Ayn al-Mansi
Ayn al-Mansi | |
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Ayn al-Mansi | |
Arabic | عين المنسي |
Name meaning | "forgotten well" |
Also spelled | 'Ein al-Mansi |
Subdistrict | Jenin |
Coordinates | 32°35′35.80″N 35°10′38.15″E / 32.5932778°N 35.1772639°ECoordinates: 32°35′35.80″N 35°10′38.15″E / 32.5932778°N 35.1772639°E |
Palestine grid | 166/222 |
Population | 90 (1945[1]) |
Area | 1,295 dunams |
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 Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated as a result of a military attack in mid-April during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine.[2]
See also
References
Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- 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 978-0-521-00967-6.
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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