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Deir Yassin
Place in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine

Deir Yassin

Deir Yassin was a Palestinian Arab village of around 600 inhabitants about 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) west of Jerusalem.

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During the 1948 Palestine war, the village was largely destroyed and its population expelled in the Deir Yassin massacre which killed around 107 of its residents on April 9, 1948. The attack on Deir Yassin was carried out by the Jewish paramilitary groups Irgun and Lehi, with support from the Haganah. In 1949 the village was resettled by Jewish Israelis, becoming part of Givat Shaul and the State of Israel. Some of Deir Yassin's former buildings are today part of the Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center, an Israeli public psychiatric hospital.

How locals move

Getting around Deir Yassin the local way

  • Get inBy shuttle - The 'Nesher' shared taxi service (+972 2 623 1231 - Hebrew and English) is a 10-seat minibus that runs approximately hourly services to/from the airport, 24/7.
  • Get inNotes: Some Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem are seen as "no go zones" by Israeli Jews, and some taxi drivers, including shared taxis, may hesitate or even refuse to take you to these destinations.
  • Get inTaxi drivers, including shared taxis, have been known to overcharge or shortchange, so check the price before boarding, and check your change when it is handed back to you.
  • Get inOn the Sabbath, and very late at night, your only option other than a private taxi is a sherut (shared taxi).
  • Get inShared taxis are also the best option if travelling between Jerusalem and Palestinian cities in the West Bank, especially Ramallah and Bethlehem.
  • Get inThere is a shared taxi direct to/from the Allenby bridge (The border crossing with Jordan), for (Feb 2019) ₪42 plus ₪5 per luggage or 10 JD for 1 seat plus 1 luggage (picking up from Al-Souq Al-Tijaree "The commercial souq" not far away from the main bus station).
  • Get inAll Palestinian shared taxis are very cheap, ₪5.00 for the surrounding villages, ₪5.50 for Abu-Dis and ₪6.50 for Ramallah.
  • Get aroundBoth differ from the shared taxi ("sherut" or "servees"), which runs fixed routes for many people like a bus.

From Wikivoyage: Jerusalem, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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