Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	April 20, 1948
Distance from district center	15 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	100 (meters)
Map location	See location number #34 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade	The Palmach's First Battalion
Exodus Cause	Feer of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	In August 1948, the village has been completely obliterated
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	'Arab al-Zubayd inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 1,838 Jewish 294 Public 36 Total 2,168
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 0 12 Planted W/ Cereal 0 817 Built up 0 40 Cultivable 0 829 Non-Cultivable 66 16
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 697 1931 432 1945 160 (160 Jewish)
Number of houses	In (1931): 100 (includes al-'Ulmaniyya)
Nearby wadies & rivers	TThe village was situated close to al-Barid River.
Water supplies	'Arab al-Zubayd contained many springs which terminated into al-Barid River.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No settlements on village lands
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:
All that remains of' Arab al-Zubayd is scattered rubble, buried under a thicket of woods, grass, and thorny plants. Irrigation works tap the village's water resources. Animals graze in the mountainous portion of the land near the site

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