclave'']. B'Tselem, 26 November 2006</ref> The wall was built on Palestinian land seized by Military Orders.<ref name=ARIJ_Segregation>[http://poica.org/2005/05/israels-segregation-wall-encircles-three-palestinian-villages-in-northwest-jerusalem/ ''Israel’s Segregation Wall Encircles Three Palestinian Villages in Northwest Jerusalem''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070602165144/http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=566 |date=2007-06-02 }} ARIJ, 7 May 2005</ref> The wall completely surrounds the villages, forming an enclave.<ref name=UNOCHA>{{cite web|title=West Bank Closures - Jerusalem|publisher=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs|date=March 2004|access-date=2007-10-14|url=http://www.osa.ceu.hu/galeria/the_divide/cpt18files/jerusalem_closure0304_600.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014151254/http://www.osa.ceu.hu/galeria/the_divide/cpt18files/jerusalem_closure0304_600.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-10-14}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Judayra_1238/index.html Welcome To Judayra] *Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8379 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.17.jpg Wikimedia commons] *[http://vprofile.arij.org/jerusalem/pdfs/factsheet/Al%20Judeira_EN.pdf Al Judeira Village (Fact Sheet)], Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ) *[http://vprofile.arij.org/jerusalem/pdfs/vprofile/Al%20Judeira_EN.pdf Al Judeira Village Profile], ARIJ *[http://vprofile.arij.org/jerusalem/images/english/Al%20Judeira_ap_en.jpg Al Judeira area photo], ARIJ *[http://vprofile.arij.org/jerusalem/pdfs/needsfordevelopment/Al%20Judeira.pdf Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Al Judeira], ARIJ {{Jerusalem Governorate}}

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