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Jisr az-Zarqa is the only Arab town in [[Israel]] located on the coast of the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. The intervention of Jews from the neighboring towns of [[Zikhron Ya'akov]] and [[Binyamina]], who relied on the population of Jisr az-Zarqa for agricultural labor, prevented the dispersal of its population in 1948.<ref>[http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8205/8205.ch05.html Sacred Landscape: CHAPTER FIVE<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> |
Jisr az-Zarqa is the only Arab town in [[Israel]] located on the coast of the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. Before the establishment of the state, it was inhabited by members of the [[Ghawarina]] tribe.<ref> [http://books.google.co.il/books?id=HTzSDHxSck4C&pg=PA144&lpg=PA144&dq=jisr+az+zarqa&source=bl&ots=kPP08qJd6D&sig=NjpZIqJ_BcmyZ9cFlojPe4z6x9A&hl=en&sa=X&ei=byuFUpr2MarQ0QWD6IGQCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=jisr%20az%20zarqa&f=true State Lands and Rural Development in Mandatory Palestine, 1920-1948, Warwick P. N. Tyler]</ref>The intervention of Jews from the neighboring towns of [[Zikhron Ya'akov]] and [[Binyamina]], who relied on the population of Jisr az-Zarqa for agricultural labor, prevented the dispersal of its population in 1948.<ref>[http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8205/8205.ch05.html Sacred Landscape: CHAPTER FIVE<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> |
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In November 2002, the Caesarea Development Corporation constructed a large earthen embankment running the length of the 160 meter-wide corridor between Jisr az-Zarqa and neighboring [[Caesarea (Israel)|Caesarea]]. The embankment was built to block noise from the [[muezzin]] in local mosques, [[celebratory gunfire]], <ref>[http://www.caesarea.org.il/template_e/default.asp?maincat=12&catid=53&pageId=187&id_site=9 Caesarea<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> and to reduce property crime in surrounding communities.<ref name="Long Division">[http://friendvill1203.homestead.com/Long.html Long<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>{{dead link}} Residents of Jisr az-Zarqa claim that the national park in the north, the embankment to the south, the highway to the east and the sea to the west, are keeping the town from expanding.<ref name="Long Division"/>{{dead link}} |
In November 2002, the Caesarea Development Corporation constructed a large earthen embankment running the length of the 160 meter-wide corridor between Jisr az-Zarqa and neighboring [[Caesarea (Israel)|Caesarea]]. The embankment was built to block noise from the [[muezzin]] in local mosques, [[celebratory gunfire]], <ref>[http://www.caesarea.org.il/template_e/default.asp?maincat=12&catid=53&pageId=187&id_site=9 Caesarea<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> and to reduce property crime in surrounding communities.<ref name="Long Division">[http://friendvill1203.homestead.com/Long.html Long<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>{{dead link}} Residents of Jisr az-Zarqa claim that the national park in the north, the embankment to the south, the highway to the east and the sea to the west, are keeping the town from expanding.<ref name="Long Division"/>{{dead link}} |
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Revision as of 20:05, 14 November 2013
Template:Infobox Israel municipality Jisr az-Zarqa (Arabic: جِسْر الزَّرْقَاء, Template:Lang-he-n lit. bridge over the blue) is an Israeli Arab town on Israel's northern Mediterranean coastal plain. Located just north of Caesarea within the Haifa District, it achieved local council status in 1963. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) the town had a population of 11,100 residents at the end of 2005. the name Jisr az-Zarqa is a reference to Taninim Stream, which is known in Arabic as the "Blue Stream." The mayor is Az-Adin Amash.
