The local defense of the town consisted of 200–300 militiamen distributed along the hills surrounding the town. The Nazareth Range, in which the town lies, is the southernmost of several parallel east–west hill ranges that characterize the elevated tableau of Lower Galilee. Decorated human skulls uncovered there have led archaeologists to identify Kfar HaHoresh as a major cult centre in that era. Bagatti uncovered pottery dating from the Middle Bronze Age (2200 to 1500 BC) and ceramics, silos and grinding mills from the Iron Age (1500 to 586 BC) which indicated substantial settlement in the Nazareth basin at that time. [90] The Israeli government has designated a Nazareth metropolitan area that includes the local councils of Yafa an-Naseriyye to the south, Reineh, Mashhad and Kafr Kanna to the north, Iksal and Nazareth Illit to the east and Migdal HaEmek to the west. T. Cheyne, "Nazareth," in Encyclopaedia Biblica, 1899, col. 3358 f. For a review of the question see H. Schaeder, "Nazarenos, Nazoraios", in Kittel, Ναζαρηνός ("Nazarene") and its permutations are at Mk. [11] The negative references to Nazareth in the Gospel of John suggest that ancient Jews did not connect the town's name to prophecy. (Eusebius, C. Kopp, "Beiträge zur Geschichte Nazareths. [38] The remains of some 65 individuals were found, buried under huge horizontal headstone structures, some of which consisted of up to 3 tons of locally produced white plaster. While Arabs constitute 11% of Haifa's total population, they make up 70% of Lower Haifa's residents. 21. In an Israeli army census in July 1948, Nazareth had a total population of 17,118, which consisted of 12,640 Nazarenes and 4,478 internally displaced persons. [67], Stability returned with the rule of Zahir al-Umar, a powerful Arab sheikh who ruled the Galilee, and later much of the Levantine coast and Palestine. Zoubi argued that the internally displaced refugees were not absentees as they were still living in the country as citizens and wanted to return to their homes. [78], By 1946, the municipal boundary of Nazareth had been enlarged and new neighborhoods, namely Maidan, Maslakh, Khanuq and Nimsawi, were established. This article relating to the British Mandate for Palestine is a stub. [31] Tertullian (Against Marcion 4:8) records that "for this reason the Jews call us 'Nazarenes'." The largest Christian community were the Greek Orthodox denomination, followed by the Roman Catholics and the Melkites. Nazareth has the largest concentration of Christians in the Holy Land but also a two-thirds Muslim majority after the city became a place of sanctuary for many refugees in 1948. A school, al-Harbyeh, had been built on the site by the Ottomans, and the Shihab-Eddin shrine, along with several shops owned by the waqf, were located there. Alexandre, Y. In 1993, the residents of Bilal became official residents of Reineh. Several young protesters were arrested for throwing stones at security forces. They are based at the Ilut Stadium in nearby Ilut. Pilgrims who visited the site in 1294 reported only a small church protecting the grotto. A consistent and effective united Palestinian Arab religious front proved difficult to establish and alternative organizations such as the Supreme Muslim Council's Organization of Muslim Youth and the National Muslim Association were established in Nazareth later in the 1920s. Best Arabic Restaurants in Nazareth: See Tripadvisor traveler reviews of Arabic Restaurants in Nazareth. "The quick and the dead: the social context of Aceramic Neolithic mortuary practices as seen from Kfar HaHoresh." He refused, remarking that he was ‘shocked and horrified’ that he would be commanded to renege on the agreement he, and also Chaim Laskov, had just signed. Archaeologist Yardenna Alexandre adds that "based on other excavations that I conducted in other villages in the region, this pit was probably hewn as part of the preparations by the Jews to protect themselves during the Great Revolt against the Romans in 67 AD". [96] In July 2006 a rocket fired by Hezbollah as part of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict killed two children in Nazareth. International Marian Evangelization Center "Mary of Nazareth" (see here: This page was last edited on 6 May 2021, at 02:41. Nazareth is not spelled with the "z" sound but with the Hebrew tsade (thus "Nasareth" or "Natsareth"). The latter was built as a way for the state to counterbalance the Arab majority in the region. By then, morale among local militiamen was low and most refused to fight alongside the ALA because of their perceived weakness in the face of Israel's perceived military superiority and the alleged maltreatment of Christian residents and clergy by ALA volunteers. Nazareth (en arabe الناصرة, an-Nāṣira, et en hébreu נצרת, Nāṣereth) est une ville du Sign up. Such areas include the Sharqiya and Jabal el-Daula