az-Za'ayyem

az-Za'ayyem (Arabic: الزعیم‎) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 3 kilometers east of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,459 in 2006.[1] The healthcare facilities for az-Za'ayyem according to the Ministry of Health are obtained in East Jerusalem.[2]

az-Za'ayyem
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
Az-Za'ayyem and Az-Za'ayyem checkpoint, from the air
az-Za'ayyem
Location of az-Za'ayyem within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°47′16.41″N 35°15′54.11″E
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateJerusalem
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2006)
 • Total2,459

History

1967, aftermath

After the 1967 Six-Day War, az-Za'ayyem has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 3.8% (or 236 dunams) of the land was classified as Area B, the remaining 96.2% (or 5,896 dunams) as Area C.[3]

Israel has confiscated land from az-Za'ayyem in order to construct two Israeli settlements:

az-Za'ayyem lies close to Highway 1 to Jerusalem and the az-Za'ayyem check point in the separation barrier.[4][5][6][7]

References
  1. Projected Mid -Year Population for Jerusalem Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived February 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
  2. Health care Facilities West Bank
  3. Az Za'ayyem Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 16
  4. Humanitarian Events, Monitoring issues Archived 2005-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Barrier March 2004" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  6. Displaced by the Wall: Pilot Study on Forced Displacement Caused by the Construction of the West Bank Wall and its Associated Regime in the Occupied Palestinian territories (PDF) (Report). BADIL. 2006. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  7. "Barrier route July 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-07-16.


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