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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 20, 1948
Distance from district center	6 (km) South of Baysan
Elevation from the sea	-200 (meters)
Map location	See location number #24 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Gideon
Israeli attacking brigade	Golani Brigade
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was completely destroyed and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	'Arab al-'Arida inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 700 Jewish 1,362 Public 218 Total 2,280
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Planted W/ Cereal 600 1,173 Built up 0 60 Cultivable 600 1,173 Non-Cultivable 318 129
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 182 1945 330 (180 Jewish) 1948 174 Est. Refugees 1998 1,069
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 38 1948 38
Archeological sites	Tell al-Ru'yan and Tell al-Qurud.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Sde Eliyyahu
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"No traces are left of the village. The whole village site is planted in wheat. The archaeological site, Tall al-Ru'yan, has been transformed into a garbage dump."

 

 

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