Nabi Ilyas

An Nabi Ilyas is located 5.06 km east of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by ‘Izbat at Tabib and ‘Isla to the east, Ras at Tira and ‘Izbat al Ashqar to the south, ‘Arab Abu Farda to the west, and Jayyus to the north.

The village is situated on an ancient site. Cisterns, and graves cut into rock have been found here, together with ceramics from the Byzantine era.Dauphin, 1998, p. 801

Nabi Ilyas was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers under the name of Ilyas, as being in the Nahiya of Bani Sa'b of the Liwa of Nablus. It was noted as hali, empty, but a fixed tax rate of 33,3% was paid on agricultural products; a total of 1,200 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 140

In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Neby Elyas (under "Archæology") as: "Walls and wells, with a ruined kubbeh."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/210/mode/1up 210]

In the 1945 statistics, during the British Mandate of Palestine, the population was counted under Azzun.Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p20.jpg 20]Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Tulkarm/Page-074.jpg 74]Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Tulkarm/Page-124.jpg 124]Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Tulkarm/Page-174.jpg 174]

File:Azzun 1943.jpg

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Nabi Ilyas came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population of Nabi Ilyas was 223.Government of Jordan, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p27.pdf 27]

File:WBEnclaves.jpg and Hableh-Ras Atiya enclaves]]

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Nabi Ilyas has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 2.7% of Nabi Ilyas land has been defined as Area B land, while the remaining 97.3% is Area C.[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/annabielyas_vp_en.pdf An Nabi Elyas Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 16

Israel confiscated 1,943 dunums of village land (43.8% of the total village lands) for the Israeli settlement of Alfei Menashe, in addition to confiscating land from other neighbouring Palestinian villages. The Separation Wall would further separate the village from much of its land.[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/annabielyas_vp_en.pdf An Nabi Elyas Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 17

By 2009 Israeli consumers were using Nabi Ilyas for bargain hunting. Jewish shoppers, who were kept out of the main Palestinian cities by Israeli security regulations, were drawn by the cheap prices for groceries, furniture and dental treatment that are on offer in Nabi Ilyas.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLQ469394|title=Palestinian village welcomes Israeli shoppers|author=Mohammed Assadi|publisher=Reuters|date=April 26, 2009}}[https://www.haaretz.com/news/palestinian-village-profits-from-influx-of-israeli-shoppers-1.274849 Palestinian village profits from influx of Israeli shoppers] Haaretz

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• {{cite book | title = First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population | author = Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics | year = 1964|url=http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensus1961bits.pdf}}
• {{cite book|title=Village Statistics, April, 1945 |url=http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/Hebrew/library/Pages/BookReader.aspx?pid=856390|author=Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics|year=1945}}
• {{cite book|title=Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine|url=http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html|first=S.|last=Hadawi|author-link=Sami Hadawi|year=1970|publisher=Palestine Liberation Organization Research Centre}}
• {{cite book | last1= Hütteroth |first1=W.-D.|author-link1=Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth |first2=K. | last2=Abdulfattah |author-link2=Kamal Abdulfattah| title = Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ | year = 1977 | publisher = Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft|isbn= 3-920405-41-2}}
• {{cite book|last=Palmer|first=E.H.|author-link=Edward Henry Palmer|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer|publisher=Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund}}

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• [https://www.welcometopalestine.com/destinations/qalqilya/an-nabi-elyas/ An Nabi Elyas], Welcome to Palestine
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: [https://web.archive.org/web/20181103214954/http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8373 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.11.jpg Wikimedia commons]
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/factsheet/annabielyas_fs_en.pdf An Nabi Elyas Village (Fact Sheet)], Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/annabielyas_vp_en.pdf An Nabi Elyas Village Profile], ARIJ
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/images/english/An%20Nabi%20Elyas_ap_en.jpg An Nabi Elyas, aerial photo], ARIJ
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/needsfordevelopment/annabielyas_n_en.pdf Development Priorities and Needs in An Nabi Elyas], ARIJ

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