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District of Safad
Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Occupation Date | May 24, 1948 | ||||||||||
Distance From District | 23 (km) North East of Safad | ||||||||||
Elevation | 75 (meters) | ||||||||||
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Map Location | See location #21 on the map View from satellite |
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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 completely destroyed soon after occupation. | ||||||||||
Ethnically Cleansing | al-Zawiya has been ethnically cleansed as a result of psychological warfare conducted on the 24th of May 1948 | ||||||||||
Pre-Nakba Land Ownership |
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps |
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Land Usage As of 1945 |
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Nearby Wadies & Rivers | The village was made of two neighborhoods on both banks of an irrigation canal that drew water from the Jordan | ||||||||||
Exculsive Jewish Colonies Who Usurped Village Lands |
The settlement of Ne'ot Mordekhay is nearby village lands. | ||||||||||
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Village Before NakbaThe village was situated on flat terrain in the western half of the al-Hula Plain. A secondary road linked it to a highway that passed west of al-Zawiya and led to Safad. Initially, al-Zawiya consisted of two clusters of dwellings on both banks of an irrigation canal that drew water from the Jordan. A bridge spanned the canal, linking the two sections of the village. Shops stood on both sides of the canal. Most of the people of al-Zawiya were Muslims. They planted vegetables and fruits to the east and south of the village site; their fruit orchards were concentrated in the east. They also grew grain; in 1944/45 a total of 3,593 dunums was allotted to cereals.Village Occupation and Ethnic CleaningThis was one of the villages occupied towards the end of May 1948, when Israeli forces advanced into the Galilee panhandle. According to an Israeli military intelligence report, the village had been emptied of its residents by 24 May, as a result of a direct military assault on the village. The attack was mounted as part of Operation Yiftach (see Abil al-Qamh, Safad sub-district).Zionists Colonies on Village LandsThere are no Israeli settlements on village land. However, the settlement of Ne'ot Mordekhay (206285) was established in 1946, just 1 km north of the village site.Village TodayNo landmarks, rubble, or other signs of al-Zawiya remain. The site has become part of the settlement's agricultural lands, and is now covered by cotton fields.SourceDr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains. |
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Related Maps | Town Lands' Demarcation Maps خرائط للقضاء توضح حدود القرى والاودية Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |