Chapter 11: Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem

CHAPTER ELEVEN — Part 3 of 7

THE SCHEDULE OF TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN PALESTINE AND THEIR FATE AFTER 1948

We have copied the names of the Arab towns and villages and Jewish settlements which existed in Palestine in 1945 as published by the proclamation of the High Commissioner for Palestine in Supplement No. 2 of the The Palestine Gazette No. 1415 of the 7th June, 1945. In order to find out the fate of the Arab towns and villages which were mentioned in that proclamation, we have studied the following maps and documents:

1. The original maps of Palestine in 1947, published by the Government of Palestine.

2. The new maps published by Israel.

3. The atlases of Israel.

4. The map of the West Bank and Vicinity published by the CIA.

5. The U.S. Gazeteer for Israel.

6. The U.S. Gazeteer for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

7. Lists of geographical localities published by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

8. List of Localities, Geographical Information and Population, 1948, 1961, 1972: Population and Housing Census, 1972 Series, No. 5, Jemsalem, 1975, published by the Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel.

The List of Localities, Geographical Information and Population, 1948, 1961, 1972 (No. 8 above) describes all Arab towns and villages still in existence in Israel as follows: 'non-Jewish large village, non-Jewish small village or non-Jewish urban area or Bedouin tribe." However, the major towns and cities of Acre, Safad, Haifa, Tiberias, Beisan, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Ramle, Lydda, Beersheba and Majdal are all described as being Jewish.

In the column of explanation in this Schedule we describe the village or town as either existing or destroyed, or as a Jewish settlement. For the Arab towns and villages which still exist in Israel, we give in each case the percentage of the population that remained after the expulsions of 1948 and the percentage of the land usurped by Israel.

The Arab towns and villages which existed in the areas occupied by the Zionists in 1948 and which do not appear in the List of Localities, Geographical Information and Population, 1948,1961,1972, were bulldozed, erased from the map and then converted into Jewish colonies. The other towns and villages that still exist outside the areas annexed by the Zionists are located in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

THE SCHEDULE

A. GALILEE DISTRICT

1. Acre Sub-District

Towns and Villages	Explanations
Abu Sinan:	Still exists. 50% of population remained. Zionists usurped 70% of its land.
Acre:	An Arab city which had in 1948 14,266 Moslems and Christians. Most of the Arab population was expelled. Only 2,000Arabs remained. TheZionists usurped 90% of the houses, apartments and commercial buildings in the city. As themajority of the inhabitants are now Jews who live in Arab homes and apartments, the Zionists have converted Acre into a Jewish city.
Amqa:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Arraba:	Still exists. 50% of its land usurped.
Bassa, El and Ma'sub:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Beit Jann and' Ein el Asad:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Bi'na, El:	Exists. 50% of the population remained. 75% of land usurped.
Birwa, El:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Buqei'a, El:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Damun, Ed:	Completely destroyed; its landusurped, converted Jewish colony.
Deir el Asad:	Exists. 75% of population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Deir Hanna:	Exists. 75% of population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Fassuta and Deir el Qasi and El Mansura:	Exists. 50% of population remained. 70% of land usurped.
Ghabisiya, El and Sheikh Dawud:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Sheikh Dannun:	Exists. 25% of population remained. 75% of land usurped.
Hanita:	Jewish Colony.
Iqrit:	Completely destroyed, its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Jatt:	Exists. 25% of population remained. 75% of land usurped.
Judeida:	Exists, 50% of population remained. 70% of land usurped.
Julis:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Kabul:	Exists. 75% of population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Kafr I'nan:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Kafr Sumei':	Exists. 50% of population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Kafr Yasif:	Exists. 75% of population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Khirbat Jiddin:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Kisra:	Exists. 50% of population remained. 75% of land usurped.
Kuweikat:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Majd el Kurum:	Exists. 75% of population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Makr, El:	Exists. 75% of population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Manshiya:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Mazra'a, El and Shavei Zion and 'Ein Sara and
Ga'aton:	Exists. 50% of population remained. 75% of land usurped; Jewish colonies.
Mi'an	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Mi'ilya:	Exists. 75% of population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Nahf:	Exists. 75% of population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Nahr, En:	Completely destroyed; its land Usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Nahariya:	Jewish colony.
Rama, Er:	Exists. 75% of population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Ruweis, Er:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Sajur:	Exists. 50% of population remained. 75% of land usurped.
Sakhnin:	Exists. 25% of land usurped.
Sha'b:	Exists. 75% of population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Suhmata:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Sumeiriya, Es:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Tamra:	Exists. 25% of land usurped.
Tarbikha (includes En Nabi Rubin and Suruh):	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Tarshiha and Kabri:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Umm el Faraj:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Yanuh:	Exists. 50% of population remained. 75% of land usurped.
Yirka:	Exists. 25% of land usurped.
Zib, Ez (includes Manawat):	Completely destroyed; its land destroyed; converted Jewish colony.

