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Welcome To Yarda - ياردا (ירדא)

District of Safad
Ethnically cleansed days ago
العربية

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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date April 1, 1948
Distance From District 10.5 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation 225 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #55 on the map

View from satellite
Military Operation Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Attacking Units The Palmach's First Battalion
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of deserted houses
Ethnically Cleansing The village has been completely ethnically cleansed between 1949 and 1956
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 1,368
Jewish N/A
Public N/A
**Total 1,368
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Population
Year Population*
1931 13
1945 20
1948 23
Est. Refugees 1998 143
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 3
1948 5
Near By Townswhat's new
Kirad al-Ghannama
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Kirad al-Baqqara
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al-Wayziyya  ←
Yarda
→   Golan Heights
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Rosh Pina
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Tuba Zangariya
↘           
Mansurat al-Khayt
Town's Name Through History The Canaanites referred to the village by the city of Hasur (Chatzor)
Water Supply The village had plenty of water supplies enough to plant RICE
Archeological Sites Khirbat Waqqas was located west-northwest of the village
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 Ayyelet ha-Shahar and Mishmar ha-Yarden

Village Before Nakba

The village stood on land underlain by volcanic rock, in an area sloping toward the al-Hula Plain, and faced north. Its entire population was Muslim. Khirbat Waqqas (also called Khirbat al-Qadah) was located west-northwest of the village and has been identified with the Canaanite (and subsequently Israelite) city of Hasur (Chatzor). Yarda was well-endowed with water resources, which made possible the cultivation of rice, clover, corn, and vegetables.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

Although it may first have been occupied during Operation Yiftach (see Abil al-Qamh, Safad sub-disctrict) in April–May 1948, Yarda later fell on the periphery of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between Syria and Israel after the July 1949 Armistice Agreement. If Yarda remained inhabited at the end of Operation Yiftach, it is likely that the villagers suffered the same fate as those in villages that fell squarely within the DMZ. Israeli historian Benny Morris relates that the latter were driven out by the Israeli authorities between 1949 and 1956, by means of direct and indirect pressures (see Kirad al-Baqqara, Safad sub-district).

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

The lands of Yarda were taken over by the Zionist settlement of Ayyelet ha-Shahar (204270) in 1948. In 1949 the settlement of Mishmar ha-Yarden (206267) (not to be confused with a settlement of the same name, founded in 1890 near the bridge of Banat Ya'qub) was built on village land, about 1 km east of the village site.

Village Today

The truncated waIls of some houses still stand, as well as those of a khan , or caravansary. The site is strewn with stones from crumbled houses (see photos section). A portion of the land is used as pasture.

Source

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