Welcome To Jubb Yusuf - جب يوسف (ג'וב יוסף)

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Statistic & Fact

Value

Occupation Date

May 4, 1948

Distance From District

6 (km) South East of Safad

Elevation

250 (meters)

Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Details

Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction

Map Location

See location #73 on the map

View from satellite

Defenders

Local militia & Arab Liberation Army

Exodus Cause

Expulsion by Zionist troops

Village Temains

The village has been completely destroyed with the exception of al-Shaykh 'Abdallah shrine.

Ethnically Cleansing

Jubb Yusuf inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.

Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership

Ethnic Group	Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab	11,230
Jewish	0
Public	95
**Total	11,325

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

Land Usage
As of 1945

Land Usage	Arab (Dunum)*
Planted W/ Cereal	2,477
Arable	2,477
Non-Arable	8,848

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Population

Year	Population*
1596	72
1922	59
1931	93
1945	170
1948	197
Est. Refugees 1998	1,211

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Number of Houses

Year	Number of Houses
1931	17
1948	36

Near By Towns

'Akbara ↖	al-Ja'una ↑ (N)
al-Qudayriyya ←	Jubb Yusuf	→ al-Zanghariyya
↙ al-Qudayriyya	↓ al-Samakiyya

Town's Name Through History

The village was also known by Khan Jubb Yusuf

Places of Warship

One old mosque built in the 11th century.

Shrines / Maqams

One shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh 'Abdallah (still standing, but it needs renovation guys)

Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands

'Ammi'ad

Village Before Nakba

The village was situated in a flat, volcanic area that had reddish soil, northwest of Lake Tiberias. A highway that led to Safad and Tiberias passed a short distance to the east of it. It may have acquired its name from a nearby well, Jubb Yusuf ('Joseph's well'). The site was also known as khan Jubb Yusuf; this implies that it had been a stopping place for travelers, and in fact was mentioned as such by a number of Arab and Western travelers. The Arab geographer al-Maqdisi wrote in A.D. 985 that it was a resting place along the road to Damascus. Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (Saladin) also stopped there on his way to fight the Crusaders in the battle of Hittin (1187). In 1355, Ibn Battuta described the well as being large, deep, and placed in the courtyard of a small mosque. In 1596, Jubb Yusuf was a village in the nahiya of Jira (liwa' of Safad) with a population of seventy-two. It paid taxes on a number of crops, including wheat, barley, and fruit, as well as on goats and beehives. Al-Nablusi (d. ca. 1730) noted the pleasant dome over the well and a handsome mosque close to it. He also mentioned a well-built khan. The Swiss traveler Burckhardt noted in 1822 that the khan was falling into ruin.

The modern village was small, with closely-packed houses made of mud, basalt stones, and limestone. It had a mosque that was surmounted by a dome. A large number of wells and springs provided water for both domestic use and irrigation. The springs attracted the Bedouin of the 'Arab al-Suyyad tribe, who settled the village, worked the land, and made up the majority of its (entirely Muslim) population. Their main crops were grain, vegetables, fruits, and olives. In 1944/45 they planted 2,477 dunums in cereals. A tomb for a local religious teacher, Shaykh 'Abdallah, was located in the village, and several khirbas lay to the east.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

Units of the Arab Liberation Army (ALA) engaged with Jewish convoys south of Jubb Yusuf at least twice in the early weeks of the war. In both cases, on 12 February and 26 February 1948, British forces intervened to stop the fighting, according to records kept by ALA commander Fawzi al-Qawuqji.

In the second half of April 1948, the Haganah launched Operation Yiftach (see Abil al-Qamh, Safad sub-disctrict). In his report to the Haganah General Staff on 22 April, Palmach commander Yigal Allon recommended 'an attempt to clear out the beduins encamped between the Jordan [River], and Jubb Yusuf and the Sea of Galilee.' Israeli historian Benny Morris, who quotes the report, also states that the village itself was not attacked until 4 May, at which time its residents were probably expelled.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

The settlement of 'Ammi'ad (201259), established in 1946 on village land, is north of the village site.

Village Today

All that remains of the village are the thorn-covered khan and the domed tomb of Shaykh 'Abdallah. Fig and carob trees grow on the site. The village land is cultivated by the settlement of 'Ammi'ad. Near the site are structures belonging to the water project that diverts water from the Jordan for use in Israel, including the water pumping station at al-Tabigha (6 km to the south), which draws water from Lake Tiberias.

Source

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

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
يونس السيدي	السياد	-
أحمــد خير قاسم السيدي	السيـــــاد	دمشـق, سوريــا
محمد خير قاسم السيدي	الســــياد	دمشق, سوريا
أحمد حسين	سياد	دمشق , سورية
abu addai	syaad	dubai
أبو مروان	السياد	-
خير الدين محمد خير قاسم السيدي	السيــاد	دمشق , سوريــا
أحمدخنيفس علي الراجحي	السياد	syria, syria
Mohammed Houssien AL-SAYDI	JUBB YUESEF	SYRIA, SYRIA
MAHMOUD ALI FAHAD	JUBB YUESEF	MICHIGAN, USA
خير قاسم السيدي	السياد	دمشق, سوريــا
Mohammad Mohammad	Seyaad	Damascus, Syria
Ahmad Awad	Seyaad	-
Ahmad Awad	-	syria
imad kalash	numairat	-
Raed Awad	-	-

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