Ra’s Kharrūbah

Places of Interest

Mount Scopus

Peak

Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel. Israel claims it as its capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not. Mount Scopus is situated 2½ km southwest of Ra’s Kharrūbah.

Mount of Olives

Peak

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The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually. Mount of Olives is situated 4 km southwest of Ra’s Kharrūbah.

Pool of Bethesda

Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.

The Pool of Bethesda is referred to in John's Gospel in the Christian New Testament, in an account of Jesus healing a paralyzed man at a pool of water in Jerusalem, described as being near the Sheep Gate and surrounded by five covered colonnades or porticoes. Pool of Bethesda is situated 4 km southwest of Ra’s Kharrūbah.

Places in the Area

’Anata

Town

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'Anata is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank, located four kilometers northeast of Jerusalem's Old City.

Shuafat refugee camp

Suburb

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Shu'fat, or more commonly Shuafat, is a Palestinian refugee camp in Jerusalem jurisdiction located next to Shuafat, a Palestinian Arab neighborhood of East Jerusalem.

Issawiya

Suburb

Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Al-Issawiya is a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem. It is located on the eastern slopes of the Mount Scopus ridge. To the east and north, it is bordered by Road 1, which connects Jerusalem with the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim; immediately adjoining…

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