Ras Khamis, Jerusalem

#474 among attractions in Jerusalem

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Ras Khamis is a neighborhood in East Jerusalem. In 2007, construction of the Israeli West Bank Barrier cut off Ras Khamis from the rest of East Jerusalem, with the barrier completed in 2010. Presently, access to the rest of the city is via a single checkpoint. Subsequently, in 2012, municipal services such as urban planning, utilities, police and fire services, and garbage were discontinued in Ras Khamis and other neighborhoods that were separated by the barrier from the rest of the city. However, as the land was still claimed by Israel, the Palestinian Authority did not provide government services either. ()

Coordinates: 31°48'47"N, 35°14'34"E

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Nearby attractions include: Jerusalem British War Cemetery, Givat HaMivtar, Sultan Ibrahim Ibn Adham Mosque, Gibeah.

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Cemetery
Jerusalem British War Cemetery, Jerusalem
27 min walk • Jerusalem British War Cemetery is a British cemetery in Jerusalem for fallen servicemen of the British Commonwealth in the World War I in Palestine. The main cemetery is located on Mount Scopus next to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem campus and 4.5 km north of the Old City of Jerusalem.
0.9 miSW
Archaeological site
Givat HaMivtar, Jerusalem
25 min walk • Givat HaMivtar is an Israeli settlement and a neighborhood in East Jerusalem established in 1970 between Ramat Eshkol and French Hill. It is located on a hill where an important battle took place in the Six Day War. Archaeological excavations have revealed important ancient Jewish tombs in the region.
1.5 miNW
Mosque
Sultan Ibrahim Ibn Adham Mosque, Jerusalem
39 min walk • The Sultan Ibrahim Ibn Adham Mosque is the largest mosque in the Palestinian town of Beit Hanina, located northeast of Jerusalem. It is named after a Muslim man who lived in the town and worked as collector of olive products.
1 miNW
Natural attraction, Neighbourhood, Mountain
Gibeah, Jerusalem
26 min walk • Gibeah is the name of three places mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in the tribes of Benjamin, Judah, and Ephraim respectively. Gibeah of Benjamin is the most commonly mentioned of the places. In the Book of Judges, it is the main setting to the story of the Benjaminite War.
1 miSE
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Isawiya, Jerusalem
27 min walk • Al-Issawiya Arabic: العيساوية, is a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem. It is located on the eastern slopes of the Mount Scopus ridge.
1.4 miSW
Neighbourhood
Ramat Eshkol, Jerusalem
36 min walk • Ramat Eshkol is an Israeli settlement and neighborhood in East Jerusalem. It was built on land captured from Jordan in the Six-Day War and was the first neighborhood built in East Jerusalem after the Six-Day War in 1967.
0.7 miSW
Neighbourhood
French Hill, Jerusalem
18 min walk • French Hill, also Giv'at Shapira is a neighborhood and Israeli settlement in northern East Jerusalem. It is located on territory that has been occupied since the Six-Day War in 1967 and later unilaterally annexed by Israel under the Jerusalem Law, in a move internationally condemned as illegal under international law, in 1980.
1.2 miSW
Neighbourhood
Kiryat Menachem Begin, Jerusalem
31 min walk • Kiryat Menachem Begin, named after former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and also known as Kiryat HaMemshala, is a complex of government buildings in East Jerusalem located between Sheikh Jarrah in the north, adjacent to Mount Scopus in the east and Ammunition Hill in the west.
0.8 miW
Neighbourhood
Shuafat, Jerusalem
20 min walk • Shuafat, also Shu'fat and Sha'fat, is a mostly Arab neighborhood of East Jerusalem, forming part of north-eastern Jerusalem. Located on the old Jerusalem–Ramallah road about three miles north of the Old City, Shu'fat has a population of 35,000 residents.
0.8 miN
Neighbourhood
Pisgat Ze'ev, Jerusalem
21 min walk • Pisgat Ze'ev is an Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem and the largest residential neighborhood in Jerusalem with a population of over 50,000.