This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Jubbet ad-Dib (Arabic: جبة الذيب, also spelled Jubbet adh-Dhib) is a small Palestinian village in the central West Bank, part of the Bethlehem Governorate.
It is located about 6.5 kilometers southeast of Bethlehem and is just east of the Palestinian town of Jannatah and north of the Israeli settlement Kfar Eldad.
[4] In 2002 the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) established a five-member local development committee to administer Jubbet adh-Dhib.
[3] In recent years the village has relied on the leadership of the Women's Committee, which has successfully found international and donors of a school, a school bus, a solar heating system, and solar electricity,[5][6] infrastructure which has also benefited from the aid and assistance of local NGOs, such as the Israel-Palestinian Comet-ME since 2016, and the Bimkom group of Israeli planners, who helped map the village confines.
[4] According to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), Jubbet ad-Dib's local administration first applied to be connected to the Israeli electricity grid in 1988.
[14] The school served 64 villager children, and a replacement structure was erected within days, successfully, by Bethlehem activists, despite an incursion by Israeli troops who attempted to use tear gas to disperse the workers.