A Palestinian village within the Jerusalem municipal boundaries (in an area called East Jerusalem), located just south of the Palestinian city of Al-Bireh in the West Bank. Est. population in 2008: 14,315. The village is now on the West Bank side of Israel’s Separation Barrier, though the Israeli-run Jerusalem municipality maintains its services there and residents carry Jerusalem IDs. See Jerusalem and Jerusalem IDs.  http://www.justvision.org/glossary/kafr-aqab