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Welcome To al-Sindiyana - السنديانة

District of Haifa
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Picture for al-Sindiyana Village - Palestine: : Children from Al-Sindiyana and Meir Shfeya (Jewish youth village) playing together, 1931
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date May 12, 1948
Distance From District 29 (km) South of Haifa
Elevation 125 (meters)
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Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
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Pre-Nakba Aerial View
Map Location See location #36 on the map

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Military Operation Either Operation Coastal Clearing or Operation Mishmar Ha'emek.
Attacking Units Some units from the Haganah and the Irgun gangs.
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains The village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically Cleansing

Although the villages of Sabbarin, al-Sundyana, and al-Fureidis were welling to surrender to the Haganah, they were mostly ethically cleansed upon occupation. Al-Syndyana Mokhtar along with his family and 300 other civilians stayed put and raised a white flag upon occupation. They were mostly expelled toward the Jinin areas.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 9,706
Jewish 864
Public 4,602
**Total 15,172
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 525 0
Olive Groves 200 0
Planted W/ Cereal 7,313 864
Built up 24 0
Arable 7,838 864
Non-Arable 6,446 0
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
19th century 300
1922 276
1931 923
1945 1,250
1948 1,450
Est. Refugees 1998 8,905
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses In (1931): 217 (includes 'Arab al-Hamdun)
Near By Townswhat's new
Sabbarin
↗        
Burayka  ←
al-Sindiyana
→   Umm al-Shawf
↓
Safsafa
↘           
Qannir
Schools al-Sindiyana had an elementary school for boys founded in 1942/1943, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 200 students.
Inhabitants Place of Origin The original village inhabitants came two centuries ago from the neighboring villages of Umm al-Fahm and 'Arraba.
Water Supply al-Sindiyana had numerous springs and wells which provided it with water for both domestic use and irrigation.
Archeological Sites al-Sindiyana contained building foundations, and pottery and tesserae which have been seen on its surface in a nearby Khirba. Also the village had Khirbat Rusaysa, which contained mosaics, rock-cut wine press, and columns that suggested that it was inhabited during the Roman-Byzantine period.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 Avi'el
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Village Before Nakba

The village was situated on two small hills southeast of the foothills of Mount Carmel, on the edge of the area known as the bilad al-rawha', 'the country of fragrant vines' (see Daliyat al-Rawha', Haifa sub-district). The outline of the larger hill was circular, while that of the smaller, to the east, was more elongated and was oriented in a northwest-southeast direction. Secondary roads linked al-Sindiyana to neighboring villages as well as to a highway that fed the coastal highway. Its name meant 'oak tree' in Arabic. The original inhabitants came from two neighboring villages, Umm al-Fahm and Arraba, and founded the village over two centuries ago.

In the late nineteenth century, al-Sindiyana was situated on high ground with a spring below it. It had an estimated 300 residents cultivating 22 faddans (1 faddan = 100-250 dunums). Its houses were made of masonry. Al-Sindiyana had a boys' elementary school with an enrollment of 200 students in 1942/43. Its numerous springs and wells provided water for both domestic use and irrigation. The villagers obtained their livelihood from agriculture and animal husbandry, growing mainly grain and vegetables, especially tomatoes. In 1944/45 a total of 7,313 dunums was allotted to cereals; 525 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards, of which 200 dunums were used for olives. The archaeological site of al-Khirba lay about 2 km southwest of al-Sindiyana. It is reported to contain building foundations, and pottery and tesserae have been seen on its surface. Somewhat more distant was Khirbat Rusaysa which with its mosaics, rock-cut wine press, and columns suggested Roman-Byzantine settlement.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

The settlement of Avi'el was established in 1949 on village lands southwest of the village site.

Village Today

The site is fenced in with barbed wire. Scattered piles of stones, the debris of destroyed houses, are visible among thorns, cactuses and fig, olive, and palm trees. The surrounding lands are used by Israelis as a grazing area.

Source

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