Tribal Units	Explanations
'Arabel 'Aramisha and 'Arab el Quleitat (includes I'ribbin, Jurdeih and Khirbat Idmith):	Villages and localities destroyed. All lands usurped
'Arab el Hujeirat (In Sakhnin) 'Arab el Mureisat (In Sakhnin and Deir Hanna):	Exists. 50% of population remained. 70% land usurped. Villages and localities destroyed; all lands




'Arab es Samniya (includes Khirbat es Suwwana and Arab Tauqiya):
	usurped; converted to a Jewish colony.
'Arab es Sawa'id (In Sakhnin, Deir Hanna and Er Rama):	Exists. 85% population remained; 75% land usurped.
'Arab es Suweitat (In Tarshiha):	Destroyed; all lands usurped; converted to Jewish colony.

2. Beisan Sub-District

Towns and Villages	Explanations
Arida, El and Sede Eliyahu:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted into Jewish colony.
Ashrafiya, El:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Avuqa:	Jewish colony.
Bashatiwa, El:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Bawati, El (Hakimiya):	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Beisan:	An Arabcity which had in 19485,863 Palestinian Arabs. All the inhabitants were expelled. The Zionists occupied all houses and apartments of the Arabs in the city and converted Beisan into a Jewish city.
Beit Alfa:	Jewish settlement.
Beit hash Shitta	Jewish settlement.
(Shatta): Bira, El:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Danna:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
'Ein Harod:	Jewish settlement.
Farwana:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Fatur, El:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Gesher:	Jewish settlement.
Geva':	Jewish settlement.
Ghazawiya, El and Ma'oz:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Haiyim and Neve Eitan:	Jewish settlement.
Hamidiya, El and Herrnonim:	Jewish settlement.
Hamra, El:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Heftsi-Bah:	Jewish settlement.
Jabbul and Beit Yosef:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Jisr el Majami:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Kafra:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Kafr Misr:	Exists. 25% of population remained. 80% of land usurped.
Kaukab el Hawa:	Exists. 10% of population remained. 80% of land usurped.
Kefar Yehezqel:	Jewish settlement.
Khuneizir, El:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Masil el Jizl and Kefar Ruppin (Massada):	Jewish settlement.
Murassas, El:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony./ep
Qumiya:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Safa, Es:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony,
Sakhina, Es and Nir David (Tel Amal):	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Samiriya, Es:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Sirin:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Taiyiba, Et and Benei Berit:	Exists. 10% of population remained. 90% of land usurped.
Tell esh Shauk:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Tel Yosef:	Jewish settlement.
Tira, Et and Irgun Borokhov:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Tirat Tsevi (Ez Zarra'a):	Jewish settlement.
Umm 'Ajra:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Wadi el Bira:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Yubla:	Jewish settlement.
Zab'a:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.

