Masil al-Jizl explained

Masil al-Jizl
Native Name:مسيل الجزل/عرب الزيناتي
Native Name Lang:ar
Other Name:Arab al-Zinati[1]
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Mandatory Palestine
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:32.4542°N 35.5572°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:202/207
Subdivision Type:Geopolitical entity
Subdivision Name:Mandatory Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name1:Baysan
Established Title1:Date of depopulation
Established Date1:May 31, 1948
Established Title2:Repopulated dates
Unit Pref:dunam
Area Total Dunam:976
Population As Of:1945
Population Total:100[2] [3]
Blank Name Sec1:Cause(s) of depopulation
Blank3 Name Sec1:Current Localities
Blank3 Info Sec1:Kfar Ruppin[4]

Masil al-Jizl was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the Arab-Israeli War. It was attacked and depopulated on May 31, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon.

History

There were several archeological sites in the vicinity, including Tall al-Qitaf, Kh. al-Hajj Mahmud and Tall al-Shaykh Dawud.[4]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the Mandatory Palestine authorities, Mesil al-Jezel had a population of 64; all Muslims,[5] increasing in the 1931 census to 197 Muslims, in a total of 47 houses.[6]

In the 1945 statistics, the population was 100 Muslims,[2] with a total of 976 dunams of land.[3] Of this, 252 dunams were for plantations and irrigated land, 702 for cereals,[7] while 22 dunams were non-cultivable land.[8]

Village land currently used by Kfar Ruppin.

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Notes and References

  1. Khalidi, 1992, p.55
  2. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
  3. Counted with Kefar Ruppin, in Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
  4. Khalidi, 1992, p. 56
  5. Barron, 1923, Table IX, p. 31
  6. Mills, 1932, p. 79
  7. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 85
  8. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 135