Tzofim
Sufin, etymology.
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==History== |
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Tsofim takes its name from the neighboring ancient village of Sufin ([[Arabic|ِArabic]]: صوفين), an inhabited site during the early Ottoman period, and today a neighborhood of modern Qalqiliya.[[Roy Marom|Marom, Roy]] (2026). ''[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/399915713_Settled_Land_-_The_Arab_Countryside_in_IsraelPalestine Settled Land: The Arab Countryside in Israel/Palestine]'' (in Hebrew). Ra'anana: Lamda Scholarship, The Open University of Israel Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-965-06-1769-1. |
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According to [[Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem|ARIJ]], Israel confiscated 753 [[Dunam|dunums]] of land from the [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] village of [[Jayyus]] in order to construct Tzofim.[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/jayyus_vp_en.pdf Jayyus Town Profile (including Khirbet Sir Locality)], ARIJ, p. 17 |
According to [[Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem|ARIJ]], Israel confiscated 753 [[Dunam|dunums]] of land from the [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] village of [[Jayyus]] in order to construct Tzofim.[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/jayyus_vp_en.pdf Jayyus Town Profile (including Khirbet Sir Locality)], ARIJ, p. 17 |
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