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Bardala ((アラビア語:بردلة)) is a Palestinian village in the northern Jordan Valley of the West Bank, consisting of 1,637 inhabitants. The town lies in the Tubas Governorate, located thirteen kilometers northeast of Tubas and 28 kilometers northeast of Nablus. The Israeli settlement of Mehola lies nearby.〔Isabel Kershner, (Strategic Corridor in West Bank Remains a Stumbling Block in Mideast Talks,' ), New York Times, 4 January 2014.〕 ==History== Bardala's history dates back to 1500 BCE. The word ''Bardala'' derives from ''Bardaweel'' — the name of a prince who ruled the area in ancient times. In the town lies a palace named after him. Archaeologists discovered that Bardala's wells are the oldest in the Jordan Valley. Other archaeological sites include graves and coffins from various civilizations and al-Khader shrine. The residents of Bardala originally came from nearby Tubas to exploit its cultivable and grazing land,〔(Bardala Village Profile ) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem.〕 and in 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' described the village as "though ruined, is inhabited in spring by peasants from the hill villages, who descend to find pasture and to cultivate melons and other vegetables round the springs."〔Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p. (227 )〕 In 1945, the population of Bardala was counted with that of Tubas and Kashda, according to an official land and population survey.〔Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, pp. (61 ), (108 ), (158 )〕 The population surged after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, which left many Palestinians homeless in the wake of the destruction of nearby villages.〔 Prior to Israel conquering the area in the 1967 Six-Day War, the village was rich in ground water resources,〔 which were supplied by a local spring, which dried up after Israel dug a deeper well nearby. Arrangements were made to obtain alternative supplies, and after the Oslo Accords, fresh agreements were made. During the Second Intifada, the residents of Bardala stopped paying both water and electricity bills to the Palestinian National Authority, and, as a consequence the Palestinian authorities have delayed implementing infrastructural works, such as a dam and a water network for the village.〔 Israel placed restrictions on villagers' movements at the same time, rendering access to their lands to cultivate or harvest crops impossible. Since 2000, 200 dunams of vegetable crops have been bulldozed and many trees uprooted, and 4,000 dunams have been confiscated.〔 In March 2012, a UN report listed the spring ''Ein El Azut'', belonging to Bardala, among a number of springs which had been illegally taken over by Israeli settlers. Local Palestinians had formerly used the spring for irrigation and livestock.〔(How disposession happens; the humanitarian impact of the takeover of Palestinian water springs by Israeli settlers ), the UN March 2012, p. 24〕 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「Bardala」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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