antiquity. It is found in many parts of Palestine, and was in use before the Hebrew conquest.” In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as a “large stone village on a slope, east of a small plain which is full of olives. It has a sacred place on the south (Sheikh Theljy), and a good orange garden near the village.” British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Qabatiya had 1,803 inhabitants; 1,799 Muslims and 4 Christians, where the Christians were all Orthodox. This increased to 2,447 in the 1931 census; 2 Christians and the rest Muslims, in a total of 551 houses. In the 1945 statistics the population of Qabatiya, together with Kh. Tannin, was 3,670, all Muslims, with 50,547 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. 9,542 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 21,464 dunams for cereals, while 113 dunams were built-up (urban) land and 19,428 sunams were classified as "non-cultivable". Jordanian era In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, the Jenin-area came under Jordanian rule, together with the rest of the West Bank. In 1961, the population of Qabatiya was 5,917. Post-1967 Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Qabatiya has been under Israeli occupation. After Oslo II in 1995, Qabatiya came under Palestinian Authority (PA) administration, in what is now known as Areas A and B. Approximately ten Palestinians were killed between October 2015 and July 2016 while carrying out attacks against Israelis. In July 2016, clashes between Palestinians and Israeli armed forces occurred during a house demolition by Israel of a man accused of being involved in an attack in Jerusalem. The Israeli military reported that the military convoy that carried out the demolition was met by Molotov cocktails and fire from improvised guns. Palestinian officials reported six Palestinians wounded in the exchange, with the Israeli military confirming three Palestinians hit. Israel calls the demolition of homes of attackers as a deterrent to violence, while human rights groups and Palestinians condemn it as a form of collective punishment. References Bibliography (Monro, 1835, vol 1, p. 277, cited in Robinson and Smith, vol 3, p. 154) External links Welcome To Qabatiya Qabatiya, Welcome to Palestine Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons Google-map Wolfram|Alpha – Qabatiya Population statistics Cities in the West