Wadi al-Joz, also Wadi Joz, is a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, located at the head of the Kidron Valley, north of the Old City of Jerusalem. The population of Wadi Joz is 13,000. It is located 750 meters above sea level in the Kidron Valley.
Wadi Joz
Skyline view of Wadi al-Joz in the foreground with the Old City and Temple Mount of Jerusalem in the background
A home in Wadi al-Joz, 2011
Kidron Valley is the modern name of the valley originating slightly northeast of the Old City of Jerusalem, which then separates the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives, and ending at the Dead Sea. Beyond Jerusalem it continues in a general south-easterly direction through the Judean desert in the West Bank, reaching the Dead Sea near the settlement of Ovnat, and descending 4,000 feet (1,200 m) along its 20-mile (32 km) course.
Kidron Valley viewed from the Old City of Jerusalem, with the Stepped Stone Structure (bottom right)
Dry plate photograph of Jews gathering at Absalom's Tomb in the Kidron Valley, early 20th century. View towards the south-west from the Jewish cemetery, with the south-eastern corner of Temple Mount in the upper background.
Jan van Cootwijk, folio from the Itinerary of Jerusalem and Syria: Kidron Valley with Jesus' footprints near the bridge, Absalom's pillar (right), and the Tomb of the Virgin in the background. Antwerp, 1619.
Benei Hazir Tomb (left) and Tomb of Zechariah (right)
