This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.I'billin (Arabic: إعبلين, Hebrew: אִעְבְּלִין)[2] is a local council in the Northern District of Israel, near Shefa-'Amr.

[5] Archaeological evidence indicates that this was a Jewish settlement in ancient times, and findings include ritual baths and hiding complexes used during the First Jewish–Roman War.

[5] I'billin has been identified with the Jewish town of Evlayim or Abelim, which is attested in various Talmudic sources from the third century CE.

It was repurposed as a step on the street leading to the village church and bears a text that translates as, "Remembered for the good is Baruch the Alexandrian(?)

"[7] Nasir Khusraw visited the place in 1047 CE: "From Damum we passed south to another village, called A'bilin, where there is the tomb of Hud - peace be upon him!

[12] The Bedouin strongman and tax farmer of the Galilee, Aqil Agha, used the fortress of I'billin, previously fortified by the family of Zahir al-Umar, as his headquarters.

[16] The population in 1859 was stated by British consul Edward Thomas Rogers to have been 800 people, and the tillage fifty feddans.

In 1965 Abuna Elias Chacour, an Arab Christian from Kafr Bir'im, later Archbishop of Galilee, established a school open to all local children, regardless of religious affiliation.

The educational complex is located on Jabal al-Ghoul (Hill of Demons), on property belonging to the Melkite Church.

It is recognized by the Council for Higher Education in Israel as a campus and operates as a branch of the University of Indianapolis in the United States.

Ibillin is also one of only municipalities in Israel that are allowed to raise pigs and to house pig farms on its land[32] and it exports to multiple Arab Christian and Russian restaurants and factories all throughout Israel who sell pork products (most notably the Russian "Marcel Brothers - אחים מרסל" company based in Haifa).