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Al-Khader ((アラビア語:الخضر)) is a Palestinian town in the Bethlehem Governorate in the south-central West Bank. It is located west of Bethlehem. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 9,774 in 2007.〔(2007 PCBS Census ) Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.117.〕 The area around al-Khader is marked by vineyards, and olive and fig trees.〔(Al-Khader Old Core ). The Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation.〕 ==History== The site of al-Khader was first inhabited by the Canaanites. In 1953, five arrowheads of javelins dating from the 11th century BCE, were discovered in al-Khader with Canaanite inscriptions. The translations were "dart of 'Abd Labi't".〔Drews, Robert. (1993). ''(The End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe Ca. 1200 BC )'' Princeton University Press, p.189. ISBN 0-691-02591-6.〕 Al-Khader is named after Saint George who in Arab culture is known as "al-Khadr." According to local tradition, Saint George was imprisoned in the town of al-Khader where the current Monastery of St. George stands. The chains holding him were relics that were said to hold healing power.〔Sennott, Charles M. (2001). ''(The Body and the Blood: The Holy Land's Christians at the Turn of a New Millennium : a Reporter's Journey )'' PublicAffairs, p.397. ISBN 1-891620-95-9.〕 This tradition of St. George's imprisonment was dated to at most the 15th-century. In 1442 the Monastery of St. George was mentioned by Western traveler John Poloner as situated on a hill near Bethlehem.〔Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. (26 )〕 During late Ottoman rule (1516-1917), al-Khader was part of the political-administrative sheikdom and ''nahiyah'' ("subdistrict") of Bani Hasan, which was ruled by the Absiyeh family of al-Walaja. In 1838 its inhabitants were classified as Muslims by the English scholars Edward Robinson and Eli Smith.〔Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 2, p. ( 325 )〕 Victor Guérin visited in 1863.〔Guérin, 1869, pp. (310 )-312〕 In the late 19th century al-Khader was described by the Palestine Exploration Fund's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' as a moderate-sized village with a "Greek church and convent." It was surrounded by vineyards and olive groves and "rock-cut tombs" were situated to the north of the village.〔 Since the construction of the Israeli West Bank barrier around al-Khader, several thousand dunams of farmland have been separated from the village, with the inhabitants unable to access them without a permit. In 2006, 50 villagers protested the barrier by filling bags with grapes and selling them along Route 60. Israeli soldiers and police attempted to quell protesters resulting in the injuries and detainment of two residents.〔(Palestinians, Israelis and Internationals `armed` with grapes arrested and beaten near Bethlehem ) International Solidarity Movement. 2006-08-10.〕 In April 2015 villagers blocked work by settlers to create a bypass road for access to an illegal outpost, which, if completed would alienate a further 400 dunams of village land. 〔('Land threatened by settler outpost near Bethlehem,' ) Ma'an News Agency 11 April 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Al-Khader」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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