Umm al-Qutuf

Umm al-Qutuf אֻם אל-קֻטוּף, אום אל-קוטוף أمّ القـُطـُف
Umm al-Qutuf
Coordinates: 32°28′N 35°04′E / 32.467°N 35.067°ECoordinates: 32°28′N 35°04′E / 32.467°N 35.067°E
Council	Menashe
Region	Samarian foothills
Population (2012)	998[1]
Name meaning	"The ruin with the St. John's-worts"[2]

Umm al-Qutuf (Arabic: أمّ القـُطـُف‎; Hebrew: אֻם אל-קֻטוּף) is an Israeli-Arab village in the Menashe Regional Council. It is located in the triangle.

History

In 1882, during the late Ottoman era, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found at Kh. Umm el Kutuf only "ruined walls."^[3]

Price-tag attacks

In May 2013, three cars were set on fire and the local mosque was desecrated, in an apparent price tag attack for the Tapuah Junction stabbing.^[4][5]

See also

• Arab localities in Israel

References

1. "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
2. Palmer, 1881, p. 150
3. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 64
4. Wadi Ara: Mosque desecrated; 3 cars set on fire, 05.14.13, Ynet
5. Mosque in Israeli-Arab village vandalized in ‘price tag’ attack, May 14, 2013, JTA

A panoramic view from west on Umm al-Qutuf (center) and Barta'a (right); the village on the far hill on the left is Qazir

Bibliography

• Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

External links

• Welcome To Umm al-Qutaf
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons