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28-465: Conder asserts that the name Nehalin is derived from the biblical Hebrew נחל ( nahal ), "torrent", which has since been replaced by the Arabic word wadi but occasionally preserved in the name Nehalin, which designates locations in or close to large torrents. Palmer also writes that the name Nehalin is derived from Hebrew נחל, which he translates as "a water-course". In Arabic , the name Nahl means

56-621: A bee. The word nahaleen is Arabic for those who collect honey from bees. The village is located inside an enclave in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, surrounded by the Israeli settlements of Gvaot , Rosh Tzurim , Neve Daniel and Betar Illit . After the Oslo Accords in 1995, 91% of Nahalin land was classified as Area C , under full Israeli control, while the remaining 9% is Area B , meaning that civil affairs have been under

84-444: A kind of natural terrace on the side of a ridge, with a great valley to the north..[..] To the north is a spring in the valley; there is also a second spring to the south.[..] To the east is a Mukam , with two large oak-trees, sacred to Haj 'Aleiyan." "There is a tradition about tomb of Haj 'Aleiyan, of whom it is related that, having been refused entrance into the mosques because of his ragged and filthy appearance, he spread his Abba on

112-414: A military inquiry into the events indicated that the border police unit involved in the raid had "lost control and fired excessively". In May 1989, the military inquiry announced that disciplinary action against four officers and seven border policemen would be taken for "misconduct". During the funeral for those killed Walid Najajra, aged 23, was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers . He died a week later in

140-638: A military target in Jordanian controlled territory. In 1961, the population of Nahhalin was 1,015. Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Nahalin has been under Israeli occupation . The population in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 1,109. From 1988-1991, journalist Helen Winternitz spent 3 years in Nahalin, publishing her experiences in the book A Season of Stones . During

168-500: A rough estimate of the actual population rather than an exact count. Previous versions of the report were prepared in 1938 and 1943. The report found the total population of Palestine to be 1,764,520: there were 1,061,270 Muslims , 553,600 Jews , 135,550 Christians and 14,100 classified as "others" (typically Druze ). Regarding the accuracy of its statistics, the report said: The last population census taken in Palestine

196-615: A serious head injury which left him bedridden for a while and unable to return to Palestine. The work of surveying the country of Palestine commenced again only in late February 1877, without Conder. Village Statistics, 1945 Village Statistics, 1945 was a joint survey work prepared by the Government Office of Statistics and the Department of Lands of the British Mandate Government for

224-657: A total of 3,880 Akçe . Later sources no longer refer to the Christian community, and Bagatti suggested the Christians in the village had converted to Islam. The French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village in the 1863, and he described it as "a jumble of small houses", with tobacco plantations surrounding it. Martin Hartmann found Nahalin to have 17 houses. In 1883, PEF 's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Nahalin as "A village of moderate size, on

252-618: The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine which acted in early 1946. The data were calculated as of April 1, 1945, and was later published and also served the UNSCOP committee that operated in 1947. The survey encompasses data on land ownership, its uses, population statistics, and tax payment records. The land data was derived from the work conducted for the Peel Commission and subsequently updated by

280-641: The Makassed Hospital . Reports in the Israeli press stated that the army had launched an investigation. After the 1995 accords , 9% of the village land has been classified as Area B , while the remaining 91% has been classified as Area C . Large parts of Nahalin's land are confiscated by Military Orders by declaring it Israeli "State Land". Israel has afterwards used the confiscated land to construct Israeli settlements ; 135 dunum of Nahalin land went to construct Geva’ot , 1166 dunum went to Betar Illit , and 110 dunum went to Rosh Zurim . Since

308-464: The Israeli forces missed the base and placed explosive charges and destroyed seven houses, including the mosque of the village killed five national guards, three legionnaires (who were travelling from the Arab Legion base to the village) and one woman, and wounded eighteen civilians including men, women and children. According to David Tal , the raid was the first of Israel's reprisal raids against

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336-574: The Mandate Government’s Lands Department. The population data was based on the 1931 census of Palestine , updated with information from various partial censuses primarily conducted in the Jewish sector, along with immigration and natural reproduction data. The data for the entire Land of Israel is deemed more reliable than the data for individual districts and settlements. The survey’s editors emphasized that it should be viewed as

364-691: The action of Kassassin , the Battle of Tel el-Kebir , and the advance to Cairo , but then, seized with typhoid fever, he was invalided home. For his services he received the war medal with clasp for Tel el-Kebir, the Khedive 's bronze star and the fourth class of the Order of the Medjidie . While surveying the area of Safed in July 1875, Conder and his party were attacked by local residents and Conder sustained

392-539: The beginning of the al-Aqsa Intifada , severe restrictions on movement have been placed on all residents. According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), from the intifada's beginning in September 2000 until the road's November 2003 reopening with IDF checkpoint monitoring, the cluster of villages represented by Nahalin, Husan and Battir were totally closed off and the only access

