Doulis
Dschulis ( Arabic جولس, DMG Ǧūlis , Hebrew ג׳וליס), also Julis is a Druze village with around 6120 inhabitants in the northern district of Israel .
etymology
There are two explanations for the origin of the place name: It could be derived from the Roman name Julius , or from the Arabic word dschalasa /جلس / ,sit'. This would be attributed to the fact that the village is on lower hills than the surrounding villages and appears to be sitting that way.
history
The current place was built in the 16th century. According to Ottoman tax records from 1696, there were 79 households in the village at that time.
The village is marked under the name Gioules on a map drawn up by Pierre Jacotin on the occasion of the Napoleonic expedition of 1799 . In 1875 the French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village and named it Djoules . In 1881 the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described the site as "a village of stone houses with about 200 Druze, surrounded by olive trees and farmland."
During the Israeli War of Independence in 1948 , the village was captured by the Israeli army in Operation Dekel . In contrast to the surrounding villages, the residents did not leave their homes. In 1967 the place received the status of a local association .
The local Tarif family has been the spiritual leader of the Druze since 1753. Amin Tarif (1898–1993) and his grandson Muwaffak Tarif are particularly well known .
Attractions
- Sheikh Amin Tarif's grave and memorial
- Druze local museum ( Hebrew website )
- El Mona Garden
Individual evidence
- ↑ Victor Guérin: Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine, 1880 (French)
- ^ The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, RE Edward Henry Palmer , 1881
- ^ Benny Morris : The Birth of the Palestinian refugee problem, 1947-1949. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1987. p. 198. ISBN 0-521-33028-9 .
Coordinates: 32 ° 56 ′ 39 ″ N , 35 ° 11 ′ 9 ″ E
