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Welcome To al-Dirbashiyya - الدرباشية (א-דירבאשיה)

District of Safad
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Picture for al-Dirbashiyya Village - Palestine: : Ruins of the destroyed Palestinian village
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date May 10, 1948
Distance From District 20 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation 100 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #31 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Attacking Units The Palmach's First Battalion
Defenders Local militia & Arab Liberation Army
Exodus Cause Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village Temains The village has been completely obliterated, and only house rubble left behind
Ethnically Cleansing al-Dirbashiyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 2,767
Jewish 0
Public 116
**Total 2,883
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 2,763
Arable 2,763
Non-Arable 120
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1945 310
1948 406
Est. Refugees 1998 2,493
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Near By Townswhat's new
Ghuraba
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Hulah Lake  ←
al-Dirbashiyya
→   Golan Heights
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al-Dirdara
Shrines / Maqams A shrine for a local sage known by al-Samadi
Nearby Wadies & Rivers The village bordered lake al-Hula
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 No settlements on village lands
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Village Before Nakba

The village was located on the lower slopes of the Golan Heights next to the Syrian border and overlooked the al-Hula Plain to the west. The lands west of the village were mostly marshland, with a few palm trees, while those to the south were partly wooded. The village was oriented from north to south, and its houses were dispersed across the site in no particular pattern. Although al-Dirbashiyya was small—it was classified as a hamlet by the Palestine Index Gazetteer—it had some shops, and during the Mandate, the British built a police station there. Its entire population was Muslim. A shrine named after a Muslim sage, al-Samadi, was located between the village and Lake al-Hula. Agriculture was the main economic activity. Most of the villagers' income came from vegetables, which matured early in the region's relatively warm climate. In 1944/45 a total of 2,763 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

Little is known about the occupation of this village, except that it was captured during Operation Yiftach sometime in May 1948 (see Abil al-Qamh, Safad sub-district). Because it was somewhat isolated, the village may not have been captured until the last week of May.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

There are no Israeli settlements on village land.

Village Today

The rubble of destroyed houses is scattered across the village site. The site also contains a segment of a cement-lined irrigation canal and the remains of terraces in some fields. The village lands, which are used mainly as pastures, are covered with grass, cactus plants, and Christ's-thorn and eucalyptus trees.

Source

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