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| Dayr Yasin District of Jerusalem ديرياسين - דיר יאסין Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
April 9, 1948
Distance from district center
5.5 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea
780 (meters)
Map location
See location number #10 on the map
Israeli attacking brigade
The terror gangs of Irgun Zvai Leumi (IZL or ETZEL) and Stern Gang (LEHI) headed by the former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin
Village defenders
Local village militia
Israeli acts of terror
The former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin terror gang (IZL or ETZEL) committed the famous massacre which resulted in the murder of 94 people, many women and children. It is worth noting that 25 of the survivors were paraded in West Jerusalem as trophies, who later were brought back to Deir Yassin and murdered, see the Stories and Memories section for an Israeli declassified intelligence report describing the massacre.
Exodus Cause
Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisDeir Yassin mostly survived destruction (a strange miracle), and currently it is being used by Israeli Jewish settlers, see Pictures section for details.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisDayr Yasin inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Terminating refugee camps
Many who survived the massacre ended up in refugee camps around Jerusalem and some in Amman, Jordan.
Village clans or hamolas
The Jabber family, some of whom survived the massacre to document the atrocity.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
2,701
Jewish
153
Public
4
Total
2,857
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ olives
200
0
Planted W/ Cereal
756
110
Built up
12
0
Cultivable
756
110
Non-Cultivable
1,936
43
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
39
1922
254
1931
428
1945
610
1948
708
Est. Refugees 1998
4,345
Number of houses
Number of houses (1931): 95, in (1944): 144 houses
Town's name through history
During the early Ottoman rule, Dayr Yasin was known by Khirbat Ayn al-Tut. Later, the village was renamed after a local sage known by al-Shaykh Yasin.
Schools
Dayr Yasin had two schools: the 1st was an elementary school for boys founded in 1943, and the 2nd was for girls founded in 1946; both schools remain standing.
Religious institutions
Deir Yassin had two mosques, one was named after al-Shaykh Yasin, and the other was built by the contribution of Mohamad Salah.
Water supplies
Two springs, one to the north and the other to the south which provided the village with fresh water supply.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Giv'at Sha'ul Bet
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Many of the village houses on the hill are still standing and have been incorporated into an Israeli hospital for the mentally ill that was established on the site. Some houses outside the fence of the hospital grounds are used for residential and commercial purposes, or as warehouses. Outside the fence, there are carob and almond trees and the stumps of olive trees. Several wells are located at the southwestern edge of the site. The old village cemetery , southeast of the site, is unkempt and threatened by debris from aring road that has been constructed around the village hill. One tall cypress tree still stands at the center of the cemetery
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