Rujeib

Rujeib is located 4.3 km south east of Nablus. It is bordered by Beit Furik to the east, ‘Awarta to the south, and Nablus to the north and west.[http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Rujeib_vp_en.pdf Rujeib village profile], ARIJ, p. 4

There was a human habitation here during the Chalcolithic era.Jaroš and Deckert, 1977, p. 28Bull and Campbell, 1968, p. 31

Sherds from the Late Bronze Age/Iron Age I, Hellenistic,Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 709Jaroš and Deckert, 1977, p. 44 Roman and Byzantine eras have been found here.

It has been suggested that Rujeib was the Crusader village Ragabam, which was one of the villages exchanged with Bethany by King Baldwin I and given as a fief to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp03conduoft#page/11/mode/1up 11]Conder, 1890, p. [https://archive.org/stream/quarterlystateme21pale#page/33/mode/1up 33] NB: Conder mistakenly places Rujeib on SWP map 14 Pottery from the Crusader era have also been found here.

In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine, and in the 1596 tax-records it appeared as Rujib, located in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal in the Nablus Sanjak. The population was 16 households and 1 bachelors, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, a press for olive oil or grape syrup, in addition to occasional revenues and a fixed tax for people of Nablus area; a total of 3,600 Akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 135

In 1838, Raujib was noted in the El-Beitawy district, east of Nablus, together with Beita, Haudela and Awarta.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/n111/mode/1up 94], [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/n120/mode/1up 103], 2nd Appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/128/mode/1up 128] In 1850/51 de Saulcy noted Roujib on a lower hill than Beit Dejan.Saulcy, 1854, vol 1, p. [https://archive.org/stream/narrativeajourn00warrgoog#page/n121/mode/1up 99]

In 1870, Victor Guérin noted that Rujeib was a "village of three hundred inhabitants more, on a hill whose flanks were formerly, in several places, exploited as a quarry. Cactus hedges serve as enclosures for some gardens."Guérin, 1874, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptionsam01gu#page/462/mode/1up 462] -463

In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestinedescribed Rujib as "A village of moderate size to the east of the plain so named, with a few olives round it."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/168/mode/1up 168]

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Rujib had a population of 250 Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table IX, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n26/mode/1up 24] increasing in the 1931 census to 277 Muslims, in 58 houses.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 64]

In the 1945 statistics, Rujeib had a population of 390 MuslimsGovernment of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p19.jpg 19] while the total land area was 7,038 dunams, 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/Nablus/Page-061.jpg 61] Of this, 235 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 3,410 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/Nablus/Page-107.jpg 107] while 30 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) areas.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Nablus/Page-157.jpg 157]

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Rujeib came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population of Rujeib was 628 persons.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p26.pdf 26]

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Rujeib has been under Israeli occupation. The population in the 1967 census conducted by Israel was 831, of whom 30 originated from the Israeli territory.{{cite web |url=http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/1967_census/vol_1_tab_2.pdf |title=The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version |author=Perlmann, Joel |date=November 2011 – February 2012 |website=Levy Economics Institute |access-date=25 January 2018 }}

After the 1995 accord 28% of Rujeib’s lands were classified as Area B, the remaining 72% as Area C. Israel has confiscated 169 dunams of land from Rujeib for construction of the Israeli settlement of Itamar.[http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Rujeib_vp_en.pdf Rujeib village profile], ARIJ, p. 14

Residents of Rujeib have their origins and family connections in the village of Beita.Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 356

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• [http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Rujeib_1523/index.html Welcome to Rujeib]
• [https://www.welcometopalestine.com/destinations/nablus/rujeib/ Rujeib] Welcome to Palestine
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8373 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.11.jpg Wikimedia commons]
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Rujeib_vp_en.pdf Rujeib village profile], Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/images/english/Rujeib_ap_en.jpg Rujeib (aerial photo)], ARIJ
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/needsfordevelopment/Rujeib_Needs_EN.pdf Development Priorities and Needs in Rujeib], ARIJ

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