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| Statistic/Fact | Value | ||||||||||
| Israeli occupation date | May 4, 1948 | ||||||||||
| Distance from district center | 13 (km) South East of Safad | ||||||||||
| Elevation from the sea | -200 (meters) | ||||||||||
| Map location | See location number #76 on the map | ||||||||||
| Israeli military operation | Operation Matate (Broom) (a sub-operation of Operation Yiftach) | ||||||||||
| Israeli attacking brigade | The Palmach's First Battalion | ||||||||||
| Defenders | Local militia & Arab Liberation Army | ||||||||||
| Refugees' migration route | Refugees were mostly forced into Syria. | ||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Expulsion by Jewish troops | ||||||||||
| Village remains after destruction by Israelis |
The village has been completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind. | ||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansing by Israelis |
al-Butayha inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||
| Land ownership before occupation |
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| Population before occupation |
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| Nearby wadies & rivers | The village was situated 1/4 km east of the Jordan river and 2 km north of Lake Tiberias. | ||||||||||
| Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | Almagor settlement and a picnic area known by Park ha-Yarden. | ||||||||||
| Related Maps | خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Only the black basalt walls of destroyed houses remain. Doum palms and olive trees grow among these ruins and further mark the site. A man-made canal runs in a north-south direction and turns eastward near the northern edge of the site
- Jordan River seen from west of the village site,1990
- Village Rubble In 1990
- موقع القريه على التل المقابل -نظره من الجنوب
- نظره من الجنوب الى الشمال على مركز القريه
- ردم احد البيوت بين الاعشاب
- مركز القريه بين اشجار الكينا واثار الردم
- البطيحه- اطلاله من الجنوب
- اشجار الصبار في اراضي القريه لتقضح الاغتصاب
- ردم البيوت بين الاعشاب
- أثار ردم البيوت
- مجرى نهر الاردن الذي يمر بغرب القريه
- مجرى نهر الاردن في غرب القريه - نظره باتجاه الشمال
- مجرى نهر الاردن غرب القريه نظره باتجاه الجنوب
- غرب التل التي تقع عليها القريه
- نهر الاردن الذي يمر باراضي القريه
- نهر الاردن الاردن
- نهر الاردن غرب القريه
- موقع القريه بين اشجار الكينا -نظره من الشمال
- نظره من الشمال الى مركز القريه
- اثار البيوت بين الاعشاب واشجار الكينا
- اطلاله على بحيره طبريا والجولان من موقع القريه
- اراضي القريه المسيجه والمستغله من قبل المستوطنات المحيطه
- مجرى نهر الاردن بجانب القريه
| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| Kholoud | AlSafadi | Amman, Jordan |
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-Campgain Against Lice
-PalestineRemembered.com and its Nakba Oral History Project were featured on al-Jazeera Satellite TV.
-Nakba Oral History Video Podcast:
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-Arabic version now available - النسخة العربية للموقع الان متوفرة
-Videos: Documenting the destroyed villages in video: Tracing all that remains since Nakba.
-Videos: Responding to Zionist Propaganda
-Interview: The ethnic cleansing of Palestine: George Galloway interviews Israeli Historian Ilan Pappe.
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-Zionist FAQ now available in Hebrew שאלות שציונים שואלים, עכשיו בעברית
-Video: The Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer report on the influence of the Israel Lobby on U.S. Foreign Policy
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