Ras Atiya is a Palestinian town in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western area of the West Bank, located 27 km south of Tulkarm and 11 km south of Qalqiliya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,129 inhabitants in 2017.

Location

Ras ‘Atiya (including Ras at Tira and Wadi ar Rasha) is located 4-5 km south of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by ‘Izbat al Ashqar to the east, Ad Dab’a to the east and south, ‘Izbat Jalud and Al Mudawwar to the south, Habla to the west, and An Nabi Elyas and ‘Arab Abu Farda to the north.

History

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine found at Kh. Ras et Tireh: "walls and cisterns."

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, the area came under Jordanian rule. In 1961, the population was 224.

Post-1967

After the Six-Day War in 1967, the area has been under Israeli occupation. After the 1995 accords, 32.2 % of Ras 'Atiya land is defined as Area B, while the remainder 67.8 % is Area C. Under the same accord, 5% of Ras al-Tira land is defined as Area B, while the remainder 95 % is Area C, while 100% of Wadi ar Rasha land is Area C, Israel has confiscated 51 dunams of land from Ras at Tira in order to construct the Israeli settlement of Alfei Menashe.