Ein Mahil

Ein Mahil (; ) is an Arab local council in the Northern District of Israel, located about five kilometers north-east of Nazareth. It was declared a local council in 1964. In it had a population of ; 100% were Muslims.

History Ottoman Empire In 1596, Ein Mahil appeared in Ottoman tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Tabariyya, part of Safad Sanjak. It had a population of 28 Muslim households. They paid a fixed tax rate of 20% on agricultural products, which included wheat, barley, fruit trees, and goats or beehives; a total of 1,355 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 189 A map by Pierre Jacotin, from 1799 showed the place named Ain el Mahel.Karmon, 1960, p. 167

In 1838 it was noted as a Muslim village in the Nazareth district.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 132Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 209

The French explorer Victor Guérin passed by the village in the 1875, and described it as having 10 poor dwellings, surrounded by gardens of olives, figs and pomegranates.Guérin, 1880, p. 382 In 1881 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as a "Stone village, situated on very high ground, surrounded by figs and olives and arable land. It contains about 200 Moslems, and has near it a fine group of springs."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 362

A population list from about 1887 showed that ’Ain Mahil had about 195 Muslim inhabitants.Schumacher, 1888, p. 184 British Mandate In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, 'Ain Mahel had a population of 516, all Muslims.Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Nazareth, p. 38 The population increased in the 1931 census of Palestine to 628, of whom 1 was Christian and the rest Muslims, in a total of 109 occupied houses.Mills, 1932, p. 73

In the 1945 statistics the population was 1,040 Muslims,Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 8 with 13,390 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 62 Of this, 1,486 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 6,748 for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 109 while 35 dunams were built-up land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 159

Demographics

Voting Patterns In the 2022 election, 97 percent of voters in Ein Mahil voted for the Arab parties, while 1 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid and 1 percent voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu. Among the voters for the Arab parties, 36 percent voted for the Hadash–Ta'al list, while 34 percent voted for Ra'am and 30 percent voted for Balad.

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