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Welcome To al-Zababida, Khirbat - خربة الزبابدة

District of Tulkarm
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date May 15, 1948
Distance From District 20 (km) Southwest of Tulkarm
Elevation 25 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #14 on the map

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Military Operation Coastal Clearing
Exodus Cause Expulsion by Zionist troops
Village Temains Khirbat al-Zababida was mostly destroyed with the exception of four deserted houses.
Ethnically Cleansing al-Zababida, Khirbat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Clans The Bedouin tribe of al-Nusayrat were the ones who first founded and lived in the village.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 4,626
Jewish 4,884
Public 1,369
**Total 10,879
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves 344 1,095
Irrigated & Plantation 215 26
Planted W/ Cereal 3,885 3,564
Arable 4,444 4,685
Non-Arable 1,551 199
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
Est. Refugees 1998 580
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Near By Townswhat's new
Mediterranean  
   Birket Ramadan

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Nearby Wadies & Rivers The village bordered Wadi al-Faliq Basin from the North.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
Ga'ash and Yaqurn
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Village Before Nakba

The village stood on a low hill that was 1 km from the seashore. It overlooked the Wadi al-Faliq Basin, to the north, and an artificial canal, to the east, that flowed in a north-south direction and that was designed to drain the nearby marshland. A wide expanse of sand dunes bordered it on the west, and beyond this lay the coast. A secondary road linked Khirbat al-Zababida to the town of Qalqilya to the southeast. It was classified as a hamlet by the Palestine Index Gazetteer, and was inhabited by members of the Bedouin tribe of al-Nusayrat who had settled in this area at an unknown date. In the late nineteenth century, Khirbat al-Zababida was described as a moderate-sized village situated at the south edge of an arable plain. [[SWP (1881) II:229]] In 1944/45 a total of 344 dunums of village land was devoted to citrus and bananas and 3,839 dunums were allocated to cereals; 215 additional dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

The village was located in a region that was the focus of Zionist attacks in the early weeks of the war. The coastal stretch north of Tel Aviv was an area of heavy Jewish settlement and it was considered imperative to 'clear' it of its Arab inhabitants by 15 May 1948. The village probably suffered the same fate as nearby Tabsur, whose remaining villagers were expelled by the Haganah on 3 April.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

The settlements of Yaqum (135184), established in 1947, and Ga'ash (133181), established in 1951, are on village lands.

Village Today

The site is deserted and overgrown with wild vegetation and trees. All but four of the houses have been destroyed. These four houses still have intact roofs. Three of them were made of cement bricks, and one of hard igneous stone. Iron girders from five destroyed houses protrude from piles of stones (see photos). A picnic site has been built for Kibbutz Yaqum on the edge of a natural pond.

Source

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

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