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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Umm Al-Qutuf

Umm al-Qutuf (Arabic: أمّ القـُطـُف; Hebrew: אֻם אל-קֻטוּף) is an Arab village in northern Israel. Located in the triangle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,201.

History

Pottery remains from the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine eras have been found here, as have pottery remains from the early Muslim and the Middle Ages.

Ottoman era

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found at Kh. Umm el Kutuf only "ruined walls."

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kherbet Umm al-Qatuf had a population of 11 Muslims.

A panoramic view from west on Umm al-Qutuf (center) and Barta'a (right); the village on the far hill on the left is Qazir

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