Kiryat Luza

Village in Nablus, West Bank

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Village in West Bank, Palestine

Kiryat Luza 32°12′12″N 35°16′12″E / 32.203399°N 35.270081°E / 32.203399; 35.270081
Country	Palestine
Region	West Bank
Governorate	Nablus
Population
• Total	380
Time zone	UTC+2:00 (Palestine Standard Time)

Kiryat Luza (Samaritan Hebrew: ࠒࠓࠉࠕ ࠋࠅࠆࠄ‎, Arabic: قرية لوزة, Hebrew: קרית לוזה) is a village situated on Mount Gerizim near the city of Nablus in the West Bank. It is within Area B of the West Bank, and as a result is under the joint control of Israel and the Palestinian National Authority,^[1] and is the only remaining site populated wholly by Samaritans. Kiryat Luza is home to roughly half of the world's total Samaritan population, with the other half located in the Israeli city of Holon.^[2]

Location and reasons of moving into the village

The village is adjacent to the Jewish Israeli settlement of Har Brakha. Until the 1980s, most Samaritans in the West Bank resided in Nablus proper, below Mount Gerizim, and began to relocate to Kiryat Luza due to a spike in violence throughout Israel and the Palestinian Territories during the First Intifada; the Israeli military maintains an active presence in the area (see Israeli occupation of the West Bank).^[3]

References

^ Barbati, Gabrielle (21 January 2013). "Israeli Election Preview: The Samaritans, Caught Between Two Votes". International Business Times. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
^ Louis J. Salome, Violence, veils, and bloodlines: reporting from war zones, McFarland, 2010 p.76.
^ "CNN.com - Amid conflict, Samaritans keep unique identity - Oct. 8, 2002". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 18 February 2022.