Bir al-Maksur

Bir al-Maksur or Beer el-Maksura (; ) is an Arab BedouinGal, 1992, p. 21 local council in the Northern District of Israel located north-west of Nazareth. In its population was . The villagers belong to the Arab el-Hujeirat Bedouin tribe, settled there in the 1950s. In 2022, 100% of the population was Muslim.

History Before Common Era

Flint from the Mousterian culture, made with the Levallois technique, in addition to remains from Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and B have been found during excavations.Malinski-Buller and Aladjem, 2011, Bir el-Maksur Preliminary ReportYaroshevich, 2013, Bir el-Maksur Final Report

Sherds from Iron age I, and possibly Iron age II have also been found.

Common Era A burial cave, with ceramics and artefacts dating to the late Roman period, that is, 3rd–4th centuries CE, has been unearthed.Zidan and Mitler, 2014, Bir el-Maksur

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted at Kh. el Maksur: "Heaps of stones."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 314meaning: The ruin of the broken one, according to Palmer, 1881, p. 112

Demographics

Voting Patterns In the 2022 election, 93 percent of voters in Bir al-Maksur voted for the Arab parties, while 6 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid and 1 percent voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu. Among the voters for the Arab parties, 95 percent voted for Ra'am, while 2 percent voted for Balad and 2 percent voted for the Hadash–Ta'al list.

Notable people

Mohammad Ghadir (born 1991), professional football player who plays for Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.

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