quarters which are in Nazareth Illit's jurisdiction and whose residents had to acquire building permits from the latter city. SHACHAM, Tzvi. "Archaeological Excavations at Mary's Well, Nazareth," Israel Antiquities Authority bulletin, May 1, 2006. On 26 September 1937, the British district commissioner of the Galilee, Lewis Yelland Andrews, was assassinated in Nazareth by local rebels. ", C. Kopp, "Beiträge zur Geschichte Nazareths." Modern-day Nazareth is nestled in a natural bowl which reaches from 320 metres above sea level to the crest of the hills about 488 metres. after 352. Qatayef - or atayef - are small Arabic pancakes stuffed with nuts or cheese and covered with sweet syrup. BABESCH SUPPL. [67] While Arab Christian families continued to live in Nazareth, its status was reduced to that of a poor village. an Arab and Palestinian cultural icon.5 Assaf's victory was also an opportunity for the Arab citizens of Israel to demonstrate their identification with Palestinian nationalism. [63], Archaeologists have unearthed evidence that previous to the erection of the Byzantine-period church at the site of Mary's house in the mid-5th century, Judeo-Christians had built there a synagogue-church, leaving behind Judeo-Christian symbols. [92] There are also frequent demonstrations in support of the Palestinian cause. Cheyne in 1899 Ency. Politically, Nazareth was becoming further involved in the growing Palestinian nationalist movement. The major cities of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are situated approximately 146 kilometres and 108 kilometres respectively, away from Nazareth. Not long after the Israelis began shelling the local militiamen, Nazareth's police chief raised a white flag over the town's police station. ṣar, נָצַר, "watch, guard, keep,"[10] and understood either in the sense of "watchtower" or "guard place", implying the early town was perched on or near the brow of the hill, or, in the passive sense as 'preserved, protected' in reference to its secluded position. A Martin of Nazareth, who probably acted as viscount of Nazareth, is documented in 1115 and in 1130/1131. List of Arab towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus, Palestinian Arab towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nazareth_Subdistrict,_Mandatory_Palestine&oldid=1000223879, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 January 2021, at 05:12. [75], Nazareth was in the territory allotted to the Arab state under the 1947 UN Partition Plan. [67] He also permitted the Franciscans to purchase the Synagogue Church in 1741 and authorized the Greek Orthodox community to build St. Gabriel's Church in 1767. The Muslim mayor of Nazareth, Yusef Fahum requested a halt to all resistance put up by Nazarenes to prevent the town's destruction. Bagatti writes: "we are not certain that it was found in Nazareth, even though it came from Nazareth to Paris. Biblica, "Nazareth"; Lidzbarski [Kittel p. 878]; Kennard [JBL 65:2,134 ff. In Syriac Aramaic Nasrath (ܢܨܪܬ) is used for Nazareth, while "Nazarenes" (Acts 24:5) and "of Nazareth" are both Nasrani or Nasraya (ܕܢܨܪܝܐ) an adjectival form. Around 570, the Anonymous of Piacenza reports travelling from Sepphoris to Nazareth. Among these are those already mentioned, called Desposyni, on account of their connection with the family of the Saviour. [60], In the 6th century, religious narrations from local Christians about the Virgin Mary began to spark interest in the site among pilgrims, who founded the first church at the location of the current Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation at the site of a freshwater spring, today known as Mary's Well. The Ottoman Sultan, who favored the French, allowed them to establish an orphanage, the Society of Saint Francis de Sale. [94] On 13 May, during a football match in Nahariya, a riot broke out between Arab and Jewish fans, resulting in a Jewish man being stabbed and 54 people, mostly Arabs, being arrested. In 1838, there were 325 Christian families (half of whom were Greek Orthodox, the remainder belonged to various Catholic churches) and 120 Muslim families. However, it is suspected that this inscription came to Nazareth from somewhere else (possibly Sepphoris). Lower Galilee During the Iron Age (American Schools of Oriental Research, Eisenbrauns, 1992) p. 15; Yavor, Z. Fr. There he records seeing in the Jewish synagogue the books from which Jesus learnt his letters, and a bench where he sat. [112] During the war and in the following months, internally displaced persons from Saffuriya established the Safafra Quarter, named after their former village. Second, practically all Israeli mixed cities are engaged in institutional discrimination against new Palestinian Arab renters and homeowners, but new mixed cities, especially Upper Nazareth, which is the largest new mixed city, appear to be even more determined