Is Ramallah part of Israel part of Palestine or both ?
Ramallah is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank located 10 km (6 miles) north of Jerusalem at an average elevation of 880 meters (2,890 ft) above sea level, adjacent to al-Bireh. Early history Ramallah was founded in the 16th century by the Hadadeens , an Arab Christian clan. The city boasts archaeological remnants from earlier epochs. [ 8 ] Ancient rock-cut tombs have been found near Ramallah. [ 12 ] Located just south of the built-up area is Tell en-Nasbeh , an archeological site where biblical Mizpah in Benjamin is likely to have been located. [ 8 ] Several Ramallah buildings incorporate masonry dating back to the reign of Herod the Great (37–4 BCE). [ 8 ] Potsherds from the Crusader / Ayyubid and early Ottoman period have also been found there. [ 13 ] Ramallah has been identified with the Crusader place called Ramalie . [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Remains of a building with an arched doorway from the Crusader era, called al-Burj , have been identified, [ 16 ] but the original use of the building is undetermined. [ 17 ] Ottoman period The area of Ramallah was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine . Modern Ramallah was founded in the mid-1500s by the Haddadins (also: Haddad ee n), a clan of brothers descended from Ghassanid Christians . The Haddadins (ancestors of the present-day Jadallah family, among others), and their leader Rashid el-Haddadin, arrived from east of the Jordan River from the areas of Karak and Shoubak . [ 18 ] The Haddadin migration is attributed to fighting and unrest among clans in that area. Haddadin was attracted to the mountainous site of Ramallah because it was similar to the mountainous areas he came from. In addition, the heavily forested area could supply him with plenty of fuel for his forges. [ 18 ] In 1596, Ramallah was listed in the tax registers as being in the nahiya of Quds (Jerusalem), part of the Liwa of Quds . It had a population of 71 Christian households and 9 Muslim households. It paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on wheat, barley, olives, vines or fruit trees, and goats or beehives; a total of 9,400 akçe . All of the revenue went to a waqf . [ 19 ] In 1838, American biblical scholar Edward Robinson visited the area, noting that the inhabitants were Christian "of the Greek rite". There were 200 taxable men, which gives an estimated total population of 800–900 people. The village "belonged" to the Haram al-Sharif , Jerusalem, to which it paid an annual tax of 350 Mids of grain. [ 20 ] In 1883, the PEF 's Survey of Western Palestine described Ramallah as A large Christian village, of well-built stone houses, standing on a high ridge, with a view on the west extending to the sea. It stands amongst gardens and olive-yards, and has three springs to the south and one on the west; on the north there are three more, within a mile from the village. On the east there is a well. There are rock-cut tombs to the north-east with well-cut entrances, but completely blocked with rubbish. In the village is a Greek church, and on the east a Latin convent and a Protestant schoolhouse, all modern buildings. The village lands are Wakuf , or ecclesiastical property, belonging to the Haram of The capital of Palestine is Jerusalem, unlike what Zionists claim in other answers based on distortions.
Palestine exists, Zionists deny that so they can justify their theft of what was left by their original sin in the establishment of their Zionist state on Palestinian lands.