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Nahalin
Arabic نحالين
Name Meaning "Honey collectors"
Government Municipality
Also Spelled Nahaleen (officially)
Governorate Bethlehem
Population 6,400 (2006)
Jurisdiction 16,144 dunams (16. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language In the territories administrated by the Palestinian Authority, a municipality is an administrative unit of Local government similar to a city After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian territories were divided into three areas (Area A Area B and Area C and 16 Governorates under the jurisdiction The Bethlehem Governorate ( محافظة بيت لحم) is one of 16 Governorates of the West Bank and Gaza Strip within the Palestinian Territories. A dunam or dönüm, dunum, donum is a unit of Area used in the Ottoman Empire and still used in various standardized versions 1 km²)
Head of Municipality Muhammad Ahmad Ghayada, elected in 2005

Nahalin, also spelled Nahhalin, Nahhaleen, or Nahaleen, (Arabic: نحالين‎) is a Palestinian village located in the Bethlehem Governorate to the southwest of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn The Bethlehem Governorate ( محافظة بيت لحم) is one of 16 Governorates of the West Bank and Gaza Strip within the Palestinian Territories. Bethlehem ( بيت لحم,, lit "House of Meat" Βηθλεέμ Bethleém בית לחם Beit Lehem, lit "House of Bread" is a The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria The word Nahaleen is Arabic for those who collect honey from bees. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language

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. Gush Etzion (גוש עציון literally bloc of Etzion) refers to a group of Jewish villages established from the 1920s south of Jerusalem on the northern part Israeli settlements are communities inhabited by Israelis in territory that was captured as a result of Jordanian attacks during the 1967 Six-Day War. Rosh Tzurim (ראש צורים lit Head of Rocks) is a religious Israeli settlement and Kibbutz in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank Neve Daniel (נווה דניאל is a communal settlement and Israeli settlement located in western Gush Etzion in Judea in the southern West Bank Beitar Illit (בֵּיתָר עִלִּית officially also spelled Betar Illit; "Illit" is pronounced "ee-leet" is an Israeli settlement and [1] After the Oslo Accords, Nahalin was classified as Area B, meaning that civil affairs have been under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and security matters under the control of the Israel Defense Forces. Israeli-Palestinian conflict The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF) (צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit [1]

Nahalin is home to 6,700 people, 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. [1]

Since 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 was on foot via the Husan/al-Khadr junction. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East ( UNRWA) is a relief and human development agency providing education health care social services A Israel Defense Forces checkpoint, usually called an Israeli checkpoint (מחסום machsom) is a barrier erected by the Israel Defense Forces with the Husan (حوسان is a Palestinian town located north of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, nine kilometers west of the city of Bethlehem in the Bethlehem Battir (بتير is an ancient town located five kilometers west of Bethlehem, and south west of Jerusalem. [1] 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. The United States Agency for International Development (or USAID) is the United States federal government organization responsible for most non- military

Some 90% of the population between the ages of 18 and 35 are unemployed. [1] The natural growth of the village will become a problem in the future due to lack of living space. [1] Nahalin will become entirely closed in by both 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. West bank walljpg|thumb|Aerial view looking east from the Israeli side [1]

Notable people and events

On March 28, 1954, an Israeli raid by Unit 101 on an Arab Legion base in Nahalin [2] killed five national guards, three legionnaires and one woman, and wounded eighteen civilians including men, women and children. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Unit 101 was a Special forces unit of the Israeli Defence Force (IDF founded and commanded by Ariel Sharon on orders from Prime Minister The Arab Legion ( al-Jaysh al-Arabī) was the regular army of Transjordan and then Jordan in the early part of the 20th Century [3] According to David Tal, the raid was the first of Israel's reprisal raids against Jordan that was against a military target. [2]

In 1988, journalist Helen Winternitz spent a year in Nahalin and published her experiences in the book A Season of Stones. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) [4]

In 1989, six villagers were killed by Israel Border Police during an early morning raid. The Israel Border Police (מִשְׁמַר הַגְּבוּל Mishmar HaGvul) is the military branch ( Gendarmerie) of the Israeli Police. 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. Amram Mitzna (עמרם מצנע born 20 February 1945) is an Israeli politician [5] On 30 April 1989, preliminary findings of a military inquiry into the events indicated that the border police unit involved in the raid had "lost control and fired excessively". [6] In May 1989, the military inquiry announced that disciplinary action against four officers and seven border policemen would be taken for "misconduct". [7]

Mustafa Safi, a graduate of the American University of Beirut, has much credit for the advancement of Nahalin. The American University of Beirut (AUB الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت is a private independent University in Beirut, Lebanon. He has helped bring water and electricity to the village in the seventies, while many other area villages still lacked these services.

In the 2005 municipal elections in Nahalin, all ten elected candidates stood as independents. Municipal elections were held to elect members of local councils in the Palestinian Territories between December 2004 and December 2005 The candidate with the most votes was Qassim Yousif Mahmoud Awad, who got 1120 votes. [8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g The West Bank Barrier - Profile: Nahalin Village. UNRWA (February 2006). United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East ( UNRWA) is a relief and human development agency providing education health care social services Retrieved on 2007-05-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the
  2. ^ a b David Tal, Israel's road to the 1956 war, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 28, No. 1. (Feb. , 1996), pp. 59-81.
  3. ^ Security Council S/3192, 30 March 1954
  4. ^ Helen Winternitz (October 1992). A Season of Stones: Living in a Palestinian Village. Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 0871134861.  
  5. ^ On this Day: Six Killed in West Bank Village Raid. BBC (13 April 1989). Retrieved on 2007-05-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the
  6. ^ REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ISRAELI PRACTICES AFFECTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE POPULATION OF THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. United Nations General Assembly (12 October 1989). Membership For two articles dealing with membership in the General Assembly see General Assembly members Retrieved on 2007-05-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the
  7. ^ Edward Cody (5 May 1989). Disciplinary Action Ordered in Raid;Israeli Border Police `Lost Control' in Clash That Killed 5 Villagers. The Washington Post. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Retrieved on 2007-05-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the
  8. ^ Local Elections (Round two)- Successful Candidates by Local Authority, Gender and No. of Votes Obtained. Central Elections Committee (2005). Retrieved on 2007-05-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the

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