to justify the preservation of their Jewish majority and character than the old mixed cities. [28], The first non-Christian reference to Nazareth is an inscription on a marble fragment from a synagogue found in Caesarea Maritima in 1962. [14] This has led some scholars to question whether "Nazareth" and its cognates in the New Testament actually refer to the settlement known traditionally as Nazareth in Lower Galilee. Twelve hours after defying his superior, he was relieved of his post, but not before obtaining assurances that the security of Nazareth's population would be guaranteed. [14] The minor variants, Nazarat and Nazarath are also attested. [109], For much of the British Mandatory period (1922–1948), Nazareth had a Christian majority (mostly Orthodox Christians) and a Muslim minority. [76], Nazareth was relatively slow to modernize. [103] In 2009, the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics reported that Nazareth's Arab population was 69% Muslim and 30.9% Christian. While other towns already had wired electricity, Nazareth delayed its electrification until the 1930s and invested instead in improving its water supply system. A rally in Nazareth on 19 May followed, in which thousands of Arabs protested against "racist attacks" against the Arab fans and discriminatory policies against Arabs in general. 254–55). [15] Such linguistic discrepancies may be explained, however, by "a peculiarity of the 'Palestinian' Aramaic dialect wherein a sade (ṣ) between two voiced (sonant) consonants tended to be partially assimilated by taking on a zayin (z) sound". [90] Nazareth's municipal plans for expansion prior to the establishment of Nazareth Illit, were to the north and east, areas that the latter city now occupy. "[54] Princeton University archaeologist Jack Finnegan describes additional archaeological evidence related to settlement in the Nazareth basin during the Bronze and Iron Ages, and states that "Nazareth was a strongly Jewish settlement in the Roman period. [100] Nazareth is about 25 kilometres from the Sea of Galilee and about 9 kilometres west from Mount Tabor. [67], In 1263, Baybars, the Mamluk Sultan, destroyed the Christian buildings in Nazareth and declared the site off-limits to Latin clergy, as part of his bid to drive out the remaining Crusaders from Palestine. [80], Most of the fighting around Nazareth occurred in its satellite villages, particularly in Saffuriya, whose residents put up resistance until largely dispersing following Israeli air raids on 15 July. 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[61] Writing of the beauty of the Hebrew women there, he records them saying St. Mary was a relative of theirs, and notes that, "The house of St. Mary is a basilica. [19] "Nazaréth" is named twelve times in surviving Greek manuscript versions of the New Testament, 10 times as Nazaréth or Nazarét,[20] and twice as Nazará. The Christians of Nazareth were protected during the massacres of 1860 by Aqil Agha, the Bedouin leader who exercised control over the Galilee between 1845 and 1870. [4], In 2011, Nazareth had over 20 Arab-owned high-tech companies, mostly in the field of software development. Other local clubs are Al-Nahda Nazareth, currently plays in Liga Bet, Beitar al-Amal Nazareth, Hapoel Bnei Nazareth and Hapoel al-Ittihad Nazareth all play in Liga Gimel. [21] Nazara (Ναζαρά) might be the earliest form of the name in Greek, going back to the putative Q document. [89], As of the early 1990s, no city plans drafted by Nazareth Municipality have been approved by the government (both the British Mandate and later Israel) since 1942. At Nazareth there lived various vendors of antiquities who got ancient material from several places. ", Bindu Malieckal (2005) Muslims, Matriliny, and A Midsummer Night's Dream: European Encounters with the Mappilas of Malabar, India; The Muslim World Volume 95 Issue 2 page 300. Decorated human skulls uncovered there have led archaeologists to identify Kfar HaHoresh as a major cult centre in that era.[39]. 2012. Nazareth has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa). After the Ottomans regained control, European money continued to flow into Nazareth and new institutions were established. [45] In the same passage Africanus writes of desposunoi – relatives of Jesus – who he claims kept the records of their descent with great care. Our Arabic classes consist of small groups, averaging one to three students. The ancient diocese of Scythopolis was relocated under the Archbishop of Nazareth, as one of the four archdioceses in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. It is found in Matthew 4:13 and Luke 4:16. [93] During the First Intifada (1987–1993), May Day marchers vocally supported the Palestinian uprising. [4], In 1918, Nazareth had an estimated population of 8,000, two-thirds Christian. In 1862, the population estimate was lower (3,120) and Christians formed a substantial majority of over 78%. It was located around the city of Nazareth. Bagatti, who acted as the principal archaeologist for the venerated sites in Nazareth, unearthed quantities of later Roman and Byzantine artifacts,[122] attesting to unambiguous human presence there from the 2nd century AD onward. +972 Magazine is nonprofit journalism based on the ground in Israel-Palestine. In the Qur'an, Christians are referred to as naṣārā, meaning "followers of an-Nāṣirī", or "those who follow Jesus of Nazareth". For the name, see, Show map of Northern Haifa region of Israel, "Venerated area" near the Basilica of the Annunciation, R. H. Mounce, "Nazareth", in Geoffrey W. Bromiley (ed.). 