Al-Jib is situated along two historic roads that once connected Jaffa and Jerusalem: Beit Ur Road (Lydda – Gimzo – Beit Ur – al-Jib – Beit Hanina) and south of it, Wadi Suleiman Road (Beit Hanina – al-Jib – Wadi Abu Zaarur – Biddu – al-Tira – Beit Liqya). Al-Jib bore witness to fierce battles between the foreign colonizers, intent on the occupation of Jerusalem, and the local resistance fighters who sacrificed their blood and lives in defense of their homeland.
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