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==Geography== |
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Ramot is north and west of the center of Jerusalem. The neighborhood is built upon two elongated ridges about 100–200 meters above the surrounding landscape (heights of 693–876 meters above sea level). Between the ridges is the [[Golda Meir]] highway, leading to [[Tel Aviv]]. Travel time to the center of Jerusalem is about 15 minutes and [[Har Hotzvim]] industrial park is about 7 minutes .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbn.org.il/communities/template/community/75 |title=Nefesh B'Nefesh - Aliyah Live the Dream |publisher=Nbn.org.il |date=2006-03-27 |accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref> |
Ramot is north and west of the center of Jerusalem. The neighborhood is built upon two elongated ridges about 100–200 meters above the surrounding landscape (heights of 693–876 meters above sea level). Between the ridges is the [[Golda Meir]] highway, leading to [[Tel Aviv]]. Travel time to the center of Jerusalem is about 15 minutes and [[Har Hotzvim]] industrial park is about 7 minutes .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbn.org.il/communities/template/community/75 |title=Nefesh B'Nefesh - Aliyah Live the Dream |publisher=Nbn.org.il |date=2006-03-27 |accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref> |
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==Legal status== |
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Ramot is administered by Israel as being within Jerusalem. However, due to the neighborhood having been built across the Green Line in [[East Jerusalem]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11550263|title=Israel plan for 238 settler homes draws Palestinian ire|work=BBC News|date=15 October 2010}}<br />{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11721475|work=BBC News|title=Obama raps Israeli plans for 1,300 Jewish settler homes|date=9 November 2010}}<br />{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/world/middleeast/09mideast.html|work=The New York Times|title=Israel Plans 1,000 Housing Units in East Jerusalem|date=8 November 2010|last=Kershner|first=Isabel}}</ref><ref name=Neighborhood1>"Leor Tubul, 17 years old, and Ronan Karamani, 18, vanished at a busy intersection outside the Ramot neighborhood, a Jewish suburb built in an area that had been the West Bank before Israel annexed East Jerusalem in 1967." [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE3D91438F934A3575BC0A966958260 Slaying of 2 Jews Stirs Violence in Jerusalem] ''[[New York Times]]'' August 7, 1990.</ref> the international community considers Ramot to be an [[Israeli settlement]]. In a move condemned by the UN Security Council as "null and void" and not recognized by the international community, Israel unilaterally annexed East Jerusalem and maintains that developments in East Jerusalem are not settlements. The international community considers Israeli settlements to be illegal under international law, violating the [[Fourth Geneva Convention]]'s prohibition on the transfer of a civilian population into territory held under [[military occupation]], though Israel disputes this.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/11/israel-homes-east-jerusalem-talks|work=The Guardian|title=Israel plans more East Jerusalem homes as talks collapse|last=McCarthy|first=Rory|date=11 March 2010}}</ref> |
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==Demography== |
==Demography== |
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31°48′43″N 35°12′0″E / 31.81194°N 35.20000°E
- For the moshav in the Golan Heights, see Ramot, Golan Heights.
Ramot (Template:Lang-he-n, lit. Heights), also known as Ramot Alon (Hebrew: רמות אלון, lit. Alon Heights), is a large housing development in northwestern Jerusalem.[1] Ramot lies north of the Green Line.[2] The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank[2] illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
History
Ramot was established in 1974. The name is based on the biblical city of Rama, where the Prophet Samuel lived and was brought for burial: And Samuel died, and all Israel gathered together and mourned him, and they buried him near his home in Rama (Samuel I, 25:1). According to tradition, Rama was situated on one of the highest peaks of the Judean Hills, 885 meters above sea level. Modern Ramot was built on a hill overlooking the land of the tribe of Benjamin. After the death of Yigal Allon, the neighborhood was renamed Ramot Alon.[3]
Between the 1949 Armistice Agreements and the Six-Day War in 1967, the area was in the demilitarized zone between Israeli and Jordanian lines.[4]
Geography
Ramot is north and west of the center of Jerusalem. The neighborhood is built upon two elongated ridges about 100–200 meters above the surrounding landscape (heights of 693–876 meters above sea level). Between the ridges is the Golda Meir highway, leading to Tel Aviv. Travel time to the center of Jerusalem is about 15 minutes and Har Hotzvim industrial park is about 7 minutes .[5]
Demography
Ramot has a population of 50,000.[6] It is divided into six sections, from Ramot 1, the oldest section, to Ramot 6, the newest section. Ramot 5 is the commercial center. There are Crusader era remains in Ramot 2 and Ramot 6.[citation needed]
The population is ethnically and religiously diverse, and housing ranges from expensive, single-family homes to inexpensive, multi-level apartments. Ramot has a large Orthodox and Haredi population.
Archaeology
In May 2005, a salvage excavation conducted in the Ramot neighborhood on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority found a rock hewn burial cave surmounted by a massive rectangular building and a columbarium cave. Potsherds dating to the Ottoman period were discovered on the floor of the building. Fragments of jars and cooking pots dating to the Early Roman period were discovered in the columbarium, which is characteristic of the Hellenistic and Early Roman periods.[7]
Khirbet Tililiya is the site of an ancient ruined fortress on a high hill in the center of Ramot Alon. The ruins are dated to the Second Temple period (Hasmonean and Herodian).[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Journal of architectural and planning research. Elsevier. 1991. p. 59. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ a b "They began planting neighborhoods such as Ramot Allon on annexed West Bank land..." Clashing values alter a city’s face by Richard Boudreaux, Los Angeles Times June 05, 2007
- ^ Ramot Alon neighborhood
- ^ [1], as seen in official map: [2]
- ^ "Nefesh B'Nefesh - Aliyah Live the Dream". Nbn.org.il. 2006-03-27. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
- ^ Jerusalem's second biggest mall to open in 2011
- ^ Excavations and surveys in Israel: Jerusalem, Ramot
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