2012. Napoleon visited the holy sites and considered appointing his general Jean-Andoche Junot as the duke of Nazareth. Books of Chronicles - 1 Chronicles 24:7–19 and Book of Nehemiah - Nehemiah 11;12), with each course (or family) assigned its proper order and the name of each town or village in Galilee where it settled. [105] The greater Nazareth metropolitan area includes Nof HaGalil, Yafa an-Naseriyye, Reineh, Migdal HaEmek, Ein Mahil, Ilut, Kafr Kanna, Mashhad and Iksal. According to the Haaretz newspaper the city has been called the "Silicon Valley of the Arab community" in view of its potential in this sphere. [73] In 1914, Nazareth consisted of eight quarters: 'Araq, Farah, Jami', Khanuq, Maidan, Mazazwa, Sharqiya and Shufani. [81] During the ten days of fighting which occurred between the first and second truce, Nazareth capitulated to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel on 16 July, after little more than token resistance. So here are facts and only facts: Nazareth is a city within the State of Israel. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the district disintegrated; having fallen entirely within Modern-day Israel, it was merged with the Beisan Subdistrict into the Jezreel Subdistrict. Among them was the mayor of Nazareth, ʿAli Salam, and [13] If there were a tsade (צ) in the original Semitic form, as in the later Hebrew forms, it would normally have been transcribed in Greek with a sigma (σ) instead of a zeta (ζ). Thus, the remaining area within the city's municipal boundaries available for expansion were to the northwest and the south, where the topography restricted urban development. Mary's Well, Nazareth. Arab localities in Israel include all population centers with a 50% or higher Arab population in Israel. pp. Gal, Z. [60] The Christian Byzantine author Eutychius claimed that Jewish people of Nazareth helped the Persians carry out their slaughter of the Christians. "[50][51][40], Other sources state that during Jesus' time, Nazareth had a population of 400 and one public bath, which was important for civic and religious purposes, as a mikva. However, some modern scholars also regard Nazareth as the birthplace of Jesus. We believe that is the key to efficient language learning. Tensions between Nazareth's inhabitants and the state came to a head during a 1958 May Day rally where marchers demanded that refugees be allowed to return to their villages, an end to land expropriation, and self-determination for Palestinians. The city's main football club, Ahi Nazareth, currently plays in Liga Leumit, the second tier of Israeli football. [14][dubious – discuss] However, the Textus Receptus clearly translates all passages as Nazara leaving little room for debate there. Nazareth is the largest Arab city in Israel. [57] From this scarce notice, it has been concluded that a small church which encompassed a cave complex might have been located in Nazareth in the early 4th century,"[58] although the town was Jewish until the 7th century CE. On 5 January 1964, Pope Paul VI included Nazareth in the first ever papal visit to the Holy Land. Other new or expanded government offices included a headquarters for the district commissioner at the former Ottoman military barracks, and offices for the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Survey and Settlement. In the New Testament Nazareth is associated with Jesus as his boyhood home, and in its synagogue he preached the sermon that led to his rejection by his fellow townsmen. Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society, vol. Get Our Weekly Newsletter. [22], Many scholars have questioned a link between "Nazareth" and the terms "Nazarene" and "Nazoraean" on linguistic grounds,[23] while some affirm the possibility of etymological relation "given the idiosyncrasies of Galilean Aramaic. [127] Excavations in 1997–98 revealed remains dating from the Roman, Crusader, Mamluk and Ottoman periods.