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Qabba'a
District of Safad
قبّاعة - קבאעה
Ethnically cleansed days ago
 
Mofeed Shahin standing next to cactus trees in Qabba'a               eMail to a friend
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Town Statistics & Facts

Statistic/Fact Value
Israeli occupation date May 26, 1948
Distance from district center 6 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea 500 (meters)
Map location See location number #57 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 Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by Israelis
The village has been completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis
Qabba'a inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab 13,437
Jewish 0
Public 380
Total 13,817
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation 379
Area planted w/ olives 650
Planted W/ Cereal 7,966
Built up 66
Cultivable 8,345
Non-Cultivable 5,406
Population
before occupation
Year Population
1596 99
19th century 150
1931 256
1945 460
1948 534
Est. Refugees 1998 3,277
Number of houses
Year Number of houses
1931 44
1948 91
Schools One school
Religious institutions One mosque
Water supplies Water supplies ware drawn from four springs around the village
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands Chatzor ha-Gelilit is nearby village lands
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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The stone debris of destroyed houses covers the site, where shrubs, grass, cactuses, and fig and pine trees grow.

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Pictures

  • Village Rubble In 1987
  • View of olive trees facing away from Galilee
  • Ruble of house
  • Olive tree (BIG)
  • View of olive trees facing away from Galilee
  • Mofeed Shahin standing next to cactus trees in Qabba'a
  • Cactus tree holding fruit
  • Cactus trees and olive trees
  • View of Qabba'a and Galilee in the background
  • Olive trees
  • Olive trees with some rubble of houses on the right
  • مختار القباعة المرحوم على المصطفي شحادة الشواهين
  • شيخ جامع القباعة المرحوم / بركات مصطفى شحادة الشواهين
  • اسلام شاهين ( فخر القباعة ) أصغر مهندسة قي سوريا
  • المرحوم / خليل محمد شاهين ابو فتحي
  • المرحوم اسماعيل محمد شاهين
  • المرحوم /ديــا ب مصطفى شحادة الشواهين
  • ابن القباعة / المجاهد القديم عبدالله شواهين
  • المرحوم على عبد المعطى شواهيــــن
  • نساء القباعة والزي الشعبي

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    Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008
          Last reply posted on JULY-16-2008

    Will you accept a new homeland & compensation instead of Palestine and you right of return?
    هل تقبل التوطين والتعويض بديل عن الوطن وحق العودة؟

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    Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008

    Specific Board for Prisoners- صفحة مخصصة لأخبار الأسرى
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    Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006
          Last reply posted on JULY-14-2006

    Obituaries Announcements Board -صفحة الوفيات
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    Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006

    Graduation Announcements Board - صفحة مناسبات التخرج
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    Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006
          Last reply posted on AUGUST-20-2006

    Marriage Announcements Board - صفحة مناسبات الزواج
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    Posted by Webmaster on MAY-7-2001
          Last reply posted on SEPTEMBER-18-2003

    Sign Qabba'a's Guest Book - سجل الزوار
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    411 Directory Service

    To contact any of the below members, simply click on the names.
    Display Name Clan/Hamolah Country of Residence
    القباعي شواهين -
    MOHIN SHAWAHEEN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA
    Abo,jamal - DAMASCUS, SYRIA
    م . محمد ايوب الرفاعي - اليرموك, سورية
    Hani Shahin Shawaheen ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA
    Eng_maher Al refai الرفاعي -
    Yazan abu zubaid Abu zubaid JORDAN, JORDAN
    Moonshawaheen - اربد, الاردن
    Roba Shehady Shawaheen LEBANON
    Hassan Hussein Chehadeh - -
    Mahmoud - DAMASCUS, SYRIA
    Dalal Shehade Bitonya SOUTH, LEBANON
    Osama Alhawa ´SKANE, SWEDEN
    Bent mussa Mussa -
    MAEN AL HAJ - QATAR , QATAR
    Rasha SHawaheen - DAMASCUS SYRIA, SYRIA
    Ahmad emad Chihade - SOUTH OF LEBANON, SOUTH OF LEBANON
    Ibrahim Chehadi Hima DUBAI, UAE
    Rami Shehadeh - UAE, LEBANON
    Barakat Shahin Qubaa' VAULX EN VELIN, FRANCE
    Wael Chehade - VIENNA, AUSTRIA
    Aladdin Chehade Chehade VIENNA, AUSTRIA
    Anwar Shawaheen Shawaheen DAMSCUS, SYRIA
    MOHAMAD YOSEF MOHAMAD SHAHEEN Shawaheen -
    Moauamr Shawieesh قباعة DAMASCUS, SYRIA
    Hassan Chehadeh Chehade -------, LEBANON

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