Al-Issawiya

Al-Issawiya

al-Issawiya ( _ar. العيسوية) is a Palestinian village in East Jerusalem. Located on Mount Scopus, it was part of a Jordanian and Israeli demilitarized enclave on Mount Scopus within Jordanian territory. [ [http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/9a798adbf322aff38525617b006d88d7/b150f4c5505cda730525650000381049!OpenDocument Report of the Firing Incident of 26 May 1958 on Mount Scopus UN Doc S/4030 17 June 1958] ] Along with east Jerusalem it was taken over by Israeli forces during the Six-Day War in 1967. In 2006, it had a population of 12,000. Together with Shuafat and the Shuafat refugee camp, al-Issawiya's land area is 15,489 dunams. [ [http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=1096 Israel expands an Army Military Base East of Al 'Isawiya village] Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 2007-07-05.]

The village is under the jurisdiction of the Jerusalem Municipality, but residents are entitled to vote in the Palestinian National Authority elections.Fact|date=July 2008

The girls' school in al-Issawiya is one of five elementary schools in the Jerusalem area that teach philosophy to third-graders as part of a program operating in 70 countries. [ [http://my.mli.org.il/Mli_Pdf/Jen%20Glaser%20Philosophy%20for%20Kids%20Haaretz.pdf Ha'aretz pdf article] ]

In 2005, the Peres Center for Peace inaugurated a synthetic turf soccer field in Issawiya as part of the Twinned Peace Soccer School project. The field was funded by the government of South Korea. [ [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3188124,00.html Peres Center opens Issawiya soccer field] YNet News.]

External links

* [http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=461 POICA land issue]
* [http://www.esawiah.com Esawiah village Website]

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