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Jenin was known in ancient times as the Canaanite village of Ein-Ganeem or Tel Jenin.
Jenin was a center of civil unrest during the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine; in particular, it was the base of Arab militant activity, Sheikh Izz ad-Din al-Qassam (whom the Hamas military wing is named after). It was also used by Fawzi al-Qawuqji's partisans. On August 25, 1938, after the British Assistant District Commissioner was assassinated in his Jenin office, a large British force with explosives entered the town. After ordering the inhabitants to leave, about one quarter of the town was blown up.
Jenin was a center of civil unrest during the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine; in particular, it was the base of Arab militant activity, Sheikh Izz ad-Din al-Qassam (whom the Hamas military wing is named after). It was also used by Fawzi al-Qawuqji's partisans. On August 25, 1938, after the British Assistant District Commissioner was assassinated in his Jenin office, a large British force with explosives entered the town. After ordering the inhabitants to leave, about one quarter of the town was blown up.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenin
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Coordinates: 32°27'38"N 35°17'51"E
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- Deir Alla (Municipality) 37 km
- Irbid 50 km
- Al Husn 53 km
- Amman 57 km
- Al-Ramtha 65 km
- Shafa Badran 69 km
- Az-Zarqa 73 km
- Russeifa 81 km
- Mafraq 83 km
- Bus Garage compound 0.1 km
- منزل محمد فضل ابو قاسم..الف تحيه الى علي 0.1 km
- منزل ابناء المرحوم نايف هنداوي 0.2 km
- مدرسة ثانوية بنات جنين 0.2 km
- Police 0.5 km
- منزل السيد خلف محمد ذيب ابو النمر 0.7 km
- Area of destruction of IDF attack in April-May 2001 0.8 km
- Jenin Refugee Camp 0.9 km
- Samaria 21 km
- Judea and Samaria ("West Bank") 58 km
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