ancient ruins
Masada
An ancient Roman fortress atop an isolated rock plateau overlooking the Dead Sea, site of the last Jewish stand against Rome in 73 CE.
24 km · about 30 min drive
West Bank, Palestine · Asia
Suseya is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Al Karmil, 27km from Ein Gedi Nature Reserve.
Suseya is a town located in West Bank, Palestine. With a population of 1,301, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Suseya sits in Palestine. It's in the Asia/Jerusalem time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Suseya to your route.
Susya (Arabic: سوسية, Hebrew: סוּסְיָא; Susiyeh, Susiya, Susia) is a location in the southern Hebron Governorate in the West Bank. It houses an archaeological site with extensive remains from the Late Roman and Byzantine periods, including the ruins of an archeologically notable synagogue, repurposed as a mosque afterRead more
the Muslim conquest of Palestine in the 7th century. A Palestinian village named Susya was established near the site in the 1830s. The village lands extended over 300 hectares under multiple private Palestinian ownership, and the Palestinians on the site are said to exemplify a southern Hebron cave-dwelling culture present in the area since the early 19th century whose transhumant practices involved seasonal dwellings in the area's caves and ruins of Susya.
In 1982, an Israeli land authority, Plia Albeck, working in the Civil division of the State Attorney's Office, determined that the 300 hectares where Palestinians had been living, and which included an area with remains both of a 5th–8th century CE synagogue and of a mosque that had replaced it, were privately owned by the Palestinian Susya's villagers. In 1983, an Israeli settlement also named Susya was established next to the Palestinian village. In 1986, the Israeli Defense Ministry's Civil Administration declared the entire area owned by Palestinians an archeological site, and the Israeli Defense Forces expelled the Palestinian owners from their dwellings and appointed Israeli settlers from the recently built settlement to manage the site. Some of the expropriated Palestinian land was incorporated into the jurisdictional area of the Israeli settlement, and an illegal Israeli outpost was established on the area of the previous Palestinian village. The expelled Palestinians moved a few hundred meters southeast of their original village.
The Israeli government, which has issued injunctions against the Israeli Supreme Court's decisions to demolish illegal Israeli outposts, made a petition to the High Court to permit the demolition of the new Palestinian village. The state expressed a willingness to allocate what it called "Israeli government-owned lands" near Yatta for an alternative residence, and to assist rebuilding, considering it ideal for the displaced villagers grazing. Though the existence of the Palestinian village is attested on maps as early as 1917, confirmed by aerial photographs in 1980 that show cultivated farmland and livestock pens maintained by Palestinians on the site, the official view of Israel is that no historic Palestinian village ever existed there, just a few families residing seasonally, and that the area was required for archaeological work. It is notable that Jews also reside in illegal structures on the same archaeological site. The attorney for the Palestinians replied that the army was stopping Palestinians building on their own privately owned land, while permitting settlers to seize their agricultural fields.
The population of the Palestinian community has fluctuated. It reportedly numbered 350 villagers in 2012 and 250 residents the following year, constituted by 50 nuclear families (2015), up from 25 in 1986 and 13 in 2008. By 2018 17 families were reported to still be clinging on, working the few fields that remain to them of their former lands.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law; the Israeli government disputes this.
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Suseya is located in West Bank, Palestine, Asia. The coordinates are 31.3912 latitude, 35.1137 longitude.
Suseya has a population of approximately 1,301 people, making it a town in Palestine.
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ancient ruins
An ancient Roman fortress atop an isolated rock plateau overlooking the Dead Sea, site of the last Jewish stand against Rome in 73 CE.
24 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
A lush oasis of waterfalls, pools, and wildlife on the shores of the Dead Sea in the Judean Desert.
27 km · about 30 min drive
beach
The main beach and resort area on the Israeli shore of the Dead Sea, known for therapeutic mud baths and salt-crystal-covered shores.
32 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
One of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world, built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
36 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Earth's lowest point on land at 430 meters below sea level, with water so salty that swimmers float effortlessly on the surface.
39 km · about 45 min drive
museum
Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, with deeply moving exhibits and a striking modernist museum built into a mountainside.
43 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
44 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
A walled sacred city of one square kilometer containing holy sites for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam within four historic quarters.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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