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Welcome To al-Zawiya - الزوية (א-זאויה)

District of Safad
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date May 24, 1948
Distance From District 23 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation 75 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #21 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 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
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 3,797
Jewish 0
Public 161
**Total 3,958
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Planted W/ Cereal 3,593
Built up 195
Arable 3,593
Non-Arable 161
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1931 590
1945 760
1948 882
Est. Refugees 1998 5,414
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 141
1948 210
Near By Townswhat's new
al-Na'ima

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al-Salihiyya
       
al-Buwayziyya  
   al-Muftakhira

Hulah Lake
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 Nakba

The 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 Cleaning

This 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 Lands

There 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 Today

No 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.

Source

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

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