At-Tur, East Jerusalem

At-Tur is believed to be the location of the site of Bethphage ({{langx|grc|Βηθφαγή|}}; {{langx|arc|בֵּית פַּגִּי||lit=house of unripe figs}}), a place mentioned in the New Testament.{{Cite journal |last=Avi-Yonah |first=Michael |date=1976 |title=Gazetteer of Roman Palestine |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43587090 |journal=Qedem |volume=5 |pages=40 |issn=0333-5844}}{{Cite book |last=Gibson |first=Shimon |title=The Final Days of Jesus: The Archaeological Evidence |publisher=HarperOne |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7459-5395-3 |pages=20 |quote=Bethphage is identified with the village of Et-Tur on the east side of the southern summit of the Mount of Olives.}} Archaeological excavations uncovered rock-cut installations, a quarry, columbarium, and rock-cut caves. Also found at the site are burial caves believed to date from the Second Temple period.{{Cite journal |last=Mizrachi |first=Yonathan |date=2009 |title=Jerusalem, Eṯ-Ṯur: Final Report |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26579221 |journal=Hadashot Arkheologiyot: Excavations and Surveys in Israel / חדשות ארכיאולוגיות: חפירות וסקרים בישראל |volume=121 |issn=1565-043X}}

The Chapel of the Ascension is located in At-Tur. Located on the Mount of Olives, the chapel is part of a larger complex consisting first of a Christian church and monastery, then an Islamic mosque. It is located on a site which the Christian faithful traditionally believe to be the earthly spot where Jesus ascended into Heaven forty days after his resurrection.

In 1596, the village appeared as Tur Zayta in Ottoman tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Quds of the Liwa of Quds. It had a population of 48 households and 8 bachelors, all Muslim, and paid taxes on wheat, barley, vines or fruit trees, and goats or beehives, a total of 3,200 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 118

In 1838, in the Biblical Researches in Palestine, it was noted as a Muslim village, located in ''el-Wadiyeh’ district, east of Jerusalem.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/122/mode/1up 122]Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 2, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearc01smitgoog#page/n379/mode/1up 347], [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearc01smitgoog#page/n437/mode/1up 405], [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearc01smitgoog#page/n597/mode/1up 565]

An Ottoman village list of about 1870 counted 38 houses and a population of 127, though the population count included only men. It was described as a village on the Mount of Olives.Socin, 1879, p. [https://archive.org/stream/zeitschriftdesde01deut#page/162/mode/1up 162] It was also noted to be in the el-wadije district.Hartmann, 1883, p. [https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_BZobAQAAIAAJ#page/n932/mode/1up 124] also noted 38 houses

In 1883, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described At-Tur as "a small straggling village on the top of Olivet. The houses are built of stone, but low and mean. The church of the Ascension, now a mosque, stands towards the west at the brow of the hill."Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp03conduoft#page/30/mode/1up 30]

In 1896 the population of Et-tur was estimated to be about 474 persons.Schick, 1896, p. [https://archive.org/stream/zeitschriftdesde19deut#page/n228/mode/1up 121]

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, At Tur had a population 1,037; 806 Muslims and 231 Christians,Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Jerusalem, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n16/mode/1up 14] increasing in the 1931 census to 2,090; 12 Jews, 253 Christians and 1,825 Muslims, in 400 houses.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 44]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Et Tur was 2,770; 2,380 Muslims and 390 Christians,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p25.jpg 25] who owned 8,808 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Jerusalem/Page-058.jpg 58] 228 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 2,838 for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Jerusalem/Page-104.jpg 104] while 86 dunams were built-up (urban) land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945; quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Jerusalem/Page-154.jpg 154]

After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, At-Tur came under Jordanian rule.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 4,289 inhabitants in At-Tur,Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p13.pdf 13] of whom 686 were Christian.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, pp. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-pp115-116.pdf 115-116]

During the 1967 Six-Day War, At-Tur came under Israeli occupation, remaining so after the war.

At-Tur has a population of 18,150, mostly Israeli Jews, as well as Muslims and a small Christian minority.{{cn|date=November 2024}} Landmarks in At-Tur include the Augusta Victoria Hospital, the Church and Convent of Pater Noster, where the Lord's Prayer is inscribed in 110 languages,[http://www.netours.com/jrs/2003/pater-noster.htm The Pater Noster Church on the Mount of Olives] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710223932/http://www.netours.com/jrs/2003/pater-noster.htm |date=July 10, 2007 }}, netours.com; accessed 24 November 2014.[http://www.sacred-destinations.com/israel/jerusalem-church-of-pater-noster.htm Church of the Pater Noster (Jerusalem)], sacred-destinations.com; accessed 24 November 2014. and the Seven Arches Hotel.[http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/english/article.php?id=320 Seven Arches Hotel profile]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, jerusalemfoundation.org; accessed 24 November 2014.

The Al-Makassed Islamic Charitable Hospital, a 250-bed medical facility with in-patient and out-patient services is located in At-Tur.[http://www.biojerusalem.org.il/database_hospital.asp?ID=9 Al-Makassed Hospital profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721141435/http://www.biojerusalem.org.il/database_hospital.asp?ID=9 |date=2011-07-21 }}, biojerusalem.org.il; accessed 24 November 2014.

Jewish Israelis have been buying properties in the neighbourhood and have been resettling the Mount of Olives at a growing rate.

On Friday, 24 April 2015, a 16-year-old resident of at-Tur was shot dead by Israeli soldiers at the Az-Zaim checkpoint. The police said he attacked with a knife, but his family denied this.{{Cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.653436|title=Palestinian Tries to Stab Police Officers in Jerusalem and Is Shot Dead, Police Says|last1=Hasson|first1=Nir|date=2015-04-25|work=Haaretz|access-date=2017-03-27|last2=Reuters|language=en}}

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