Turmus Ayya (Arabic: ترمسعيّا) is a Palestinian town located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the West Bank, in Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), it had a population of 2,464 in 2017.[1] An estimated 80% of the residents are Palestinian binationals with US citizenship.[3]
Turmus Ayya is the frequent target of Israeli settler violence.[4][5]
^ abPreliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^Palmer, 1881, p. 246
^'IDF: We ‘failed’ to stop settler rampage through Palestinian town,' Times of Israel 24 June 2023
^ToI Staff. "IDF spokesman slams settler riots that 'create terror'; far-right MK: It was a protest". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
^"20 Countries Rail at Israel for Settler Mob Attacks on Palestinians, IDF Condemns as 'Terror'". Haaretz. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
during Roman-Byzantine times, led to the addition of the name "Turmus" for the site. TurmusAyya is located 22 kilometres (14 mi) northeast of the city of...
The TurmusAyya Equestrian Club is an equestrian club in the town of TurmusAyya, between Ramallah and Nablus in Palestine. It offers stabling and care...
an altercation with Israeli soldiers during a Palestinian protest in TurmusAyya. The circumstances leading to his death are disputed. Abu Ein was a member...
built on land seized from the Palestinian villages of Jalud, Qaryut, TurmusAyya and al-Mughayir. Among the other settlements belonging to the group at...
the West Bank. Shvut Rachel sits between the Palestinian villages of TurmusAyya, Qaryut and Jalud, part of whose lands were expropriated for building...
includes a magnificent marble sarcophagus showing Dionysus discovered in TurmusAyya, Latin-inscribed stone discovered at Khirbet Tibnah, a statue of Minerva...
hundreds of Israeli settlers set fire to 60 vehicles and 30 houses in TurmusAyya, a Palestinian town in the West Bank. A 27-year-old man named Omar Qattin...
Israeli settlers, armed and masked, attacked the Palestinian village of TurmusAyya in the occupied West Bank, setting at least 50 vehicles and 15 houses...
the Arab-American Ahmed Jabara, aka Abu Sukar, whom originated from TurmusAyya. Jabara was assisted by Bassem Tabila of Nablus, who fled to Jordan before...
On 8 July 2021, Israeli army forces demolished a luxurious mansion in TurmusAyya which was the family home of Sanaa Shalabi, who lived alone there with...
and several others are injured during a rampage by Israeli settlers in TurmusAyya. An Israeli drone conducts the first West Bank airstrike since 2005,...
The nearest localities are al-Mazraa al-Sharqiyah to the southwest, TurmusAyya to the north, al-Mughayyir to the east and Kafr Malik to the south. Khirbet...
armed settlers today in the West Bank, near the Palestinian village of TurmusAyya." He added that the U.S. is "deeply concerned" about the attack, and...
Qusra and Talfit to the north, As Sawiya and Qaryut to the west, and TurmusAyya to the south. Potsherds from Iron Age II, Hellenistic, Byzantine, Umayyad...
storming the area". In June 2023, it was the target – along with nearby TurmusAyya and several other Palestinian villages – of Israeli settler terror attacks...
located 15.5 kilometers (9.6 mi) north-east of Ramallah. It is bordered by Turmusayya to the east, Al Lubban ash Sharqiya to the north, 'Abwein and Jilijliya...
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