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Welcome To al-'Ubaydiyya - العبيدية (אל-עובידיה)

District of Tiberias
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date March 3, 1948
Distance From District 11 (km) South of Tiberias
Elevation -225 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #20 on the map

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Exodus Cause Fear of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village Temains al-'Ubaydiyya was completely destroyed, and only house rubble and the watermill left behind.
Ethnically Cleansing On March 3rd 1948, the inhabitants of al-'Ubaydiyya were intimidated into fleeing their homes and farms by the Haganah to Nazareth.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 4,031
Jewish 1,139
Public 3
**Total 5,173
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves 3 0
Irrigated & Plantation 1,014 525
Olive Groves 4 0
Planted W/ Cereal 1,349 612
Built up 24 2
Arable 2,366 1,137
Non-Arable 1,644 0
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
19th century 200
1922 436
1931 625
1945 870
1948 1,009
Est. Refugees 1998 6,198
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 137
1948 221
Near By Townswhat's new
al-Manara

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Hadatha  
   Samakh
           
'Awlam
Town's Name Through History The Canaanites referred to al-'Ubaydiyya by Bayt Shamash.
Schools al-'Ubaydiyya had an elementary school for boys which was founded by the Ottomans.
Nearby Wadies & Rivers al-'Ubaydiyya is situated close to the Jordan River.
Water Supply al-'Ubaydiyya had a water-driven mill, the water for which was brought in by an elevated canal.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
Beyt Zera' is nearby village lands.
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Village Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalid, all that remains of the village:-
The remaining section of the walls of the canal (that provided the mill with water) is the most prominent indication of the former existence of the village. Ruins of houses, piles of stones, the bases of walls, terraces, and date palms can be seen on the site
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