KAFR THULTH CHARITABLE SOCIETY
Position Content :
Kufur Thuluth Geographical and Historical View
KUFUR THULUTH Position :
Arabic Palestinian Town KAFR Thuluth located in a height flat land closed to Nablus city .
Kufur Thuluth Boundries :
From North Azun village , South Saniria and Bedia villages, from East Diristia village land and West this closed to 1948 lands (green line) and some of Kherab and Aizab separated that belong to KAFR Thuluth originally, such as, Salman village, Al-Moudwer, Al-Shaihk Ahmad, Al-Ashqar, Ras Tirah, Al-Dabha, Kirash Kherba, (old place), Ras Atia village .
KUFUR THULUTH Distance :
The land of it was expanded up to Oja River, it's land include flat land and mountains, it's distance up to 19th century was about fifty – six thousand Dunoms, reached up to Hablah village Jaljolya and Saniria – Azun and Islah, but this amount of land decreased because of many reasons.
In 1954, the distance was twenty – four and nine hundred twenty – four Dunoms, while the distance reached up to Kherash Kherba that belong to Kufur Thulth three thousand and six hundred fifty – five Dunoms .
Naming :
It was called (Ba'l Shlishi) before, but the name has been changed to become KAfr Thuluth (God of Three) .
KUFUR THULUTH Inhabitants :
In 1597 was nearly 150 persons. They were about (14 families) but now they are about 5000 persons, but the other kherab and small societies about 4500 persons .
History View :
KAfr Thuluth is an old Town three things existed in this town, so there are a lot of places (old one) closed and a round the town mentioned as : -
Kherab Kherbi : and it's located in the north direction of the town, and there one water wells, and it's full of places used to put dead persons on its tombs.
Kufr Karia Kherba : it's located one kilometer on the east direction, it has a destroyed mosque, cemetery, wells, cajes, pools, refers to romantic regine'(century), and this place was destroyed after misunderstanding with Kufur Thuluth people, and this people transfer to Kufur Kherba place now, this happened in 19th century .
Kherbit Albaiad: (small and old village) .
It's on the west side of Kufur Thulth about 800 meters distance, it has wells and cafes but it has no ruins, or marks, like Kufur Kara.
Kherbiat Al-Basateen : it's on southern west of Kufur Tuluth, it has wells, and pieces of ruins refers to Romantic period .
Kherbiat Al-Zakoor : It's located on a height land on west of Kufur Thulth, Jewish kidnap it in 1948, and transfer the inhabitants of this area, Garaba family was living in this place who the belong to Kufur Thulth, with cafes houses, wells of water, and pools.
Kherbiat Khuraish : the name of this kherby refers to Sheikh Mohammad Al-Kheerashi, who worked as Imam of Al-Aqsa mosque, and died in 1033 Higri.
Kherba Shuhadi Kerba: It's an old place, it's located on the east side of Kufur Thuluth within the land of Diristia may be refer to Romantic age, it has water wells and walls .
Kherba Abdul Rahim Kerbab : It has well and walls, near the old places there is Al-Jamal cafe, it is called Al-Jamal café, because there is a statue of kamel, there was a bridegroom loaded on it, and there are some writings on it, pictures, and may refer to Kanains, many troops have visited Kufur Thuluth from Arabs and Foreigners, one of these visitors was Al-Bakri Al-Sideeq who visits Palestine who said going to Kufur Tuluth is goodness, and we get in to forest during night and we visited Al-Sheilk Rabee, and with us were many of people (religious people) from sofia.
This means that KAFr Thuluth was surrounded with a lot of trees, and a lot of animals dangerous ones, and some of lands and places named by animals like tiger land, oxes village, this town KAFr Thuluth suffered more and more like other Palestine cities and villages, because of Turkey Age bad period in 1858 was destroyed because of civil war between Palestinians families and the struggle of posses one of there was Al-Rayan, Al-qassim, and Yamani revolution against Authmany, in rasa, Kufur Thuluth was effected Kufur Thuluth people they steal there land that owns by farmers, they demand them to pay taxis, Kufur Thuluth shared in resistance of Napoleon invay in 1899, and a French Battalion try to inter from Azun valley, and it was a safe place for the these replion as Ahmad Al-Tahoni (Abu-Jildi) and Faries Azuni who was the commander of dead platoon, abed Al-Hamed Al-Merdawi Abdul-Kader, Al-Hussani and others, and Kufur Thuluth shared in replion movements which moved out of this town for example the repel of Shukher Abu-Kishik and attack molabes, and Faries Al-Azunai and stand against British Policy, which caused killing of Abdullah Al-Kasas, and others were injured and Kufur Thuluth was under curfew eight times, and last for many days. and people crowded in mosque includes children, men and women, and Kufur Thuluth people joined 1948 war, 70 people moved to join Iraqi troops near Jaljoliya and Salman Battles near Jafa, and sharing in Al-intifadah (uprising) in 1987, and the number of martyrs was about 30 up to 2004.
