Islin

Islin
عسلين
Etymology: Honey[1]
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Islin is located in Mandatory Palestine
Islin
Islin
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°47′05″N 35°00′23″E / 31.78472°N 35.00639°E / 31.78472; 35.00639
Palestine grid150/132
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictJerusalem
Date of depopulation18 July 1948[4]
Population
 (1945)
 • Total260[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesEshtaol[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.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 284
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 24
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hadawi57 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #330. Also gives the cause for depopulation
  5. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, settlement #78. 1949
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Khalidi295 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).