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Welcome To Bi'lin - بعلين (ביעלין)

District of Gaza
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Picture for Bi'lin Village - Palestine: : Village Rubble In 1987
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date July 8, 1948
Distance From District 39 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation 150 (meters)
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Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
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Pre-Nakba Aerial View
Map Location See location #17 on the map

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Military Operation Operation An-Far
Attacking Units First Battalion of Giv'ati Brigade
Acts of Terror Massacre occured by Zionist troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains The village was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses remain standing.
Ethnically Cleansing Bi'lin inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 7,415
Jewish 294
Public 327
**Total 8,036
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 143 0
Planted W/ Cereal 6,992 294
Built up 6 0
Arable 7,135 294
Non-Arable 601 0
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1922 101
1931 127
1945 180
1948 209
Est. Refugees 1998 1,282
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 32
1948 52
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Thikrin
Schools Bi'lin had an elementary school which was founded in 1937.
Shrines / Maqams A shrine for al-Shaykh Ya'qub.
Water Supply Bi'lin contained two wells which supplied it with its drinking water needs.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
Qedma
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Village Before Nakba

The village stood on a limestone hill on generally hilly terrain. It was somewhat isolated due to the terrain and the absence of roads other than dirt paths. In the late nineteenth century, Bi'lin was a small village built of adobe bricks and stone, with mud used for mortar. The village had two wells, a school (founded in 1937), and some shops. The shrine of Shaykh Ya'qub was east of the village. Some village land was used for grazing goats and sheep, but most was used for rainfed agriculture; the villagers grew grain and fruit, including grapes, figs, and almonds. In 1944/45 a total of 6,972 dunums was allotted to cereals; 143 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. The villagers also produced milk products and wool.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

Bi'lin was one of more than sixteen villages occupied during Operation An-Far. The village probably fell in the first stage of the offensive, on 9–10 July 1948, to the First Battalion of the Giv'ati Brigade.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

No settlement was established on village land, but the inhabitants of Qedma, established northwest of the village in 1946, now use some of the village lands.

Village Today

All that remains is the rubble of a few houses, with wild herbs and thorns growing on the site, along with some trees and cactus plants. The site is surrounded by barbed wire. Parts of the surrounding land are planted with mango trees and grapes, while other parts serve as pastures.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.

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