Immatain

Elmatan (including the Far’ata locality) is located {{convert|19|km|mi|sp=us}} west of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by Tell to the east, Deir Istiya to the south, Jinsafut, Al Funduq and Hajja to the west, and Kafr Qaddum and Jit to the north.

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Immatin has been identified with the Israelite village of Elmatan, which was mentioned in one of the Samaria Ostraca.{{Cite journal |last=Millard |first=Alan | author-link =Alan Millard|date=1995-11-01 |title=The Knowledge of Writing in Iron Age Palestine |journal=Tyndale Bulletin |volume=46 |issue=2 |pages=208 |doi=10.53751/001c.30407 |s2cid=245870770 |issn=2752-7042 |quote=Sixteen of the twenty-seven place names can be identified with those of Arab villages existing in the past hundred years in the countryside around Samaria (such as Elmatan, 28.3, modern Ammatin, or Sepher, 16a, b.1, 2, 29.3, modern Saffarin)|doi-access=free }}

Ceramics dating from the Byzantine period have been found in the village.Dauphin, 1998, p. 800

According to a tradition recalled by a Samaritan High Priest in the 20th century, two hundred Samaritans in Immatin were reportedly forced to convert to Islam by Saladin; however, written sources make no further reference to this event.{{Cite book |last=קדר |first=ב"ז |title=ספר השומרונים |publisher=יד יצחק בן-צבי; רשות העתיקות; המנהל האזרחי ליהודה ושומרון - קצין מטה לארכאולוגיה |year=2006 |isbn=965-217-202-2 |editor-last=שטרן |editor-first=אפרים |edition=2 |location=ירושלים |pages=594 |language=Hebrew |trans-title=Book of the Samaritans |chapter=השומרונים תחת השלטון הפרנקי |trans-chapter=The Samaritans under Frankish rule |editor-last2=אשל |editor-first2=חנן}}

Immatin was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 Immatin appeared in the tax registers as Matin, being in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal of the Liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 20 households and 1 bachelor, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on a number of crops, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olives, goats and beehives; a total of 3,000 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 136

In 1838, Amatin was noted as located in Jurat Amra, south of Nablus.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/127/mode/1up 127]

In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village with a population of 33 households in the nahiya (sub-district) of Jamma'in al-Awwal, subordinate to Nablus.{{Cite book |last=Grossman |first=David |title=Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine |publisher=Magnes Press |year=2004 |location=Jerusalem |pages=251}}

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine Immatin was described as "a village of moderates size on the slope of the hill, with a few olives."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/162/mode/1up 162]

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Immatin had a population of 234, all Muslim,Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n27/mode/1up 25] increasing in the 1931 census to 334 Muslims in 67 houses.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 62]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Immatin was 440, all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p18.jpg 18] while the total land area was 7,155 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Nablus/Page-060.jpg 60] Of this, 967 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 3,067 for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Nablus/Page-106.jpg 106] while 32 dunams were classified as 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/Nablus/Page-156.jpg 156]

The following is a breakdown of land ownership in 1945.

The following is a breakdown of the land usage during 1945 in the dunams.

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Immatin came under Jordanian rule. It was annexed by Jordan in 1950.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 782 inhabitants in Immatin.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p25.pdf 25]

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Immatin has been held under Israeli occupation.

In 1992, the 19- year-old Bilal Ahmed Ghanan from Immatain was killed by Israeli soldiers. A "shocking picture" of Ghanan's stitched-up body accompanied a Aftonbladet 2009 news article about illegal organ removal allegations in the Israeli Abu Kabir Forensic Institute.{{cite news|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/963/op2.htm|title=But did it happen?|author=Jonathan Cook|newspaper=Al-Ahram|date=September 3–9, 2009|issue=963|access-date=2024-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115054244/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/963/op2.htm|archive-date=2010-01-15|url-status=dead|author-link=Jonathan Cook}}

After the 1995 accords, 58.3% of the total village land of Immatin/Far'ata was classified as Area B, while the remaining 41.7% was classified as Area C.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170821215012/http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/immatin_vp_en.pdf Immatin Village Profile (including Far’ata Locality)], ARIJ, p. 16 Israel has expropriated 163 dunams of land from Immatin for the construction of the Israeli settlement of ‘Sha’ar Emmanuel’, part of the Immanuel settlement.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170821215012/http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/immatin_vp_en.pdf Immatin Village Profile (including Far’ata Locality)], ARIJ, p. 17

In 2013 complaint were made over "training exercises" which the Israeli army held in the village. “The troops spread out through the village for several hours, withdrawing just before midnight." According to the Israeli army, the exercise was a "navigating run … whose purpose was to acquaint the forces more closely with the relevant sector, as well as demonstrating IDF presence in the area".[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/12/palestinian-israeli-training-raids-mock-arrests-human-rights Palestinian villages subject to Israeli mock raids not told they are exercises], Harriet Sherwood, 12 Nov 2013, The Guardian

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Immatain had a population of approximately 2,450 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,755 by 2017.[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop04.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207042006/http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop04.aspx |date=2008-02-07 }} for Qalqilya Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Almost double the amount live abroad for political and economical reasons.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} Each year, on average two family units emigrate from Immatin.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} Immatin has four families. They are Sawwan, Ghanim, Albarree, and Matanee.

Source:{{Cite web|title = Immatin - اماتين -Nablus - Palestine Remembered|url = http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Immatin_1191/|website = www.palestineremembered.com|access-date = 2016-02-01}}

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