Ras Al-Amud

Ras al-Amud (Arabic: راس العامود‎) is a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, located southeast of the Old City, overlooking Silwan to the south, Abu Dis and al-Eizariya to the east, and the Temple Mount (known to Arabs as Haram ash-Sharif) to the north. There were about 11,922 Palestinians living in the neighborhood in 2003.