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Welcome To Dayr al-Dubban - دير الدبان (דיר א-דבאן)

District of Hebron
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Occupation Date October 23, 1948
Distance From District 26 (km) Northwest of Hebron
Elevation 225 (meters)
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Military Operation Operation Yo'av
Defenders Local militia and Egyptian Army/Muslim Brotherhood Battalion
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains Dayr al-Dubban was completely obliterated and defaced.
Ethnically Cleansing Dayr al-Dubban inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 7,777
Jewish 0
Public 7
**Total 7,784
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Olive Groves 153
Planted W/ Cereal 5,358
Built up 58
Arable 5,358
Non-Arable 2,368
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1922 454
1931 543
1945 730
1948 847
Est. Refugees 1998 5,200
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 112
1948 174
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Archeological Sites Dayr al-Dubban contains the foundations of buildings, mosaic floors, burial places, and rock-hewn presses.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
Moroccan Jews founded Luzit in 1955
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Village Before Nakba

The village stood on a sloping hill at the end of the western foothills of the Hebron Mountains. Secondary roads linked it to the adjacent villages of 'Ajjur, to the northeast, and Tall al-Safi, to the northwest. These roads ultimately led to the highways connecting the cities of Hebron, Ramla, Gaza, and Jerusalem. The village name was probably a colloquial variant of al-dhubban ('flies'), raising the question of whether the ancient inhabitants of the village worshipped Ba'l Zabub ('lord of flies'), the chief Canaanite deity in Aqrun (south of Ramla). In 1596 Dayr al-Dubban was a village in the nahiya of Jerusalem (liwa' of Jerusalem), with 396 inhabitants. It paid taxes on wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards, and fruit trees, as well as on goats and beehives. In the early nineteenth century the American biblical scholar Edward Robinson reported passing near Dayr al-Dubban on his way to examine some caverns nearby.

The modern population of the village was Muslim. Rainfed agriculture represented its main economic activity, followed by animal husbandry. The people of Dayr al-Dubban cultivated two grain crops annually, one in summer and the second in winter. As a customary practice they divided the land into eastern and western sections, planted one section during one season and left the other fallow. The land that was immediately adjacent to the site was gradually planted with fig trees, grapes, and vegetables. In 1944/45 a total of 5,358 dunums was allocated to cereals. Animals were pastured on the nonagricultural land. Dayr al-Dubban was built on an archeological site containing the foundations of buildings, mosaic floors, burial places, and rock-hewn presses. The village was located in an area rich in archaeological sites; there were five sites within the 2 square km of land surrounding the village.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

During Operation Yoav, the Israeli army's Giv'ati Brigade moved north and east towards Hebron while other forces were pushing southwards in the direction of Gaza and the Negev. Dayr al-Dubban was captured during the northward push, falling into Israeli hands on 23-24 October 1948, according to Israeli historian Benny Morris. A couple of days before its capture, the New York Times quoted the comment of an Israeli military spokesman on the overall operational aims. The spokesman said on 21 October that the Israeli army had no intention of capturing Egyptian army strongholds in the area, but 'in operations to cut the roads, some places were so weakened that it seemed the obvious thing to take them.' Morris states that most of the villagers in the Hebron area had fled before the arrival of Israeli troops, but that some were also expelled.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

The settlement of Luzit, composed of Moroccan Jews, was established northeast of the village site in 1955.

Village Today

The site is overgrown with thorny plants, foxtail, khubbayza (mallow), and a few cactuses and olive trees. The village's old roads are easily identifiable. There are also remnants of stone terraces and a cave. Onions, other vegetables, and fruits are grown on the adjacent land by Israeli farmers.

Source

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

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