Islin
عسلين | |
|---|---|
| Etymology: Honey[1] | |
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  Islin Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°47′05″N 35°00′23″E / 31.78472°N 35.00639°E | |
| Palestine grid | 150/132 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
| Date of depopulation | 18 July 1948[4] |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 260[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Eshtaol[5] |
Islin (Arabic: عسلين) was a Palestinian Arab village located 21 kilometers west of Jerusalem. The village had a population of 302 inhabitants and was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.[6] It was occupied by Israeli forces, possibly from the Fourth Battalion of the Harel Brigade, on 18 July 1948 during Operation Dani, causing its inhabitants to leave.[6] Eshtaol, a moshav, was built on the village's land.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 284
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 24
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Hadawi57was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #330. Also gives the cause for depopulation
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, settlement #78. 1949
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Khalidi295was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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