In the 1596 Ottoman tax registers, al-Judeida was an entirely Muslim village with a population of 10 families,[5] located in the Nahiya Jabal Sami, in the Nablus Sanjak.

[5] In 1838, Edward Robinson noted the village when he travelled in the region, as bordering the extremely fertile Marj Sanur.

[8] In 1870, French traveler Victor Guérin visited al-Judeida, describing it as being amid "gardens of fig trees, pomegranates and olives.

[18] On Saturday 9 January 2016 resident Ali Abu Maryam (23) was shot dead by Israeli soldiers at the Beka'ot roadblock.

[19][20] Al-Judeida is situated at the southern edge of the Marj Sanur valley on a small hilltop with an elevation of about 425 meters above sea level.

[5] The nearest localities are Siris to the southwest, Meithalun to the northwest, Sir to the north, Aqqaba to the northeast and Tubas to the east.