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Israeli occupation date:
May 28th, 1948.
The village defenders
were the Iraqi army units and some Palestinian and some ALA
volunteers.
Zir'in was mostly
destroyed with the exception of one deserted village house.
Zir'in inhabitants were
completely ethnically cleansed.
IF we go back in history
the Canaanites referred to the village by Yizre'el, and the
Crusader
called it Le Petit
Gerin.
Zir'in had one school
for boys , which was founded during Ottoman period and
a Mosque which was
renovated by al-Zahir Baybars soon after the battle of 'Ayn
Jalut.
The village was the
hometown of Mahmud Salim, one of the leaders of the 1936
intifada.
The village northern and
eastern sides slopes toward Wadi al-Jalud.
Next to the village, the
Egyptian Mamluks triumphed over the Mongols in the decisive battle
of 'Ayn Jalut.
Israelli settlements
on town lands: Avital and Yizre’el.
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Land ownership
before occupation
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Ethnic
Group
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Land
Ownership (Dunums)
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Arab
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22,034
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Jewish
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1,711
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Public
|
175
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Total
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23,920
(22,597 cultivable )
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Population
before occupation
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Year
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Population
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1596
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22
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1931
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978
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1945
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1,420
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