This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Deir Istiya (Arabic: دير إستيا) is a Palestinian town of 3,696 in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) southwest of Nablus.

[11] In 1394 Deir Istiya was required to supply lentils, olive oil and flour as a religious endowment (waqf) to the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron on the orders of the Mamluk sultan Barquq.

In 1596, Dayr Istya appeared in Ottoman tax registers being in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal, part of the Sanjak of Nablus.

The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on various agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olives, goats and/or beehives; a total of 23,860 Akçe.

[7] In the 18th and 19th centuries the village formed part of the highland region known as Jūrat ‘Amra or Bilād Jammā‘īn.

According to historian Roy Marom, this area served "as a buffer zone between the political-economic-social units of the Jerusalem and the Nablus regions.

On the political level, it suffered from instability due to the migration of the Bedouin tribes and the constant competition among local clans for the right to collect taxes on behalf of the Ottoman authorities.

"[15] In the early 17th century, Deir Istiya and nearby Beit Wazan were the ancestral seats of the Qasim family who controlled Jamma'in and most of eastern Sanjak Nablus.

[16] In 1838, Edward Robinson noted it as a village, Deir Estia, in the Jurat Merda district, south of Nablus.

[20][21] In 1870/1871 (1288 AH) an Ottoman census listed the village with a large population of 172 households in the nahiya (sub-district) of Jamma'in al-Awwal, subordinate to Nablus.

"[23] The British wrested control of Palestine from the Ottomans in 1917, and in 1921, a resident was publicly beat to death in Deir Istiya for allegedly possessing weapons.

[30] After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, it was annexed by Jordan, and from 1950 to 1960, the Palestine Communist Party became prominent in the village earning it the local name of "Little Berlin."

[31] During the 1967 Six-Day War between Israel and coalition of Arab states, the village was targeted by Israeli forces.

In the 1970s local resistance in the form of sumud increased in the village, including the raising of Palestinian flags, graffiti, and blocking roads.

[35] About 50 meters north of Deir Istiya is a shrine for Nabi Khatir who according to inscriptions, died in 1148 CE.

Between 1967 and 1993, most of the working inhabitants were employed mainly in farming or labor in Israel, which the village was highly dependent upon.

However, after Israel closed the border in 2000 due to the Second Intifada, most of these laborers turned to farming their own fields.

Residents claim that the decrease was due to Israel's confiscation of 20,000 dunams of village lands, and fear of attack by Israeli settlers.

The Al Qadis migrated from Marda into Deir Istiya but according to family history they originate from the Hejaz.