[128][129][130][131][132]. There is an Arab deputy mayor, Dr. Shukri Awada, but only 6 percent, at most, of municipal employees are Arab. In 1997, permission was granted to construct a paved plaza to handle the thousands of Christian pilgrims expected to arrive. [16], In Luke's Gospel, Nazareth is first described as 'a town of Galilee' and home of Mary (Luke 1:26). [69] Zahir commissioned the construction of a government house known as the Seraya, which served as the city's municipal headquarters until 1991. [66] Nazareth was the original site of the Latin Patriarch, also established by Tancred. Gal. Kuhnen, "Palaestina in Griechisch-Roemischer Zeit," (Muenchen, C. Beck, 1990, pp. At one point, some 20,000 mostly Muslim internally displaced persons were present in the city. "[62] Constantine the Great that churches be built in Jewish cities, and Nazareth was one of the places designated for this purpose, although construction of churches apparently only started decades after Constantine's death, i.e. [63], The Arab Muslim invasion of 638 had no immediate impact on the Christians of Nazareth and their churches, since Bishop Arculf remembered seeing there around 670 CE two churches, one at the house of Joseph where Jesus had lived as a child, and one at the house of Mary where she received the Annunciation - but no synagogue, which had possibly been transformed into a mosque. East Jerusalem and Golan Heights are not internationally recognized parts of Israel proper but have been included in this list. He transformed Nazareth from a minor village into a large town by encouraging immigration to it. "[48] Strange originally calculated the population of Nazareth at the time of Christ as "roughly 1,600 to 2,000 people" but, in a subsequent publication that followed more than a decade of additional research, revised this figure down to "a maximum of about 480. [67] In 1871 Christ Church, the city's only Anglican church, was completed under the leadership of the Rev John Zeller and consecrated by Bishop Samuel Gobat. Ilut was designated by the Interior Ministry as a separate local council in 1991. [68] He ensured Nazareth's security for other reasons as well, among them strengthening ties with France by protecting the Christian community and protecting one of his wives who resided in Nazareth. Although she worked for the Arabic newspapers and periodicals, her work included numerous poems and books. [73], In the 1936–1939 Arab Revolt, Nazareth played a minor role, contributing two rebel commanders out of 281 rebel commanders active in the country. [124], Noteworthy is that all the post-Iron Age tombs in the Nazareth basin (approximately two dozen) are of the kokh (plural kokhim) or later types; this type probably first appeared in Galilee in the middle of the 1st century AD. The remains of some 65 individuals were found, buried under huge horizontal headstone structures, some of which consisted of up to 3 tons of locally produced white plaster. Arab satellite towns are closely located to the north, west and southwest. [106], During the late Ottoman era, the religious majority of the city fluctuated. The Exhibition was held in the Mary’s Well district of Nazareth in the same building as the Golden Crown Hotel. [87] Knesset member Seif el-Din el-Zoubi, who represented Nazareth, actively opposed the Absentees' Property Law, which allowed state expropriation of land from Arab citizens who were not permitted to return to their original villages. Over 40 Palestinian-owned and operated companies… [46], James F. Strange, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Southern Florida,[47] notes: "Nazareth is not mentioned in ancient Jewish sources earlier than the third century CE. 67–79. The iconic cartoon character Handala, the symbol of Palestinian hopes, stands alongside text in Arabic, English and Hebrew. [14] The former two may retain the 'feminine' endings common in Galilean toponyms. to be buried. Representatives of Nazareth opposed the Zionist movement, sending a delegation to the 1919 First Palestine Arab Congress and issuing a letter of protest in 1920 that condemned the movement while also proclaiming solidarity with the Jews of Palestine. [69], Zahir authorized the Franciscans to build a church in 1730. [65], In 1099, the Crusader Tancred captured Galilee and established his capital in Nazareth. In the 1931 census, the population grew to 8,756 and the ratio of Muslims increased to 37%. John Dominic Crossan, a noted New Testament scholar, remarked that Bagatti's archaeological drawings indicate just how small the village actually was, suggesting that it was little more than an insignificant hamlet. Pilgrimage tours to surrounding sacred sites were organised by the Franciscans, but the monks suffered harassment from surrounding Bedouin tribes who often kidnapped them for ransom. [92], Preparations for the Pope's visit to Nazareth in 2000 triggered highly publicized tensions related to the Basilica of the Annunciation. [59], The Christian monk and Bible translator Jerome, writing at the beginning of the 5th century, says Nazareth was a viculus or mere village. [70], Nazareth's Christian community did not fare well under Zahir's Ottoman successor, Jazzar Pasha (r. 1776–1804), and friction increased between its Christians and Muslim peasants from the surrounding villages. [126], In the mid-1990s, a shopkeeper discovered tunnels under his shop near Mary's Well in Nazareth. The two were Nazareth native and Christian Fu'ad Nassar and Nazareth resident and Indur native Tawfiq al-Ibrahim. [98], Two locations for Nazareth are cited in ancient texts: the Galilean (northern) location in the Christian gospels and a southern (Judean) location mentioned in several early noncanonical texts.