Ayn al-Mansi
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 Ayn al-Mansi
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| Arabic | عين المنسي |
| Name Meaning | "forgotten well" |
| Also Spelled | 'Ein al-Mansi |
| Sub-district | Jenin |
| Coordinates | 32°35′35.80″N 35°10′38.15″E / 32.593278°N 35.1772639°ECoordinates: 32°35′35.80″N 35°10′38.15″E / 32.593278°N 35.1772639°E |
| Population | 90 (1945[1]) |
| Area | 1,295 dunums |
| Date of depopulation | mid-April 1948[2] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Ayn al-Mansi (Arabic: عين المنسي, Ein el Mansî) was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jenin of the British Mandate of Palestine. It was depopulated as a result of a military attack in mid-April during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Hadawi, 1970, p. 54. Also gives total land area in dunums.
- ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xviii village #386. Also gives cause of depopulation.
[edit] Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-00967-7, 9780521009676
[edit] External links
- Welcome To 'Ayn al-Mansi
- 'Ayn al-Mansi, from Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
- 'Ayn al-Mansi, Palestine Family.net
- 3ein Al-Mansi, Dr. Moslih Kanaaneh
- Tour of Ayn al-Mansi, 18.2.06, Zochrot
- Address of Kassem Zeid at Zochrot’s visit to the village of Ayn al-Mansi, from Zochrot
- Booklet about Ayn al-Mansi (2006), downloadable, from Zochrot
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