General services in Kufur Thuluth people are Economical Activity: Kufur Thuluth people are very active in all fields "agricultural, educational and commercial" they work very hard, man, woman, worked together to keep live .
Agriculture Sector :
The people of this town work hard to get use of land and plant olive trees the use local workhers, and machinal, the land distance increased from 1000 donoms, in 1945 to 18000 donoms, in 2004 before the citizens were working with their neighborsin olive the income of a family reached up to 500kg of olive oil, in addition of planting vegetables and Blastic houses, in addition of cultivating their lands different kinds of trees, Kufur Thulth is considered the second town in Palestine dealing with the distance of it's land, about 2600 donoms, a lot of lands were lost because of occupations, like Turkish, British mandate, most of it's people worked in Israel, settlement, the other worked in commercial back to Jordanian Authority on Palestine, they work in cultivation, as farmers, and digging wells of water, and there are eight wells, in salman village, Al-Moudawar and Alsheilk Ahmad .
There are four schools in town, including males and females (girls & boys) and cover different levels of education. The importance of Kufur Thuluth secondary school is obvious because other surrounded villages joined in this school, in spite of having schools in place.
Services Sector :
KAFr Thuluth has many establishments formal and local and these give services to people, like :
Local Council : Mayer's worked for a long time in delivering services to people, in Jordanian period and British one, from 1958-1994, this period ended when our Palestinian Authority came in to Palestine and Kufur Thuluth became a municipality, because of increasing of people and citizines, and this municipality is run by a chief and twelve members covering all period because of the political reasons from 1966-1974 they establish a clinic, and a public telephone, building more rooms and halls and transfer of school level –from primary to elementary- establishing a school especially for girls in 1972. In period expanded from 1974-1994, many rooms were established, repairing streets and roads, and establishing electrical project by buying electrical motors, fits the needs of the town and establishing Kufur Thuluth charitable society, while period extended from 1995-1997 adding more rooms schools and repairing Al-Ashkar road in cooperation with other establishment, two primary schools were built so far, for girls and boys they spend many efforts to bring in water for Kufur Thuluth, but Israeli objected that .
Animal Breeding : Most of people in Kufur Thuluth like to breed different kinds of animals and birds like sheep. Goats, dove, chickens, hens, to reinforce the idea of self autonomy, and number of sheep reached up to 10000 head, besides 40000 birds in 1998 but these numbers were decreased because of establishing "apartheid wall campaign" which cover a distance of 7000 donoms of land that belong to this town (Kufur Thuluth) .
Industrial Sector :
The industrial sector is very simple and primary one, because of the shortage of the mair resources this sector needs, like electricity isn't enough to over come this problem, while in the last period a wide development was achieved by providing the town with electric – motors – In our town there are four sewing shops, and two metal work shops in addition to mechanic and flat tires work shops.
Agricultural Industry : This town considered as one of towns that plant olive trees and producing a lot of olive oil. So there are three places for squeezing olive fruit in order to got oil out of it. One of these projects is out of service because of having a misunderstanding between the partner, in general the most important problem that the town suffer from is water and this was reflected on planting and cultivating more, and concentrating on well water for irrigation.
Educational Sector :
Kufur Thuluth is one of the most important countries that deal with learning and teaching (Education). All over our state, we have about 220 teachers who worked in Ministry of Education and about twelve supervisors who worked in directorate of education, in addition of people working in other sectors and there are a lot, and the number of people qualified and graduated from universities and had a high degrees like : M.A and BA.PHD are about sixty seven (67) persons .
Kufur Thuluth Charitable Society :
First idea of establishing this charitable society refers to two persons from Kufur Thuluth, by name of A'zat Shakeer and Abdul Kareem Abdullah Daher, it begins with electing (13) thirteen members some of them are working in town council, and this was in 1984, and in 1985, a building was built, the distance of this building and the land a round it about 310 meters, and with a cost of 10,000JD (Jordanian Dinars) in month of November, on 11th November – 1985 the open a school for children and kids .
Societies come after :
Three administrative stuff run the charitable society, first it was administrated by Adel Jaber and lasted up to 1997 because of actual and political point of view, there was seven members (as an administration group) and the charitable society did many projects like opening roads and leading children school, conducting sewing causes, buying sewing machines for this purpose and 1997 there was an election, seven people were running the charitable society and Bassam Ahmad Shawahni was elected as a chief in this period many thing were achieved as opening roads that reach to lands, dealing with children school, developing it by buying a lot of domys – games , and repairing the society building making it look nice, in 13th of Jun 2004, new election was held and the administration was changed the third period of administration started 786 or more members share in election and result was (11) members were elected.
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