Abu Dis

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Abu Dis (Arabic أبو ديس Abu Dis; alternative spelling Abu Deis ) is a town east of Jerusalem, which is under the administration of the Palestinian Authority. The city currently has 11,672 inhabitants. Your ancient name was Beit Phaig. The city lies between the north and al - Aizariyya Sawahira ash Sharqiyah in the south. The Ma'ale Adumim Israeli settlement adjacent to Abu Dis in the east.

The majority of the agencies and offices of the Palestinian Authority, which are based jerusalem, located in Abu Dis, which has gained in recent years increasingly important. The city was therefore as potential capital of a future Palestinian state in the conversation. Furthermore, here the Al- Quds University is 4,000 students. In fact, the population of Abu Dis doubled daily by commuting student and worker.

Abu Dis was and will always be called again as a possible capital of a Palestinian state that East Jerusalem should remain under Israeli administration. In October 2007, a possible division of Jerusalem was the media propagated both by Israel's Vice Premier Haim Ramon, as well as by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.