Beit Safafa (Arabic: بيت صفافا, Hebrew: בית צפפה; lit. "House of the summer-houses or narrow benches"[1]) is a Palestinian town along the Green Line, with the vast majority of its territory in East Jerusalem and some northern parts in West Jerusalem.[2][3]
Since the 1949 agreements, the neighborhood had been divided by the Green Line. Until 1967, the East Jerusalem part remained under Jordanian rule while the northern parts came under Israeli rule.[4] Beit Safafa covers an area of 1,577 dunams.[5] In 2010, Beit Safafa had a population of 5,463.[6]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 287
- ^ Tearing a neighbourhood in two. Ir Amim, February 2013
- ^ "A celebration to one is an affront to the other". The Irish Times. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ "Upending the Traditional Arab Countryside Home (Published 2012)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-05-25.
- ^ Amir Cheshin; Bill Hutman & Avi Melamed (1999). Separate and Unequal: the Inside Story of Israeli Rule in East Jerusalem. Harvard University Press. p. 136.
- ^ "Beit Safafa Housing Project 2010". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2012-09-02.