3. Nazareth Sub-District

Towns and Villages
Afula:	Jewish settlement
'Arab es Subeih:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Balfourya:	Jewish settlement.
Bu'eina:	Exists. 50% of population remained. 80% of land usurped.
Dabburiya:	Exists. 50% of population remained. 60% of land usurped.
Dahi, Ed	Exists. 25% of population remained. 80% of land usurped.
Ein Mahil:	Exists. 70% of population remained. 60% of land usurped.
Gevat:	Jewish settlement.
Ginneigar:	Jewish settlement.
Iksal:	Exists. 80% of population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Hut:	Exists. 75% of population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Indur:	Jewish settlement.
Kafr Kanna:	All population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Kafr Manda:	All population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Kaukab:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Kefar Barukh:	Jewish settlement.
Kefr Gid'on:	Jewish settlement.
Kefar ha Horesh:	Jewish settlement.
Kefar Tavor (Mas-ha):	Jewish settlement.
Kefar Yeladim:	Jewish settlement.
Mahane Yisrael:	Jewish settlement.
Mailul:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Mash-had:	Exists. 50% of population remained. 60% of land usurped.
Merhavya Settlement:	Jewish settlement.
Mizra':	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Mount Tabor (Includes Umm el Ghanam):	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Mujeidil, El:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Nahalal and Shimron:	Jewish settlement.
Na'ura:	Exists. 50% of population remained. 80% of land usurped.
Nazareth:	Exists. 90%of population remained. 50% of sub- urb usurped.
Nein:	Exists. 50% of population remained. 80% of land usurped.
Ramat David and 'Ayanot and Hash Sharon:	Jewish settlement.
Reina, Er:	Exists. All population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Rummana:	Exists, 20% of population remained. 80% of land usurped.
Saffuriya:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Sarid:	Jewish settlement.
Sulam:	Exists. 50% of population remained. 70% of land usurped.
Tamra:	Exists. 50% of population remained. 60% of land usurped.
Tel 'Adashim:	Jewish settlement.
Tur'an:	Exists. All population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Umm Qubei:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
'Uzeir:	Exists. 25% of population remained. 75% of land usurped.
Yafa:	Exists. 80% of population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Muawiyeh:	Exists. 50% of population remained. 50% of land usurped.

4. Safad Sub-District

Towns and Villages	Explanations
Abil el Qamh:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Abisiya, El and Kefar Szold (includes 'Azaziyat, 'Ein Fit and Khirbat es Summan):	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Aiyelet hash Shahar:	Jewish settlement.
'Akbara:	Exists. 25% of population remained. 90% of land usurped.
'Alma:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
'Ammuqa:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
'Arab esh Shamalina (Khirbat Abu Zeina, includes El Buteiha):	Completely destroyed; its land usurped-, converted Jewish colony.
Beisamun:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Biriya:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Buweiziya, El (incl. Meis):	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Dafna:	Jewish settlement.
Dallata:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Dan (prev. Khan ed Duweir):	Jewish settlement.
Darbashiya, Ed:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Dawwara and
'Amir and Kefar Nehem ya:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Deishum:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Dhahiriya el Fauqa, Edh:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Dhahiriya et Tahta, Edh:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
'Ein ez Zeitun:	Completely destroyed; its landusurped; converted Jewish colony.
'Ein Zeitim:	Jewish settlement.
Fara:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colonv.
Farraiya:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Tur’an:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Ghabbatiya:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Ghuraba:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Harrawi:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Hatsor:	Jewish settlement.
Hula Concession Area:	Jewish settlement.
Hunin includes Hula and Udesisa:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped', converted Jewish colony.
Hurfeish:	Exists. 50% of population remained. 60%of land usurped.
Jahula:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Ja'una:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Jish:	Exists. 50% of population remained; 75% of land usurped.
Jubb Yusuf:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Kafr Bir'im:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Khalisa, El:	Completely destroyed, its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Kefar Gil'adi
(Tel Hai):	Jewish settlement.
Khirbat el Hiqab:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Khisas:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Khiyam el Walid:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Kind el Baqqara:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Kirad el Ghannama:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Lazzazaand Beit Hillel:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Mahanayim:	Jewish settlement.
Mallaha and 'Arab Zubeid:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Malikiva, El (includes Eitarun):	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Manara. El:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Mansura. El:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Mansurat el Kheit:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Marus:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Mazari' ed Daraja and Dardara (includes Dureijat, 'Ein et Tina, Jalabina and Weiziya Almin:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Meirun:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Metulla (includes Deir Mamas, Hura and Kafr Kila):	Jewish settlement.
Mishmar hay Yarden:	Jewish settlement.
Muftakhira, El (includes El Barjiyat):	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Mughr el Khiet:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Nabi Yusha, En:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Na'ima, En:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Qabba'a and
Jazayir el Hindaj (includes Mughr ed Duruz):	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Qadas (includes Buleida):	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Qaddita:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Qeitiya:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Qudeiriya, El:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Ras el Ahmar, Er:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Rihani ya:	Exists. 25% of population remained. 90% of land usurped.
Rosh Pinna:	Jewish settlement.
Sabalan:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Safad:	An Arab city with a population of 10,844 Pales- tinian Arabs. Most of the population was expelled by the Zionists, and not more than 500 Arabs live in Safad today. The Zionists usurped 99% of all Arab homes, apartments and commercial build- ings, and converted Safad into a Jewish city.
Safsaf:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Saliha (includes Marun er Ras and Yarun):	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony./ep
Salihiya, Es:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Sammu'i, Es:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Sanbariya, Es:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Sa'sa':	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Shauqa et Tahta (includes Mughr esh Shab'an):	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
She'ar Yashuv:	Jewish settlement.
Shuna, Esh:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Teitaba:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Tuba ('Arab el Heib):	Exists. 25% of population remained. 75% of land usurped.
Tuleil and El Huseiniya:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
'Ulmaniya, El:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Weizi ya:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Yarda:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Yesud ham Ma'ala (includes El Kharrar):	Jewish settlement.
Zanghariya:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Zawiya, Ez:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Zuq el Fauqani, Ez:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Zuq et Tahtani, Ez:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony. '

