Al-Mansi

Al-Mansi is located on the western side of Marj Ibn 'Amer (Jezreel Valley), and is 30 km southeast of Haifa city. It is situated at an elevation of 125 meters above sea level. The total land area is (12,272 Dunums;12,272,000 m²).The Atlas of Palestine 1948, Dr. Salman Abu Sitta

In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as "a small ruined village, with springs".Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/67/mode/1up 67]

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Al-Mansi had a population 72; 68 Muslims and 4 Christians,Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Haifa, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n35/mode/1up 33] where the Christians were Roman Catholics.Barron, 1923, Table XVI, p.[https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n51/mode/1up 49] This had increased in the 1931 census to 467; 461 Muslims and 6 Christians, in a total of 98 houses.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 90]

In the 1945 statistics, al-Mansi had 292 houses, most constructed from stone. It had one elementary school, a mosque and a mill. The land used to be planted with olives, cereals and vegetable. Al-Mansi had six springs in its vicinity which supplied it with drinking water.Khalidi, 1992, p. 176-177 In 1945, it had a population of 1,200 inhabitants; 1,180 Muslims and 20 Christians, and the total land area was 12,272 dunams. Of the land, Arabs used 1,391 dunams for plantations and irrigable land, 6,559 for grains,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Haifa/Page-091.jpg 91] while 17 dunams were built-up (urban) areas.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Haifa/Page-141.jpg 141]

In addition to agriculture, residents practiced animal husbandry which formed was an important source of income for the town. In 1943, they owned 1254 heads of cattle, 995 sheep over a year old, 503 goats over a year old, 54 camels, 64 horses, 3 mules, 307 donkeys, 3298 fowls, and 112 pigeons.{{Cite journal |last=Marom |first=Roy |last2=Tepper |first2=Yotam |last3=Adams |first3=Matthew J. |date=2024-01-03 |title=Al-Lajjun: a Social and geographic account of a Palestinian Village during the British Mandate Period |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13530194.2023.2279340 |journal=British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies |language=en |page=20 |doi=10.1080/13530194.2023.2279340 |issn=1353-0194}}

On 9 April 1948, Golani troops informed their headquarter that "Our forces are fighting in ... Mansi ... We are preparing to destroy the villages when we evacuate them".Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA346 346], [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA397 397], notes #28, 32 The newspaper Filastin reported that Zionist forces had infiltrated al-Mansi on 9 April, resulting in an exchange of fire with the village's defenders.Filastin, [http://jrayed.org/olive/apa/apress_en/?href=FALASTIN%2F1948%2F04%2F10&page=1#panel=document 10.04.1948], cited in Khalidi, 1992, p. 177

According to Fawzi al-Qawuqji, the Arab Liberation Army forces withdrew to al-Mansi on 11 April, after a "violent" counter-attack.al-Qawuqji, 1972, [http://www.palestine-studies.org/enakba/Memoirs/Al%20Qawuqji,%20Memoirs%201948_Pt%201.pdf "Memoirs, 1948, Part I"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718144320/http://www.palestine-studies.org/enakba/Memoirs/Al%20Qawuqji%2C%20Memoirs%201948_Pt%201.pdf |date=2011-07-18 }}, Quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p. 177

On 12 April, al-Mansi and other villages in its vicinity were attacked by Haganah troops, and their inhabitants evacuated,Morris, 2004, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA242 242]; [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA297 notes #603, 604] and its inhabitants became refugees, most of them currently living in the Palestinian refugee camps, or in Jordan, Syria, Germany and the United States. The following days, the buildings of al-Mansi were blown up by Haganah.Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA242 242]

Following the war the area was incorporated into the State of Israel. The kibbutz of Midrakh Oz was built close to the village site in 1952, and uses part of the village's former lands. The Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi described the village in 1992: "The remains of the school and the mosque are still standing in the midst of a thick undergrowth composed of vines and thorny bushes. The exposed foundations of the village buildings, surrounded by stone rubble, can be seen throughout the site. The agricultural kibbutz of Midrakh Oz occupies part of the adjacent land. The rest is used for growing avocado trees and raising poultry and cattle."Khalidi, 1992, p. 177

Some of the people of al-Mansi in Jordan formed a social club in Amman called Diwan al-Mansi ({{langx|ar|ديوان آل المنسي}}), and in 2005 a book on al-Mansi was published.المنسي (فلسطين , قضاء حيفا): إحدى القرى التي دمرتها إسرائيل عام 1948. تأليف إسماعيل محمود موسى محسن الجندي. دار النظم للنشر والتوزيع, عمان، اغسطس (آب) من سنة 2005

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100222095725/http://www.palestineremembered.com/Haifa/al-Mansi/index.html Welcome to al-Mansi] Palestine Remembered.
• [http://www.zochrot.org/en/village/49266 al-Mansi], Zochrot
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8389 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.08.jpg Wikimedia commons]
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071024013511/http://www.jalili48.com/pub/EN_ShowGallary.asp?GName=What_Remained_of_the_destroyed&SuName=Al-Mansi Al-Mansi photos]}} from Dr. Moslih Kanaaneh
• [http://www.alnakba.org/villages/haifa/mansi.htm al-Mansi] from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
• [http://aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4C29AFF6-53A6-45F6-AA53-156CFC0CB365.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220060156/http://aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4C29AFF6-53A6-45F6-AA53-156CFC0CB365.htm |date=20 February 2012 }} Al-Jazeera.

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