Ein Rafa
Arab village in Israel
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::summary Arab village in Israel ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Kibbutz"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ein Rafa |
| hebname | עין ראפה |
| arname | عين رافاعين رافة |
| image | EinRafaOct282021.jpg |
| foundation | 1940s |
| founded_by | Barhom family |
| country | |
| district | jerusalem |
| council | Mateh Yehuda |
| popyear | |
| population | |
| population_footnotes | |
| pushpin_map | Israel jerusalem#Israel |
| coordinates | |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = Ein Rafa | hebname = עין ראפה | arname = عين رافاعين رافة | image = EinRafaOct282021.jpg | caption = | foundation = 1940s | founded_by = Barhom family | country = | district = jerusalem | council = Mateh Yehuda | popyear = | population = | population_footnotes= | pushpin_map = Israel jerusalem#Israel | pushpin_mapsize = 250 |pushpin_label_position = left |coordinates = | website =
Ein Rafa ( or عين رافة; ) is an Arab village ten kilometers west of Jerusalem in Israel. Located on the other side of Route 1 to Abu Ghosh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
Ein Rafa was founded in the 1940s when the Barhom family moved from the nearby village of Suba into the valley. It expanded after 1948 when several other families left Suba and settled there. Most of the residents of the village are descended from the Barhom family. In 2007, there was controversy when one home built without a permit was demolished in the village.
Education and culture
In a co-existence project in Ein Rafa, children and teachers from the local school meet with Jewish children for joint activities in which they share food and games and become more trusting of one another.
Notable people
- Tawfeek Barhom (b. 1990), actor
Gallery
File:PikiWiki Israel 9555 Geography of Israel.JPG| File:Ein rafa.JPG| File:Ein Rafa.jpg|Members of kibbutz Tzova on a "courtesy visit" to Ein Rafa, 1948
References
References
- Benny Morris, ''The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited'', Cambridge University Press 2004, p436
- [https://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/family-affair-1.233742 Family Affair] [[Haaretz]], 22 November 2007
- [https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/apr/06/schools.israelandthepalestinians The ripple effect] [[The Guardian]], 6 April 2004
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