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District of Jerusalem
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Occupation Date | July 18, 1948 | ||||||||||||||
Distance From District | 21 (km) West of Jerusalem | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 280 (meters) | ||||||||||||||
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Map Location | See location #15 on the map View from satellite |
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Military Operation | Operation Dani | ||||||||||||||
Attacking Units | Possibly Fourth Battalion of the Har'el Brigade | ||||||||||||||
Exodus Cause | Military assault by Zionist troops | ||||||||||||||
Village Temains | 'Islin was completely defaced, and only house rubble left behind. | ||||||||||||||
Ethnically Cleansing | 'Islin inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||
Pre-Nakba Land Ownership |
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Land Usage As of 1945 |
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Exculsive Jewish Colonies Who Usurped Village Lands |
Eshta'ol | ||||||||||||||
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Village Before NakbaThe village stood on a hill on the southern slope of a mountain, facing southeast. A wadi ran along its western and southern perimeters. 'Islin was about 1 km west of the highway between Bayt Jibrin (a large village in the Hebron sub-disctrict) and the Jerusalem−Jaffa highway. Dirt paths linked it to nearby villages. 'Islin was divided into two main sections, one to the east and one to the west. New construction extended to the north. The village is identified with the sixteenth-century village of 'Islit which was mentioned in the Ottoman tax records for that time. It was in the nahiya of Ramla (liwa' of Gaza) and had a population of seventy-seven. It paid taxes on wheat, barley, and fruit trees as well as on goats and beehives. In the 1870s the village was uninhabited; the ruins of the sixteenth-century village were still visible. It was probably repopulated sometime around the beginning of the twentieth century.The residents of 'Islin were Muslims, and they built their houses of stone and mud. Springs and wells provided drinking water and crops were rainfed. The economy was based on grain, fruit trees, olive trees, and vineyards. In 1944/45 a total of 830 dunums was allotted to cereals; 104 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. The agricultural lands lay north and southeast of the village site. Village Occupation and Ethnic CleaningThe only information available about 'Islin is that it fell to the Israeli army in a limited offensive that was implemented as part of Operation Dani (see Abu al-Fadl, Ramla sub-district). Along with a chain of other villages, it was mortared and captured by Israeli troops on 17−18 July 1948, according to Israeli historian Benny Morris.Zionists Colonies on Village LandsThe settlement of Eshta'ol (150132), founded in 1949, is on land belonging to 'Islin and the neighboring village of Ishwa'.Village TodayPartially 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 Jewish National Fund (the land purchase and development body of the World Zionist Organization ) has established a plant nursery on the southern edge of the village. The site also houses a bus repair yard belonging to the Israeli public transportation cooperative, Egged.SourceDr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains. |
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Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
ضياء ذيب | ذيب | عمان, الاردن |
محمد مطاوع | مطاوع | عمان, الاردن |
محمد حسن محمد عفانه | uthki | safut, jordan |
خالد صالح رضوان (ابو صالح) | رضوان | البقعة, الاردن |
aboyahia | Radwan | Jordan |
يوسف سليمان | - | - |
عزيزة رضوان | رضوان | - |
rusha motawe | - | - |
atallah | - | jordan |
ahmad mutawe | - | - |
محمد طه مطاوع | - | عمان, الاردن |
Afaneh | - | - |
Yousef Mutawe | - | Amman, Jordan |
Aliaa Radwan | Radwan | Amman, Jordan |
عسلينية | رضوان | عمان, الاردن |
mohammed al hafy | - | Kuwait, Kuwait |
mohammed mahmoud | - | Kuwait, Kuwait |
abedhaed | حميد | - |
khaledssr | - | - |
Summer Mutawe | Mutawe | CA, USA |
hasan mohammd mahmud mutawe | mutawe | abu dhabi, united arab emerites |
عمار | عفانة | Ontario, Canada |
Adel Radwan | Zaeed/Radwan | - |
ali_mutawe | mutawe | amman, jordan |
a | afaneh | - |
ATTA AFANEH | - | - |
safaa mutawi | Mutawi | TN, USA |
sana mutawi | mutawi | canada |
wisam afana | - | - |
jamal solaiman | al sheekh ahmad | amman |
monther mutawea | Motawea | - |
Afif Mutawe | Mutawe | Canada |
ATTA MAHMOOD HUSAIN ATALLA | ATALLA AFANEH | AMMAN, JORDAN |