Julis

According to local legend, the name is derived from "Julius," the name of a Roman commander who camped in the area. Others say it is from the Arabic word for "sitting" - "jalis", as it is located on lower hills than the surrounding villages, and thus seems to be sitting.

Julis was a Jewish village in Talmudic times and had a Jewish presence in the Late Middle Ages (14th-16th centuries).{{Cite book |last=Grootkerk |first=Shlomo |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047400271 |title=Ancient Sites in Galilee |date=2000-04-27 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-474-0027-1 |page=37}} In 1388, Sa'adia Ben Ya'akov copied "The Sufficient Guide" by the Tanhum of Jerusalem, "in the town of Julis... near Acre."עמנואל הראובני, לקסיקון ארץ ישראל, ידיעות אחרונות, 2001. יצחק בן-צבי, שאר ישוב: מאמרים ופרקים בדברי ימי היישוב העברי בא"י וחקר המולדת, תרפ"ז, עמ' 168.

According to the 1596 Ottoman tax records Julis had a predominantly Druze population, with a total of 79 households. The taxable produce comprised wheat, barley, "summer crops", fruit trees, and "goats and bees". Julis also had a press for olive oil or grape syrup. Total taxes were 7,047 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 191. Quoted in Petersen, 2001, p. [https://www.academia.edu/21539664/Gazetteer_4_D-J 191], For Hütteroth and Abdulfattah typo, see Talk:Julis During the 16th century there was also a small Jewish population.{{cite book | author = Alex Carmel, Peter Schäfer and Yossi Ben-Artzi | title = The Jewish Settlement in Palestine, 634–1881 | series = Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients : Reihe B, Geisteswissenschaften; Nr. 88 | location = Wiesbaden | publisher = Reichert | year = 1990 | page = 94}}

In the early part of the 18th century Julis was one of the major cotton producing villages in the area.Cohen, 1973, p. 12. Cited in Petersen, 2001, p. [https://www.academia.edu/21539664/Gazetteer_4_D-J 191] Later in the same century it was one of five villages in nahiya ("subdistrict") Sahil Akka (Acre coast), which were owned directly by the governor of Acre, and were exempt from the usual Ottoman taxes.Cohen, 1973, pp. 126, 133. Cited in Petersen, 2001, p. [https://www.academia.edu/21539664/Gazetteer_4_D-J 191]

A map by Pierre Jacotin from Napoleon's invasion of 1799 showed the place, named as Gioules.Karmon, 1960, p. [http://www.jchp.ucla.edu/Bibliography/Karmon,_Y_1960_Jacotin_Map_(IEJ_10).pdf 162] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222063351/http://jchp.ucla.edu/Bibliography/Karmon,_Y_1960_Jacotin_Map_(IEJ_10).pdf |date=2019-12-22 }}

In 1875, the French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village, which he called Djoules.Guérin, 1880, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr00gugoog#page/n24/mode/1up 8] He noted that "before arriving at Julis I came upon a small plateau pierced by many

cisterns. The cisterns and the cut stones which are built up in the modern houses show that

the place is the site of an ancient town or village. On a neighbouring hill a waly is consecrated to the Sheikh Aly.'"Guérin, 1880, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr00gugoog#page/n24/mode/1up 8], as translated by Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/169/mode/1up 169] In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Julis as "a village built of stone containing about 200 Druzes, surrounded by olives and arable land."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/146/mode/1up 146]. Cited in Petersen, 2001, p. [https://www.academia.edu/21539664/Gazetteer_4_D-J 191]

A population list from about 1887 showed that Julis had 360 inhabitants; all Druze.Schumacher, 1888, p. [https://archive.org/stream/quarterlystateme19pale#page/n198/mode/1up 173]

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Jules had a total population of 446 residents; 442 Druzes, 3 Christians and 1 Muslim.Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Acre, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n38/mode/1up 36] All the Christians were Orthodox.Barron, 1923, Table XVI, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n52/mode/1up 50] In the 1931 census it had increased to a population of 614; 586 Druse, 26 Christians, and 2 Muslims, in a total of 123 houses.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 101]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Julis was 820; 40 Christians and 780 classified as others (i.e. Druze),Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p04.jpg 4] and the total land area was 14,708 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/Acre/Page-040.jpg 40] Of this, 1,347 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 6,568 used 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/Acre/Page-080.jpg 80] while 63 dunams were built-up (urban) land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Acre/Page-130.jpg 130]

Julis was captured by the Israeli army during Operation Dekel, 8–14 July 1948. Unlike many of the neighboring villages the inhabitants remained in their homes.Morris, 1987, p. 198

File:Reuven Rivlin visit in Julis (5984).jpg in Julis, 2018]]

In 1967, Julis achieved local council status. The head of the council was Salman Hino. At the end of 2007, the town had 5,400 residents.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2009/table3.pdf|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|title=Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 1,000 Residents and Other Rural Population|date=2008-06-30|access-date=2008-10-04}} The annual population growth rate was 1.8%. The residents are Druze.

In 2000, a high percentage (72.1%, compared to 60.3% in Tel Aviv) of all high school students received a matriculation certificate.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} The mean income was NIS 5,067 per month (2007), compared to a national average of NIS 6,743.

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• Druze Center House[http://www.zimmer.co.il/SiteShow.asp?site_id=1612 The Druze Center House - Hebrew Website]
• Maqam Shaykh al-Farsi - Located to the south of the old village, consisting of two older buildings and a domed one. In an open area there are two cenotaphs with inscriptions which record the life of Shaykh al-Farsi. His date of death is given as 1167 H (1753-1754 C.E.).Petersen, 2001, p. [https://www.academia.edu/21539664/Gazetteer_4_D-J 191] According to an inscription, the construction of the maqam (shrine) started in August, 1754.Sharon, 2016, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=IOEzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA208 208]-[https://books.google.com/books?id=IOEzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA210 210]
• Sheik Ali Faris cave - Located about 2 kilometers North-East of Julis. In this cave Sheik Ali Faris resided and did his contemplation.

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[http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Julis_1240/index.html Welcome To Julis]

• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8366 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.03.jpg Wikimedia commons]
• [http://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/Maps/Story582.html Map, 1946]

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