Bir al-Maksur

Bir al-Maksur or Beer el-Maksura (بئر المكسور; בִּיר אל-מַכְּסוּר) is an Arab Bedouin local council in the Northern District of Israel located 15 km north-west of Nazareth. In its population was. The villagers belong to the Arab el-Hujeirat Bedouin tribe, settled there in the 1950s.

History and archaeology
Flint from the Mousterian culture, made with the Levallois technique, in addition to remains from Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and B have been found during excavations.

Sherds from Iron age I, and possibly Iron age II have also been found.

A burial cave, with ceramics and artefacts dating to the late Roman period, that is, 3rd–4th centuries CE, has been unearthed.

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine  noted at ''Kh. el Maksur'': "Heaps of stones."

Notable people

 * Mohammad Ghadir (born 1991), professional football player who plays for Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.