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| 'Islin District of Jerusalem عسلين - עיסלין Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 18, 1948
Distance from district center
21 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea
280 (meters)
Map location
See location number #15 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Dani
Israeli attacking brigade
Possibly Fourth Battalion of the Har'el Brigade
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by Israelis'Islin was completely defaced, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis'Islin inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
2,157
Jewish
0
Public
2
Total
2,159
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
104
Area planted w/ olives
25
Planted W/ Cereal
830
Built up
20
Cultivable
934
Non-Cultivable
1,205
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
77
1931
186
1945
260
1948
302
Est. Refugees 1998
1,852
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
49
1948
79
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Eshta'ol
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:-
Partially destroyed walls and stone terraces can be seen throughout the site. A thick forest, bushes, and grass grow over and around the stone rubble. Many carob trees and some olive trees grow on the northern edge of the site, and eucalyptus and fir trees grow in the south. The site also houses a bus repair yard belonging to the Israeli public transportation cooperative, Egged
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