Umm Tuba

Umm Tuba
Umm Tuba neighborhood in East Jerusalem. In green : Arab areas. In blue : Jewish areas

Umm Tuba (Arabic: أم طوبا;[1] Hebrew: אום טובא) is a Palestinian Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem part of Sur Baher;[2] it is northeast of Har Homa and Bethlehem, and southeast of Kibbutz Ramat Rachel.[3] It has a population of 4,000.[citation needed] After the 1967 Six-Day War, Umm Tuba was incorporated into the municipal district of Jerusalem.

  1. ^ Meaning possibly: "The ruin with the good tree or water", according to Palmer, 1881, p. 312
  2. ^ Federman, Josef; Laub, Karin (2017-04-13). "50 years after war, settlements blur future borders". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  3. ^ Jerusalem Neighborhoods

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