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1. al-aqaba

   Aqabah (Arabic: العقبة, and also called Al Aqabah, Aqaba, or Al Aqaba) is a Palestinian village in the northeastern West Bank, which is being targeted for demolition by the Israeli Civil Administration (the IDF agency responsible for controlling the West Bank) as the majority of structures were alleged to have been built without permits from the Israeli military administration. Surrounded by two Israeli military bases and a ‘virtual wall’ of checkpoints, Al-Aqaba's connections to neighboring communities, markets and the Jordan Valley have been gradually severed: since 1967, al-Aqaba's population has decreased by 85%, dropping from around 2,000 to 300 today. While many al-Aqaba residents no longer live in the village itself, they still hope to return to their land, and still send their children to the local school.Located in Area C of the West Bank on the edge of the Jordan Valley, the village is under complete Israeli military control and civil jurisdiction. The Israeli Civil Administration has so far issued 39 Demolition Orders against the houses and structures of the village, including the medical center, an internationally funded kindergarten, the houses, and the village mosque.A petition to the Israeli Supreme Court asking the court to cancel the demolition orders on the basis of an existing land-use plan was rejected on April 17, 2008.The villagers, led by Mayor Haj Sami Sadeq, have initiated a local and international campaign, in cooperation with several Israeli and American human rights organizations, to save the village. The campaign has included taking Israelis and foreign diplomats to visit Aqabah, lobbying the Quartet and asking for its intervention, and conducting a US speaking tour with the participation of Mayor Sadeq and prominent Israeli architect Shmuel Groag. The goal of the campaign is to encourage the Israeli authorities to authorize the land-use plans and allow the village to stand.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of al-aqaba in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of al-aqaba in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of al-aqaba in a Sentence

1. Jessica Bellworthy:

   With time these organisms stepping stoned their way north, up to the Gulf of Aqaba.

2. Israeli Transport Minister Yisrael Katz:

   The thing is, this (Ramon) is a big international airport, representing a mass of tourists, which is seen as possibly competing with them in tourism and such things, we will propose to them that large planes that can't land there (King Hussein) will land here. I have no problem with people going to Aqaba from there (Ramon). They can cross at Arava crossing.

3. Israeli Transport Minister Yisrael Katz:

   We will propose to them that large planes that can't land there (King Hussein) will land here. I have no problem with people going to Aqaba from there (Ramon). They can cross at Arava crossing.

4. Mahmoud Bdoul:

   When you complete the trail and arrive in Aqaba, you realize the noise of cars has been absent from your life for a month.

References

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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-aqaba