[99]. These estimates during the late Ottoman era likely represented crude figures. Jerusalem, IAA Reports 49. [123], Remains of a residential house dating to the Early Roman period were discovered in 2009 next to the Basilica of the Annunciation and are on display in the "International Marian Center of Nazareth". David Ben-Gurion backed his judgement up, fearing that expelling Christian Arabs might provoke an outcry throughout the Christian world. It is the only urban area with over 50,000 residents in Israel where the majority of the population is Arab. Die PLO strebt unter Führung von Mahmud Abbas, dessen Präsidentschaft eines Staates Palästina von seiner Rolle als Präsident der Palästinensischen Autonomiebehörde getrennt ist,[10] die Anerkennung eines Staates Palästina als Vollmitglied bei den Vereinten Nationen sowie die volle Souveränität über die beanspruchten Gebiete an. Archaeological evidence shows the Nazareth was occupied during the late Hellenistic period, through the Roman period and into the Byzantine period. Ziadeh was a key figure of the Nahda in the early 20th-century Arab literary scene. [125] Kokh tombs in the Nazareth area have been excavated by B. Bagatti, N. Feig, Z. Yavor, and noted by Z. According to him, Christians could lift it, but Jews could not, since it disallowed them from dragging it outside. The Franciscan priest Bellarmino Bagatti, "Director of Christian Archaeology", carried out extensive excavation of this "Venerated Area" from 1955 to 1965. "[49] In 2009, Israeli archaeologist Yardenna Alexandre excavated archaeological remains in Nazareth that date to the time of Jesus in the early Roman period. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the district disintegrated; having fallen entirely within Modern-day Israel, it was merged with the Beisan Subdistrict into the Jezreel Subdistrict. [17], In English translations of the New Testament, the phrase "Jesus of Nazareth" appears seventeen times whereas the Greek has the form "Jesus the Nazarēnos" or "Jesus the Nazōraios. Nazareth preserves its Arab traditions as Christmas nears 21.12.2018. [88] Israel offered compensation to these internal refugees, but most refused for fear of permanently relinquishing their right of return. His descendants—known as the "Dhawahri"—along with the Zu'bi, Fahum, and 'Onassah families later constituted Nazareth's traditional Muslim elite. There were nine churches, two monasteries, four convents, two mosques, four hospitals, four private schools, a public school, a police station, three orphanages, a hotel, three inns, a flour mill and eight souks. Life & Culture; nazareth; Histadrut; Since you’re here… A lot of work goes into creating articles like the one you just read. New homes were established in existing quarters and the town still had an abundance of orchards and agricultural fields. [67] During the rule of Governor Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1830–1840) over much of Ottoman Syria, Nazareth was opened to European missionaries and traders. [75] By 1930, a church for the Baptist denomination, a municipal garden at Mary's Well and a police station based in Zahir al-Umar's Seraya had been established and the Muslim Sharqiya Quarter had expanded. [78], In the first few years of its incorporation into Israel, Nazareth's affairs were dominated by the issues of land expropriation, internally displaced refugees and the hardships of martial law, which included curfews and travel restrictions. [73] A new police station was built on Nazareth's southernmost hill,[73] while the police station in the Seray had been converted into Nazareth's municipal headquarters. Additionally, we know for sure that Nazareth, where Jesus’ human familial line is from and where he lived, is in Galilee which was recognized as an Arab Palestinian town. In 1922, a Muslim-Christian Association was established in the town, largely sponsored by the Muslim al-Zu'bi family. Arab citizens of Israel, or Arab Israelis, are Israeli citizens who are Arab.Many Arab citizens of Israel self-identify as Palestinian and commonly self-designate themselves as Palestinian citizens of Israel or Israeli Palestinians. Aachen, 18–22.

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