Ein al-Zeitun

Ein al-Zeitun
عين الزيتون
Ayn az-Zaytun
Village
Ein al-Zeitun, 1948
Ein al-Zeitun, 1948
Etymology: "spring of olives"[1]
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Ein al-Zeitun (click the buttons)
Ein al-Zeitun is located in Mandatory Palestine
Ein al-Zeitun
Ein al-Zeitun
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°58′51″N 35°29′30″E / 32.98083°N 35.49167°E / 32.98083; 35.49167
Palestine grid196/265
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationMay 2, 1948[4]
Area
[3]
 • Total1,100 dunams (1.1 km2 or 300 acres)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total820[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesNone

Ein al-Zeitun[a], was a Palestinian Arab village, located 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) north of Safed in the Upper Galilee. During the early Ottoman period, Ein el-Zeitun had a mixed population of Muslims and Jews. Later, in the 19th century, it became entirely Muslim. The village's small population and land area as well as its proximity to Safad made it a suburb of the city. In 1945, the village had a population of 820 inhabitants and a total land area of 1,100 dunams.[3] The village was depopulated in 1948, after the Ein al-Zeitun massacre.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 65
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 9
  3. ^ a b c Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 69
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #53. Also provides cause of depopulation.


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