420-528: The biblical Nehelam, home of Shemaiah the Nehelamite , who was mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah as false prophet who went with the captives to Babylon and who opposed Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 29:31–32 ). According to Galil, the modern-day village of Nahalin probably preserves the ancient Hebrew name. Historically, Nahalin was frequented by Bedouin and was well known for its tradition of beekeeping. Nahalin

448-635: The control of the Palestinian National Authority and security matters under the control of the Israel Defense Forces . Potsherds from the Byzantine period have been found at a hilltop. Modern Nahalin was built on the remains of a medieval-era village. An archeological site known as Khirbet el-Kabra is situated on the western outskirts of the village. Gershon Galil suggested to identify Khirbet el-Kabra with

476-479: The early months of the First Intifada on 13 April 1989, five villagers were killed by Israel Border Police during an early morning raid. The villagers claimed the security forces opened fire without provocation as they were leaving morning prayers at the mosque. Then General Amram Mitzna claimed his forces had come under attack from about 100 stone-throwing youths. On 30 April 1989, preliminary findings of

504-536: The expanding settlements and the Israeli West Bank barrier , placing severe constraints on the movement of residents and their access to services outside the village. Claude Reignier Conder Claude Reignier Conder (29 December 1848, Cheltenham – 16 February 1910, Cheltenham) was an English soldier, explorer and antiquarian. He was a great-great-grandson of Louis-François Roubiliac and grandson of editor and author Josiah Conder . Conder

532-571: The rest Muslim), in 98 inhabited houses. In the 1945 statistics the population of Nahhalin was 620, all Muslims, who owned 16,144 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 1,068 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 4,659 for cereals, while 63 dunams were built-up (urban) land. In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements , Nahalin came under Jordanian rule. On March 28, 1954, an Israeli raid by Unit 101 on an Arab Legion base 4 kilometers outside Nahalin, where

560-424: The result of a very detailed work conducted by the Department of Statistics, by using all the statistical material available on the subject. They cannot, however, be considered as other than rough estimates which in some instances may ultimately be found to differ even considerably, from the actual figures. The estimates for the whole of Palestine are to be considered as more reliable than those for sub-districts, while

588-463: The sea and performed his prayers on it." In 1896 the population of Nahalin was estimated to be about 162 persons. In the 1922 census of Palestine , conducted by the British Mandate authorities , Nahhalin had a population of 316; 312 Muslims and 4 Christians, where the Christians were all Orthodox. In the 1931 census the population of Nahhalin was a total of 440, (3 Christians and

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616-637: The sub-district estimates can, in turn, be considered as more reliable than those of the individual localities. Population statistics were prepared in four stages. Regarding the figures for land ownership, the report said: "The areas and ownership have been extracted from the Tax Distribution Lists, prepared under the provisions of the Rural Property Tax Ordinance, 1942, the Valuation Lists prepared under

644-449: The town had a population of over 6,409 in mid-year 2006, of whom 35% are under the age of 18. Approximately 150 - 200 persons are registered with UNRWA as refugees of the 1948 war. Villagers carry a West Bank ID card. In 2006, about 90% of the population between the ages of 18 and 35 are unemployed. The natural growth of the village will become a problem in the future due to lack of living space. Nahalin will become entirely closed in by both

672-679: Was educated at University College London and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich . He became a lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers in 1870. He carried out survey work in Palestine in 1872–1874, latterly in conjunction with Lt Kitchener, later Lord Kitchener , whom he had met at school, and was seconded to the Palestine Exploration Fund from 1875 to 1878 and again in 1881 and 1882, when he

700-569: Was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 Nahalin appeared in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Quds of the Liwa of Quds . It had a population of 40 Muslim households and 16 Christian households. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3 % on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, grape syrup or molasses, and goats or beehives;

728-585: Was on foot via the Husan/al-Khadr junction. In 2004, all roads but one were reopened, and residents can now move more freely. In November of that year, USAID supported the paving of that road. In the 2005 municipal elections in Nahalin, all ten elected candidates stood as independents. The candidate with the most votes was Qassim Yousif Mahmoud Awad, who got 1120 votes. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics ,

756-413: Was promoted to captain. He retired with the rank of colonel in 1904. Conder joined the expedition to Egypt in 1882, under Sir Garnet Wolseley , to suppress the rebellion of Urabi Pasha . He was appointed a deputy assistant adjutant and quartermaster-general on the staff of the intelligence department. In Egypt his perfect knowledge of Arabic and of Eastern people proved most useful. He was present at

784-410: Was that of 1931 . Since that year, the population has grown considerably both as a consequence of Jewish immigration and of the high rate of natural increase among all sections of the population. The rapidity of the change in the size of the population and the length of the period elapsed since the census rendered difficult the task of estimating the population. The population estimates published here are

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