5. Tiberias Sub-District

Towns and Villages
Afiqim:	Jewish settlement.
Ashdot Ya'aqov:	Jewish settlement.
Beit Gan	Exists. 75% of population remained. 50% of land usurped.
Beit Zera' (Kefar Gun):	Jewish settlement.
Bitanya:	Jewish settlement.
Dalhamiya:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Deganiya "A":	Jewish settlement.
Deganiy a "B“:	Jewish settlement.
'Eilabun:	Exists. 50% of population remained. 50% of land usurped.
'Ein Gev (Nuqeib):	Jewish settlement,
Ghuweir Abu Shusha and Genossar:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Hadatha:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Hamma, El:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Hittin:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Kafr Kama:	Exists. 50% of population remained. 70% of land usurped.
Kafr Sabt:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Kefar Hittim:	Jewish settlement.
Khirbat el Wa'ra es Sauda (El Mawasi and El Wuheib):	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Kinneret Group:	Jewish settlement.
Kinneret:	Jewish settlement.
Lubi ya:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish settlement.
Ma'dhar:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish settlement.
Maghar and El Mansura:	Exists. All population remained; 50% of land usurped.
Majdal:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Manara, El and Nasr ed Din:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Menahamiya:	Jewish settlement.
Migdal:	Jewish settlement.
Mitspa:	Jewish settlement.
Nimrin:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted ~ewishcolony.
Poriya:	Jewish settlement.
Samakh:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Massada and Sha'ar
hag Golan:	Jewish settlements.
Samakiya, Es:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Samra, Es (includes Kafr Harib Lands):	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish settlement.
Sejera (Ilanya):	Jewish settlement.
Sha'ara and 'Omer:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Shajara, Esh:	Completely destroyed; its landusurped; converted Jewish colony.
Sharona:	Jewish settlement.
Shorashim:	Jewish settlement.
Tabigha, Et (includes Tell el Hunud and Khan el Minya):	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Tiberias:	A town where Arabs and Jews lived together. The Arab inhabitants were 6,132. All Arab inhabitants were expelled under duress and pressure. The Zionists usurped all Arab homes and commercial buildings and converted Tiberias into a Jewish city.
'Ubeidiya, El:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
'Ularn:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped, converted Jewish colony.
Yaquq:	Completely destroyed; its land usurped; converted Jewish colony.
Yavneel and Mishmar hash Shelosha:	Exists. 25% of population remained. 90% of land usurped. Jewish settlement established on its land.

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