Ein al-Zeitun
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Ein al-Zeitun, was a Palestinian village located 1.5 kilometres north of Safed in the Upper Galilee. During the early Ottoman Empire, Ein el-Zeitun had a mixed population of Muslims and Jews. Later, i
Ein al-Zeitun, 1948
Villages around Safad, 1945
Old mosque of Ein al-Zeitun, 2007
Meiron
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Meiron was a Palestinian village, located 5 kilometers west of Safad. Associated with the ancient Canaanite city of Merom, excavations at the site have found extensive remains from the Hellenistic and
Ein al-Zeitun
…0.93 mi) north of the city. Wadi al-Dilb may have been the wadi that Al-Dimashqi (d. 1327) called Wadi Dulayba, which he described as lying between Meiron and Safed. Al-Dimashqi described a spring where water gushed forward for one or two hours, allowing people to collect drinking water and wash, before…
Jewish pilgrims in Meiron, c. 1920.
Jewish pilgrims on the way to Meiron, c. 1920.
bar Yochai celebrations, Meiron, 25 May 1927