1) Town in the West Bank 
Birzeit (بيرزيت), also Bir Zeit, is a Palestinian town north of Ramallah in the central West Bank. Its population in the 2007 census was 4,529. Birzeit is a predominantly Christian town and home to the Birzeit University. ==History== Birzeit history dates back to the Byzantine era and earlier. West of the town, at Khirbat Bir Zait, are the r...