Abu Ghosh is an Arab village west of Jerusalem on the road to Tel Aviv whose inhabitants were known for their friendly relations with their Jewish neighbors. During Israel’s War of Independence they did not participate in the fighting. It is famed by Israelis for its superior hummus. The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ) are a large and heterogeneous ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ... A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Jerusalem (; Hebrew: Yerushalayim; Arabic: al-Quds, Greek Ιεροσόλυμα), the capital of Israel, is an ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea at an elevation of 650-840 meters. ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... Jews (Hebrew: יהודים, Yehudim) are followers of Judaism or, more generally, members of the Jewish people (also known as the Jewish nation, or the Children of Israel), an ethno-religious group descended from the ancient Israelites and converts who joined their religion. ... The 1948 Arab-Israeli War is referred to as the War of Independence (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמאות) or as the War of Liberation (Hebrew: מלחמת השחרור) by Israelis. ... Hummus with chicken Hummus (Arabic: حُمُّص (help· info); Armenian translit: hamos; Greek: Χούμους; Hebrew: חומוס; also spelt as houmous (standard in UK), hommus, or humus) is a dip made of chickpea paste with various additions, such as olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon juice, paprika, and tahini (sesame seed paste). ...

According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), as of September 2001 Abu Ghosh had a population of 5,200, predominately Muslim Arabs. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (הלשכה המרכזית לסטטיסטיקה) is a state organization for the creation and maintenance of numeric data related to populations vis-à-vis the ethnic makeup of Israel and its cities. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is an adherent of Islam. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ) are a large and heterogeneous ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ...

Geography

Abu Ghosh is located approximately 10 kilometers west of Jerusalem, just north of the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway. Neighboring Abu Ghosh to the southwest is the Jewish town and religious institution, Qiryat Ye'arim. Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... Qiryat Yearim (Hebrew קרית יערים), is a local municipality in the Jerusalem district of Israel. ...

Abu Ghosh is 610-720 meters above sea level.

History

The Church of Notre Dame de l'Arche de l'Alliance (Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant), built in 1924, is said to occupy the site of the house of Abinadab where the Ark of the Covenant rested for twenty years until King David took it to Jerusalem. It is built on the site of a fifth-century Byzantine church. 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This entry incorporates text from Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation. ... A late 19th-century artists conception of the Ark of the Covenant, employing a Renaissance cassone for the Ark and cherubim as latter-day Christian angels The Ark of the Covenant (ארון הברית in Hebrew: aron habrit) is described in the Hebrew Bible as a sacred container built at the command... This page is about the Biblical king David. ... Byzantine Empire (Greek: ), is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ...