Isawiya
Isawiya is a hill in West Bank, Palestine and has an elevation of 560 metres. Isawiya is situated nearby to the locality E1 (West Bank), as well as near the village Az-Za’ayyem.Places of Interest
Highlights include Monastery of Martyrius and Khirbet Almit.
Monastery of Martyrius
Archaeological site
Monastery of Martyrius, whose ruins, known as Khirbet el-Murassas in Arabic, have been excavated in the centre of the West Bank settlement and city of Ma'ale Adumim, was one of the most important centres of monastic life in the Judean Desert during the Byzantine period. Monastery of Martyrius is situated 3 km southeast of Isawiya.
Khirbet Almit
Peak
Khirbet Almit is an archaeological site in the West Bank, occupied from the Middle Bronze Age to the Ottoman period. It is located in the Judaean Desert about 4 km northeast of Mount Scopus and about 1.5 km northeast of 'Anata. Khirbet Almit is situated 3 km northwest of Isawiya.
Yeshivat Birkat Moshe
School
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Yeshivat Birkat Moshe is a hesder yeshiva located in the Mitzpeh Nevo neighborhood of the Israeli settlement, Ma'ale Adumim. It was founded in 1977 by Haim Sabato and Yitzchak Sheilat, then two young rabbis from Yeshivat HaKotel, in Jerusalem.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include E1 (West Bank) and Az-Za’ayyem.
E1 (West Bank)
Locality
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E1, also called the E1 area, E1 zone or E1 corridor, is an area of the Israeli-occupied West Bank within the municipal boundary of the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim.
Az-Za’ayyem
Village
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az-Za'ayyem is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 3 kilometers east of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 6,270 in 2017. Az-Za’ayyem is situated 2½ km southwest of Isawiya.
’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. ’Anata is situated 3 km west of Isawiya.
Isawiya
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 560 metres
- Also known as: “‘Isawiyah” and “‘Īsāwīyah”
- Category: landform
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Hebrew—“Isawiya” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Isawiya”
- Dutch: “Isawiya”
- Hebrew: “עיסאוויה (גבעה)”
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