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In the ] conducted by the ], Rantis had a population of 824 inhabitants, all ]s,<ref name="Census1922">Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramleh, p. </ref> increasing in the ] to 954, still all Muslims, in a total of 213 houses.<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, p. .</ref> In the ] conducted by the ], Rantis had a population of 824 inhabitants, all ]s,<ref name="Census1922">Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramleh, p. </ref> increasing in the ] to 954, still all Muslims, in a total of 213 houses.<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, p. .</ref>


In ], the population was 1,280, all Muslims,<ref name=1945p30>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. </ref> while the total land area was 30,933 ]s, according to an official land and population survey.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref> Of this, 1,299 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 7,341 for cereals,<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref> while 30 dunams were classified as built-up areas.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref> In ], the population was 1,280, all Muslims,<ref name=1945p30>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. </ref> while the total land area was 30,933 ]s, according to an official land and population survey.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref> Of this, 1,299 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 7,341 for cereals,<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref> while 30 dunams were classified as built-up areas.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. </ref>

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Template:Infobox Palestinian Authority municipality Rantis (Template:Lang-ar) is a Palestinian town in the West Bank, located in the northwestern Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, 33 kilometers northwest of Ramallah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 2,900 in mid-year 2006. Its population consists primarily of six clans: Danoun, Wahdan, Khallaf, Ballot, Dar Abo Salim, al-Ryahee and Hawashe.

Rantis has a land area 11,046 dunams of which 589 dunams are built-up area. The town's main economic sector is agriculture and 20% of its land area is planted with crops. There are two primary schools and two kindergartens. Other facilities include three clinics, a bus station, a club and two mosques.

Location

Rantis is located 22.2km northwest of Ramallah. It is bordered by Al Lubban al Gharbi and Abud land to the east, Al Lubban al Gharbi village land to the north, the occupied territory of 1948 to the west and Shuqba to the south.

History

In a nearby cave, flint artefacts have been found, possibly produced during the Middle Paleolithic period, occasionally by the Levallois technique.

Each of the Gospels mention this town as Arimathea once, and always in association with Joseph of Arimathea — who placed Christ's body in his own tomb. Both Eusebius and Jerome identify Arimathea with the birthplace of Samuel. In the 4th century, Jerome reported that the Holy Paula visited this location. Strong traditions from the Middle Ages buttress this claim, celebrating this town as the prophet's original home. A monastery of Joseph of Arimathea was erected there. Conflicting traditions urge Arimathea's location at modern Rantis, 15 miles east of Jaffa. Other suggestions for Arimathea include ar-Ram and al-Bireh-Ramallah, 5 and 8 miles north of Jerusalem, respectively. The SWP assumed the village was "ancient", as rock-cut tombs were found south-west of the village.

Archaeological excavation have uncovered sherds from the Iron Age and Persian era, in addition to remains of a road and a building from the Roman era. A building, probably dating to the Byzantine era has also been excavated.

Crusader era

During the Crusader era, it was known as Arimathia, Arimatie, Abarimatie, and Rantis. By 1150, the Premonstratensians were represented in Rentis with a house. In 1159-60 a church in the village was mentioned in Crusader sources.

In 1187 Rantis was conquered by Saladin, and the Crusaders were never able to return.

Ottoman era

Rantis was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal of the Liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 20 households and 2 batchelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3 % on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and/or beehives, and a press for olives or grapes; a total of 2,500 Akçe. In 1838, Edward Robinson noted it as a village, Rentis, in the Jurat Merda district, south of Nablus.

The French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village in 1870, and found that it had 400 inhabitants, and that it was surrounded by olives and tobacco-plantations.

In 1882 the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Rantis as a village, principally made of adobe, on a slope, surrounded by open ground and a few olives. Water was supplied by cisterns. The SWP assumed the village was "ancient", as rock-cut tombs were found there.

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Rantis had a population of 824 inhabitants, all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 954, still all Muslims, in a total of 213 houses.

In 1945, the population was 1,280, all Muslims, while the total land area was 30,933 dunams, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 1,299 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 7,341 for cereals, while 30 dunams were classified as built-up areas.

1948-1967

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Rantis came under Jordanian rule.

Israeli raid

On 28–29 January 1953 The Israeli military, estimated at 120 to 150 men, using 2-inch mortars, 3-inch mortars, P.I.A.T. (projectors, infantry, anti-tank) weapons, bangalore torpedoes (long metal tubes containing an explosive charge), machine-guns, grenades and small arms, crossed the demarcation line and attacked the Jordanian villages of Falameh and Rantis. At Falameh the mukhtar was killed, seven other villagers were wounded, and three houses were demolished. The attack lasted four and a half hours. Israel was condemned for this act by the Mixed Armistice Commission.

In 1961, the population of Rantis was 1,539.

Post-1967

After the Six-Day War in 1967, Rantis has been under Israeli occupation. The population in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 897, 27 of whom originated from the Israeli territory.

About 12% of the village land is in Area B, while the remainder 88% is in Area C. In addition, Israel has confiscated village land to be used for bypass roads for Israeli settlements. The Segregation Wall will extends for 4km on Rantis village land, and leave 1815 dunams (16.6%) of the village land behind the wall.

References

  1. Projected Mid -Year Population for Ramallah & Al Bireh Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  2. ^ The Segregation Wall threatens the practice of territorial expansion in Rantis village Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 2004-06-26.
  3. Rantis Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 4
  4. Lupu et al, 2009, Rantis Cave
  5. Matt 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:50; John 19:38
  6. Armathaim, also Arimathea - (Ranthis) Studium Biblicum Francum - Jerusalem.
  7. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 367
  8. Elisha, 2011, Rantis (Northwest)
  9. Elisha, 2013, Rantis, Spot Height 211
  10. ^ Pringle, 1998, pp. 199-200
  11. de Roziére, 1849, pp. 131-133; pp. 133-135. Cited in Röhricht, 1893, RHH, pp. 94-95, Nos 358, 360
  12. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 136
  13. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 126
  14. Guérin, 1875, p. 113
  15. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, pp. 286-287
  16. Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramleh, p. 22
  17. Mills, 1932, p. 22.
  18. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 30
  19. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 68
  20. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 117
  21. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 167
  22. S/PV.630 of 27 October 1953 Report of Major General Vagn Bennike Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
  23. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 24
  24. Perlmann, Joel (November 2011 – February 2012). "The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version" (PDF). Levy Economics Institute. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  25. Rantis Village Profile, ARIJ, pp. 16-17

Bibliography

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