Welcome To 'Arab al-Shamalina - عرب الشمالنه (ערב א-שמאלנה)

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Statistic & Fact

Value

Occupation Date

May 4, 1948

Distance From District

13 (km) South East of Safad

Elevation

-200 (meters)

Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Details

Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction

Map Location

See location #77 on the map

View from satellite

Military Operation

Operation Matate (Broom) (Sub operation of Yiftach Operation)

Exodus Cause

Expulsion by Zionist troops

Village Temains

Based on orders of Yigal Allon, the village was completely destroyed soon after occupation.

Ethnically Cleansing

'Arab al-Shamalina inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.

Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership

Ethnic Group	Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab	16,690
Jewish	0
Public	0
**Total	16,690

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

Land Usage
As of 1945

Land Usage	Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation	238
Planted W/ Cereal	3,842
Arable	4,080
Non-Arable	12,610

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Population

Year	Population*
1922	278
1931	551
1945	650
Est. Refugees 1998	4,630

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Number of Houses

Year	Number of Houses
1931	108

Town's Name Through History

The village was also known by Khirbat Abu Zayna

Inhabitants Place of Origin

The village may have picked its name from 'Arab al-Shamalina Bedouin tribe who settled earlier in village.

Nearby Wadies & Rivers

The village was situated close to the Jordan River.

Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands

Almagor

Village Before Nakba

The village (also known as Khirbat Abu Zayna) was situated on a plain that lay west of the Syrian border, north of the point where the Jordan River flowed into Lake Tiberias. It overlooked the northernmost shoreline of the lake. A secondary road linked it to the village of al-Tabigha, also on the lake shore but to the southwest, and to a highway that curved around the lake and led to the city of Tiberias. Its stone houses were built between this secondary road and the banks of the Jordan. It was inhabited by the settled members of the 'Arab al-Shamalina Bedouin tribe. They tilled the land north of the village, along the river, cultivating citrus and vegetables. The river and several springs provided them with water for both drinking and irrigation. In 1944/45 a total of 3,842 dunums was allocated to cereals and 238 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. Several archaeological sites were found nearby.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

In the course of Operation Yiftach, designed to occupy and 'cleanse' eastern Galilee (see Abil al-Qamh, Safad sub-disctrict), a limited sub-operation was launched to expel all Palestinian inhabitants from an area between Lake aI-Hula and Lake Tiberias. 'Arab al-Shamalina was occupied during this offensive, which was named Operation Matate (Broom) and was implemented on 4 May 1948. According to Israeli historian Benny Morris, the operational order said specifically that this village should be attacked, its houses blown up, and its residents expelled. Before the assault, Palmach troops shelled the area with mortars, and Morris claims that the villagers fled with the approach of the occupying force. Operation Broom had an important impact on the people of Safad and the aI-Hula Valley, according to the operation's commander, Palmach chief Yiga Allon. The Syrians told the British that this Palmach thrust resulted in 2,000 more refugees from the area.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

The village lands are used by the settlement of Almagor (206257), which was established 2 km northwest of the village site in 1961.

Village Today

The site, which is mostly covered with thorny grass, is strewn with the rubble of houses. Eucalyptus and palm trees also grow on the site. Most of the surrounding land is used as pasture, although some of it is cultivated.

Source

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

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
نور الهدى	الحج احمد	دمشق, سوريا
ayman shamloni	-	-
ابو علي دوشكا الشملوني	شمالنه	دمشق, شمالنة صفد
أبوعمران	شمالنة	دمشق, سورية
الشملوني الأبيض	خليل	-
alshmlony	شمالنة	-
يوسف غوري	السوالمة	-
باسم درزي	السوالمة	-
راضي الغوري	السوالمه	عمان, الاردن
رستم الشامي	الشمالنة	-
yaser shadh huosin alshamlony	خليل	-
ali ahmad sharghy	al haj ahmad	damascus, syria
ali sharghy	-	sbina, syria
mohamed	ismail	west bank, palestine
sakher al falah	al falah	syria

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