History
Jisr az-Zarqa is the only Arab town in Israel located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Before the establishment of the state, it was inhabited by members of the Ghawarina tribe.[1]The intervention of Jews from the neighboring towns of Zikhron Ya'akov and Binyamina, who relied on the population of Jisr az-Zarqa for agricultural labor, prevented the dispersal of its population in 1948.[2]
In November 2002, the Caesarea Development Corporation constructed a large earthen embankment running the length of the 160 meter-wide corridor between Jisr az-Zarqa and neighboring Caesarea. The embankment was built to block noise from the muezzin in local mosques, celebratory gunfire, [3] and to reduce property crime in surrounding communities.[4][dead link] Residents of Jisr az-Zarqa claim that the national park in the north, the embankment to the south, the highway to the east and the sea to the west, are keeping the town from expanding.[4][dead link]
The town lacks direct access to the main coastal highway. However, an new interchange to Jisr az-Zarqa is being planned. The municipality of Jisr az-Zarka is seeking to promote environmental tourism to the town and its beachfront.[5]
The Israel National Trail, a cross-country trail that runs from Dan in the north to Eilat in the south, passes through Jisr az-Zarka.[6]
In 2011, a women's leadership program was established in the wake of a similar project in the nearby town of Fureidis, to encourage women's participation in political and public leadership positions.[7]
Demographics
The inhabitants of Jisr az-Zarqa are primarily Muslim. There have also been unverified reports of the existence of a small community of idol worshipers or polytheists, who are the descendants of the ancient Canaanite and Philistine nations.[8]
In 2006, the town reportedly had the lowest average monthly wage in Israel.[9] According the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, It also had the highest high school drop out rates in the country, at 12%.[10][11]
A local resident, Mariam Amash, applied for a new identity card in Hadera in February 2008, using a birth document issued by the Ottoman Empire showing she was born in 1888. If verified by the Guinness Book of World Records, this would have made her the oldest living person in the world at 120.[12][13] She died on December 22, 2012 at the age of 124.[14]
In 1998, the first multiple kidney transplant in Israel took place between a couple from Jisr az-Zarqa and a Jewish couple from Jerusalem.[15]
Culture
The film Al Jiser (2004) by Ibtisam Mara'ana examines the lives of residents of Jisr-az Zarka.[16]
See also
References
- ^ State Lands and Rural Development in Mandatory Palestine, 1920-1948, Warwick P. N. Tyler
- ^ Sacred Landscape: CHAPTER FIVE
- ^ Caesarea
- ^ a b Long
- ^ Forgotten Arab Israeli Town Gets Chance to Change Eco-Image
- ^ Israel's new beach town
- ^ In an impoverished Israeli Arab town, women are learning the ABCs of leadership, Haaretz
- ^ The lost Palestinian Jews- August 20, 2009
- ^ "Settlers earn double the minimum wage and more than the average wage". translated by AAD from <http://www.hagada.org.il/hagada/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3819>. 2006 24 August.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); External link in|publisher= - ^ "Jisr al-Zarqa, J'lem, Eilat have highest high school dropout rates". Haaretz. 2006 8 September.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Equal opportunity? Not in our school". Haaretz. 2006 27 September.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Patience, Martin (2008-02-15). "World's 'oldest' person in Israel". BBC News. BBC MMVII. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
- ^ "120 year-old woman files for identity card". Ynetnews.com. 2008-02-12. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
- ^ "Mariam Amash, possibly world's oldest person, dies age 124 (with video)". Ynetnews.com. 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
- ^ "An Israeli and an Arab showing the way". ArabicNews.com. 1998 13 May.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Al-Jiser
Bibliography
- Massarwa, Abdallah (2010): Jisr ez-Zarqa Final Report, Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 122
- Morris, Benny (1994): "1948 and after; Israel and the Palestinians" ISBN 0-19-827929-9. (Chapter 8, p. 257-289: The Case of Abu Ghosh and Beit Naqquba, Al Fureidis and Jisr Zarka in 1948 -or Why Four Villages Remained.)
- Sa‘id, Kareem (2009): Jisr ez-Zarqa Final Report, Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 121
- Shadman, Amit, (2011): Jisr ez-Zarqa, Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 123
