Jinsafut

Jinsafut
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	جينصافوط
• Also spelled	Jensafut (official)
A view of Jinsafut, 2008 A view of Jinsafut, 2008
Jinsafut Location of Jinsafut within the Palestinian Territories
Coordinates:
Palestine grid	162/176
Governorate	Qalqilya
Government
• Type	Village council
Area
• Jurisdiction	9,335 dunams (9.3 km2 or 3.6 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Jurisdiction	2,357
Name meaning	Jinsafut

Jinsafut (Arabic: جينصافوط‎‎) is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate in the northeastern West Bank, located fifteen kilometers east of Qalqilya, and sixteen kilometers west of Nablus. It lies at an elevation of around 430 meters above sea level. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of approximately 2,300 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.

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

History

Ottoman era

File:Omari Mosque in Jinsafut.jpg

The Omari Mosque in Jinsafut, 2008

The place appeared in 1596 Ottoman tax registers as "Jim Safut", being in the Nahiya of Bani Sa'b of the Liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 26 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid taxes on wheat, barley, summercrops, olives, and goats or beehives, and a press for olives or grapes.

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."

Modern era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Jensafut had a population of 267 inhabitants, all Muslims, while in the 1931 census, Jinsafut had 76 occupied houses and a population of 315, again all Muslim.

In 1945 the population was 450, all Arabs, with 9,356 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 1,410 dunams were for plantations or irrigated land, 2,208 for cereals, while 14 dunams were built-up land.

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Jinsafut came under Jordanian rule. After the Six-Day War in 1967, Jinsafut has been under Israeli occupation.

Demographics

Some families of Jinsafut include al-Ayoub, al-Sukar, al-Saber, al-Allan, al-Nassar, al-Bashir and Eid. 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.

External links

• Welcome To Jinsafut
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
• Jinsafut Village (including Al Funduq Locality) (Fact Sheet), ARIJ
• Jinsafut Village Profile (including Al Funduq Locality), ARIJ
• Jinsafut, areal 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