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==History== ==History==
It was founded in the 1940s when the Barhoum family moved from the nearby village of ] into the valley. Its growth began after 1948 when several other families including Nasrallah fled Suba and settled there.<ref>http://www.palestineremembered.com/Jerusalem/Suba/Story763.html</ref>. In 2007 there was controversy when one home was demolished in the village.<ref>http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1185379015592&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull</ref>. It is also the location of a coexistence project.<ref>http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,1186055,00.html</ref> It was founded in the 1940s when the Barhoum family moved from the nearby village of ] into the valley. Its growth began after 1948 when several other families including Nasrallah fled Suba and settled there.<ref>http://www.palestineremembered.com/Jerusalem/Suba/Story763.html</ref> In 2007 there was controversy when one home was demolished in the village.<ref>http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1185379015592&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull</ref> It is also the location of a coexistence project.<ref>http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,1186055,00.html</ref>




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Place in Jerusalem District, Israel
Ein Rafa
CountryIsrael
DistrictJerusalem District
Area
 • Total500 dunams (2.5 km or 1.0 sq mi)
Population
 • Total1,000
Time zoneUTC+2 (IST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (IDT)

Ein Rafa is a small Arab village located across route 1 from Abu Ghosh.

History

It was founded in the 1940s when the Barhoum family moved from the nearby village of Suba into the valley. Its growth began after 1948 when several other families including Nasrallah fled Suba and settled there. In 2007 there was controversy when one home was demolished in the village. It is also the location of a coexistence project.

See also

References

  1. http://www.palestineremembered.com/Jerusalem/Suba/Story763.html
  2. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1185379015592&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
  3. http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,1186055,00.html

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