Kisan, Palestine

Kisan
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
•  Latin	Kisan
Kisan Location of Kisan within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°36′40″N35°13′28″E / 31.61111°N 35.22444°E / 31.61111; 35.22444
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Bethlehem
Government
• Type	Village council
Population  (2017) [1]
• Total	560

Kisan (Arabic: كيسان) is a Palestinian village located in the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the southern West Bank. In 2017, its population was 560, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. ^[1] The village came under Israeli occupation after the 1967 Six-Day War. ^[2] Israel has constructed the Separation Wall across Kisan, confiscating 65.5% of the village total area for Israeli settlements. ^[3] The remaining area of the village is surrounded by the Wall, Israeli military installations and several illegal Israeli settlements and outposts, including Ma'ale Amos, Mitzpe Shalem and Abei Hanahal, constructed on large areas of private land expropriated from Palestinian owners. ^[3]

History

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Deir Dibwan has been under Israeli occupation. ^[4]

A project committee from the Palestinian Ministry of Local Government was established in Kisan in 1997, and later turned into a 9-member village council.

Attacks by settlers

The inhabitants of Kisan face violence from nearby settlers on an almost-daily basis. ^[3]

On 24 June 2022, Israeli settlers desecrated the local mosque, breaking its doors, entering it and raising Israeli flags atop the religious building. ^[5]

On 11 January 2025, 30 Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers and sheep breeders in the settlement, beating them and burning their property. ^[6]

References

1. Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
2. Perlmann, Joel (November 2011 – February 2012). "The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version" (PDF). Levy Economics Institute . Retrieved 24 June 2016.
3. Al Jazeera Staff. "Palestinian village target of settler attacks and land theft". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
4. Kisan Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 15
5. "Jewish Settlers Raise Israeli Flag atop Mosque near Bethlehem". Palestine Chronicle. 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
6. "Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian farmland in occupied West Bank". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2025-01-11.