spring called Sitt Maqura, where today both Arabs and Jews come to pray and light candles. Ami Ayalon, a former head of the Shin Bet secret service agency, lives in one of the former houses of Ijzim. Andrew Petersen, an archaeologist specializing in Islamic architecture, surveyed the village in 1994, and described two larger structures; the mosque and the "castle". Demographics Notable people Adnan Awad, politician, revolutionary Mas'ud al-Madi, politician, revolutionary Mu'in al-Madi, politician Taqiuddin al-Nabhani, judge, Islamic scholar, politician Yusuf an-Nabhani, judge, poet, Islamic scholar See also Depopulated Palestinian locations in Israel References Bibliography Mülinen, Egbert Friedrich von 1908, Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Karmels'' "Separateabdruck aus der Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palëstina-Vereins Band XXX (1907) Seite 117-207 und Band XXXI (1908) Seite 1-258." Ikzim p.287 ff Rogers, Edward Thomas (1855) Notices of the modern Samaritans: illustrated by incidents in the life of Jacob Esh Shelaby Published by S.Low, 55 pages (Sharon, 2013, p. 303) External links Welcome To Ijzim Ijzim, Zochrot Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons Ijzim photos, from Dr. Moslih Kanaaneh Ijzim, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War District of Haifa