Indur

Indur
إندور/عين دور
Endor
Village
Indur in the 1890s.
Etymology: Endor
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Indur (click the buttons)
Indur
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°38′11″N 35°22′53″E / 32.63639°N 35.38139°E / 32.63639; 35.38139
Palestine grid186/227
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictNazareth
Date of depopulation24 May 1948
Area
 • Total
12,444 dunams (12.4 km2 or 4.8 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
620
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary causeInfluence of nearby town's fall
Current LocalitiesNone

Indur (Arabic: إندور) was a Palestinian village, located 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi) southeast of Nazareth. Its name preserves that of ancient Endor, a Canaanite city state thought to have been located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the northeast. The village was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and its inhabitants became refugees, some of whom were internally displaced. In Israel today, there are a few thousand internally displaced Palestinians who hail from Indur, and continue to demand their right of return.

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