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Welcome To al-Nabi Rubin - النبي روبين (א-נבי רובין)

District of Acre
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date November 1, 1948
Distance From District 28 (km) Northeast of Acre
Elevation 550 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #5 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Hiram
Exodus Cause Expulsion by Zionist troops
Village Temains al-Nabi Rubin was mostly destroyed with the exception of its shrine.
Ethnically Cleansing al-Nabi Rubin inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 12,548
Jewish 0
Public 6,015
**Total 18,563
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Population
Year Population*
1945 1,000
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Near By Townswhat's new
Lebanon
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Lebanon
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Lebanon
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'Iribbin, Khirbat  ←
Nabi Rubin
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Iqrit
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Dayr al-Qasi
Town's Name Through History The village may have been named after Hebrew prophet Rubin. The name suggests that the town may have been occupied by the Israelites at one point in time. A village with the same name was as well destroyed by the "Jewish State" southwest of al-Ramla City, lookup al-Nabi Rubin in al-Ramla district for details.
Schools al-Nabi Rubin students used to attend school in nearby village of Tarbikha.
Shrines / Maqams The village contains a shrine for the al-Nabi Rubin which remains standing to this date.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
That Usurped Village Lands		 Shomera, Even Menachem, Kefar Rosenwald, and Shetula.

Village Before Nakba

The village stood on a dome–shaped hill about 30 or 40 m higher than the village of Tarbikha, of which it was a satellite; it was about 1 km southeast of Tarbikha. It had a shrine for the prophet (nabi) Rubin . Its population was predominantly Muslim. Tarbikha provided the village with the necessary services. Most of al-Nabi Rubin's land was used for pasture, but grain, olives, and tobacco were grown. In 1944/45 a total of 3,200 dunums of the lands of the three villages (al-Nabi Rubin, Tarbikha, and nearby Suruh) was allotted to cereals; 619 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

Al-Nabi Rubin was one of the villages lying near the Lebanese border that was emptied of its inhabitants in the second week of November 1948. After military operations had ceased, the Israeli army ordered the villagers to cross the border into Lebanon, according to Israeli historian Benny Morris. On 16 November, the commanding officer of the Northern Front, Moshe Carmel, reported to Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion that the army "Had been forced for military reasons ... to expel the villages on the border." He explicitly mentioned al-Nabi Rubin.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

The settlement of Shomera was established to the west of the village site in 1949. Even Menachem, established in 1960, is located very close to the village site, on a hill to its west. Kefar Rosenwald, originally named Zar'it and still widely known by that name, was established in 1967 on village land. Shetula , founded in 1969, is also located on village lands.

Village Today

The shrine of al-Nabi Rubin is all that remains of the village. Cactuses, fig trees, and tall grasses grow on the site, which has been made into a grazing area.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.
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