Welcome To al-Zuq al-Fawqani - الزوق الفوقاني (א-זוק אל-פוקאני)

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Statistic & Fact

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Occupation Date

May 21, 1948

Distance From District

32 (km) South East of Safad

Elevation

250 (meters)

Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Details

Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction

Map Location

See location #2 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, only house rubble left behind

Ethnically Cleansing

al-Zuq al-Fuawqani was ethnically cleansed as a result of psychological warfare conducted on in the first half of May 1948.

Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership

Ethnic Group	Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab	1,789
Jewish	0
Public	43
**Total	1,832

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps

Land Usage
As of 1945

Land Usage	Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation	503
Planted W/ Cereal	1,286
Arable	1,789
Non-Arable	43

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Population

Year	Population*
1945	160
1948	186
Est. Refugees 1998	1,140

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Near By Towns

Abil al-Qamh ↖	Lebanon ↑ (N)
Lebanon ←	al-Zuq al-Fawqani	→ Lebanon
	↓ al-Khalisa	↘ al-Sanbariyya

Water Supply

The village had several springs to power a water mill.

Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands

Yuval settlement is near by village lands.

Village Before Nakba

The village was near the Lebanese border in an area that sloped toward the al-Hula Plain, to the south. It was about 1 km east of the highway leading to Safad and Tiberias, at the intersection of secondary roads that linked it to several neighboring villages. The etymology of the first part of the name, al-Zuq, is not known for sure; it may have been derived from the Syriac zuk, meaning "town." The second part, al-Fawqani ("upper" in Arabic) distinguished it from the "lower" village of al-Zuq al-Tahtani to the south. The outline of the village was circular, with its houses built along the roads that radiated outward from its center. Several springs flowed northwest of it, and a water-powered mill was built on the south side. The villagers grew olive trees on the slopes to the north and west of the village, and fruit trees on the western side. In 1944 a total of 1,286 dunums was allocated to cereals; 503 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. Columns in secondary use, wall fragments, and an olive press all bear witness to earlier occupation at the site of al-Zuq al-Fawqani. Within a 2-km radius of the site were several tells and khirbas, which testify to the attractiveness of the site for settlement in the past

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

The Palmach 'whispering campaign,' which was launched during Operation Yiftach (see Abil al-Qamh, Safad sub-district), precipitated the flight of many of the villagers of the Galilee panhandle, including the villagers of al-Zuq al-Fawqani. Israeli historian Benny Morris indicates that a direct military assault on the village contributed to the exodus of the villagers, which took place on 21 May 1948. [[M:xiv, 123]]

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

There are no Israeli settlements entirely on village land, although Yuval (206294), established in 1952, is located very close by to the northeast. Yuval sits at the intersection of the village lands of Abil al-Qamh, al-Sanbariyya, and al-Zuq al-Fawqani. Another settlement, Kefar Gil'adi (203294), is about 1 km west of the site; it was founded in 1916.

Village Today

The stones of destroyed homes are strewn across the site, which is overgrown with .grass, thorns, and a few cactus plants. The nearby settlement of Yuval cultivates part of the surrounding land, and uses the rest as forests and grazing grounds.

Source

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

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