Ein al-Beida
Ein al-Beida is a Palestinian village of in the Tubas Governorate in the northeastern West Bank. It has a population of about 1,138.
History
Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Ein al-Beida came under Jordanian rule.
Ein al-Beida was reestablished in 1952 by Arab farmers belonging to the Fuquha and Daraghmah families from nearby Tubas who owned farms in the area and decided to establish a village. The village is named after a large spring in the area, Ein al-Beida, which was once used to irrigate the neighboring land.
In the 1961 Jordanian census Ein al-Beida's population was 573.
Post 1967
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Ein al-Beida has been under Israeli occupation. The spring nearby which provided some of its farmers with irrigation dried up when the Israeli water company Mekorot drilled a well nearby in order to supply the Israeli settlement of Mehola with water.Geography and climate
Ein al-Beida is situated in a plain area on the eastern foothill of the Jordan Valley surrounded by hills and mountains. It is located 15 kilometers northeast of Tubas, bordered by the Jordan River to the east, Bardala to the west, the Green Line to the north and the Israeli settlement of Mehola to the south. The town's elevation is 166 meters below sea level.The total jurisdiction of the village is 15,000 dunams, constituting 3% of the Tubas Governorate's land. Built-up area accounts for 480 dunams while 8,500 dunams are agricultural or cultivated lands.
Warm weather is characteristic of Ein al-Beida, with hot, dry summers and cold and dry winters. The average rainfall in the village 275 millimeters. The average annual temperature is 21-22 degrees Celsius and the humidity rate is 55%.