Arab al-Zubayd

Arab al-Zubayd
Arab al-Zubayd
Arab al-Zubayd is located in Mandatory Palestine
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Arab al-Zubayd
Arabic
Also Spelled 'Arab Zubeih[1]
District Safad
Coordinates 33°4′44.23″N 35°34′2.97″E / 33.0789528°N 35.5674917°E / 33.0789528; 35.5674917Coordinates: 33°4′44.23″N 35°34′2.97″E / 33.0789528°N 35.5674917°E / 33.0789528; 35.5674917
Population 160 (1945)
Area
Date of depopulation April 20, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation Fear of being caught up in the fighting

Arab al-Zubayd was a Palestinian village in the District of Safad. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 20, 1948, when the villagers fled on hearing the intentions of The Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach.[2] It was located 15 km northeast of Safad, situated close to al-Barid River in the foothills of the Upper Galilee Mountains, which slope towards the al-Hula Plain. It was located just west of the al-Mutilla-Safad—Tiberias highway.[2]

The population in 1931 was 432.[2] In 1945 it had a population of 160. The population relied on many springs for drinking water, to the north and to the northeast linked to the al-Band River.[2] The economy was based on grain cultivation and in 1944/45 a total of 1,761 dunums was allocated to cereal farming.

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1948 war and depopulation

Israeli historian Benny Morris has found evidence that its population feared the possibility of a Jewish attack and fled on 20 April at the very beginning of the operation, before the actual occupa­tion of any villages in the area.[3] Nevertheless, in August 1948, Golani Brigade units were pre­paring to blow up the village after a complaint from the nearby Kibbutz Sha’ar ha-’Amaqim who objected to their forces.[3] Prime Minister Ben Gurion denied responsibility, saying: “ No permission was given by me or to any commander to destroy houses.” The village was still destroyed and today all that remains of ‘Arab al-Zubayed is rubble, buried under a thicket of woods, grass, and thorny plants.[3]

Israeli farmers today cultivate part of the land for agriculture.[3]

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #31. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  2. ^ a b c d Khalidi, 1992, p.435.
  3. ^ a b c d Khalidi, 1992, p.436.

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