Welcome To al-Ghazzawiyya - الغزاويه (ערב אל-ע'זאויה)

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Statistic & Fact

Value

Occupation Date

May 20, 1948

Distance From District

2 (km) East of Baysan

Elevation

-250 (meters)

Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Details

Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction

Map Location

See location #17 on the map

View from satellite

Military Operation

Gedeon Operation

Attacking Units

Fourth Battalion of Golani Brigade

Exodus Cause

Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town

Village Temains

al-Ghazzawiyya was completely destroyed defaced.

Ethnically Cleansing

al-Ghazzawiyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.

Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership

Ethnic Group	Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab	5,323
Jewish	7,625
Public	5,460
**Total	18,408

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps

Land Usage
As of 1945

Land Usage	Arab (Dunum)*	Jewish (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves	13	0
Irrigated & Plantation	34	744
Planted W/ Cereal	6,746	6,771
Built up	0	100
Arable	6,793	7,515
Non-Arable	3,990	10

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Population

Year	Population*
1945	1,640 (620 Jewish)
1948	1,183 (620 Jewish)
Est. Refugees 1998	7,266

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Near By Towns

	'Arab al-Bawati ↑ (N)
Baysan ←	al-Ghazzawiyya	→ Jordan River
	↓ Umm 'Ajra

Archeological Sites

The village contains the following Tell or (khirbas):- Tell al-Barta, Tell al-Husn, and Tell al-Maliha.

Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands

Ma'oz Chayyim & Newe Eytan

Village Before Nakba

The village spread over a wide area in the Baysan Valley, west of the Jordan and next to the Baysan-Jericho highway. Its inhabitants were members of the al-Ghazzawiyya Bedouin tribe, who, together with tribes of the al-Bashatiwa and the al-Suqur, constituted the bulk of the valley's population. They had settled in the area because of the availability of water and fertile soil, and lived in both permanent houses and tents. All of them were Muslims. Crop cultivation and animal husbandry were the chief occupations of the 'Arab al-Ghazzawiyya. Crops-mainly grain, in addition to fruits and vegetables-were either irrigated or rainfed. The village was also known in the region for its wool and dairy products. In 1944/45 a total of 13 dunums was devoted to citrus and bananas and 5,185 dunums were allocated to cereals; 34 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. The villagers tended their animals in the Jordan Valley in winter and in the highlands in summer. Tall al-Barta (200213), to the north, Tall al-Husn (197212), to the west, and Tall al-Maliha (199211), to the southwest of the village, provide evidence that the area has always attracted settlement. The excavation of Tall al-Husn revealed an occupational history that extended from the third millennium B.C. to the eighth century A.D., when the site was occupied by an Arab village.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

The village came under Israeli control on 20 May 1948, the week after the Golani Brigade occupied the nearby town of Baysan. Israeli historian Benny Morris, who refers to the villageas ''Arab al Ghazawiya,' indicates that the inhabitants may have fled under the influence of the fall of Baysan. The History of the Haganah's account of the Baysan operation states that the Fourth Battalion of the Golani Brigade 'cleansed the entire Beisan valley of bedouins.'

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

No new Israeli settlements seem to have been established on the lands of the village after its fall but several pre-1948 settlements are in the area where the village was located. The most important is the settlement of Ma'oz Chayyim (202211), built in 1937 and located on a hill on the road between Baysan and the al-Shaykh Husayn bridge. Another is Newe Eytan (200211), built in 1938. Both were built on what was traditionally village land.

Village Today

No physical evidence indicates that the village ever existed; the entire area has been levelled and is now cultivated by Israeli farmers.

Source

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

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