Talk:Battir/Archive 1

Section removal
I removed this section, which should be rewritten and included in the article with appropriate sourcing. --Tewfik 15:21, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Battir has gathered plenty of media attention recently due to its close proximity to Israel--the Green Line, also known as the 1967 border, follows the Battir railroad. On February 10th, 2005, the Israeli Government approved a new path for the Separation Wall to go 5-10 km into the West Bank territory rather than the previously approved route that followed the Green Line. The new route siezes, without compensation, 200 acres of privately owned land from Battir as well as from the towns of Wallaje, Hussan, Wad Fukin and Tzurif. The Wall separates Battir from 40% of its olive groves and 95% of its vegetable fields as well as cutting off many of Battir's water channels. The owners are only allowed pedestrian access to cultivate the remaining land, but no tractors or other motor vehicles are allowed in to gather the harvest.


 * This section was reinserted by an IP, but was not at all sourced, so I again removed it, though I retained the "Green Line" clarification.  Tewfik Talk 21:00, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

While I do not have an account, I did in fact have the information sourced, therefore stop removing my article for your own political motives. This is my hometown and I know what the important current events are. - 'IP'


 * The numbers and claims you included were not supported by the ARIJ report. Realise that we all must take extra efforts to be neutral when writing about something near and dear to us. Cheers,  Tewfik Talk 17:14, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Modern history and the ottomans
I'm just prophylactically mentioning here that I put the Ottoman stuff in the modern era because it started in the 16th century. See here: Modern history.&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 04:03, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I think that's fine for now, until info on the Ottoman era in Battir is expanded. Then we could have a separate subsection. --Al Ameer son (talk) 04:05, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Absolutely. I really mostly thought that that one paragraph would be lonely in its own section after I expanded the modern history part.&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 04:27, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Terraces
Even though the ancient terraces are mentioned in passing, there should be a section on them. Some news:. Zerotalk 00:09, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hell of a coincidence, I just started a section on the ancient irrigation system. Mentioned a bit about the terraces. More info and sources are needed though. --Al Ameer son (talk) 01:32, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Listing sources to be used:
 * New updated Wall path in Battir Village - Bethlehem Governorate 09, May, 2006
 * Ecology-minded Palestinian village fights plans for separation fence Barrier threatens Batir's unique way of life - and a 63-year-old agreement with Moshe Dayan. By Nir Hasson	Apr.20, 2012, Haaretz
 * Palestinians to ask UN to recognize West Bank village as World Heritage site PA seeks to protect Batir village, near Jerusalem, from the planned separation barrier, which is expected to destroy the village's ancient agricultural terraces. By Barak Ravid	 30.05.12, Haaretz, Cheers, Huldra (talk) 12:15, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

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