Al-Fasayil
Overview
 
Fasayil or Fasa'il is a Palestinian
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...

 village in the northeastern West Bank
West Bank
The West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...

, a part of the Jericho Governorate
Jericho Governorate
The Jericho Governorate is one of 16 Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority within the Palestinian territories. It is located along the eastern areas of the West Bank, along the northern Dead Sea and southern Jordan River valley bordering Jordan...

, located 14 kilometers northwest of Jericho
Jericho
Jericho ; is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories. It is the capital of the Jericho Governorate and has a population of more than 20,000. Situated well below sea level on an east-west route north of the Dead Sea, Jericho is the lowest permanently...

 and about 40 kilometers southeast of Nablus
Nablus
Nablus is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank, approximately north of Jerusalem, with a population of 126,132. Located in a strategic position between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, it is the capital of the Nablus Governorate and a Palestinian commercial and cultural center.Founded by the...

. The closest Palestinian locality is Duma to the west. The village's total land area is 47,951 dunam
Dunam
A dunam or dönüm, dunum, donum, dynym, dulum was a non-SI unit of land area used in the Ottoman Empire and representing the amount of land that can be plowed in a day; its value varied from 900–2500 m²...

s. The village is located adjacent to the Israeli settlement
Israeli settlement
An Israeli settlement is a Jewish civilian community built on land that was captured by Israel from Jordan, Egypt, and Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and is considered occupied territory by the international community. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank...

 of Petza'el
Petza'el
Petza'el is a moshav and Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley, 34.5 kilometers from the Green line, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. In 2009 it had a population of 205....

, the modern Hebrew of al-Fasayil's name.
Fasayil was known as Phasaelis.
Quotations

I'm ten years old, my life's half over. And I don't even know if I'm black with white stripes or white with black stripes.

Alex, do not interrupt me when I'm daydreaming. If a zebra's in the zone, leave him alone.

Grand Central Station. It's Grand, and it's Central.

(breaking the silence) It's the man!

Dagnabbit! I missed the express! Looks like I have to take the Stanford local.

Oh sugar, honey, iced tea!

Excuse me. You're biting my butt.

Here come the people, Marty! I love the people! It's fun-people-fun-time!

We can't call the people. They'll be really mad! They'll get Marty transfered for good! You don't bite the hand that feeds ya!

Come on, my little fillet. My little fillet mignon with a little fat around those edges. I like that. I like a little fat on my steak, my sweet, juicy steak. You are a rare delicacy...

 
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