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District of al-Ramla
Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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| Occupation Date | May 14, 1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance From District | 6 (km) South of al-Ramla | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 75 (meters) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Details |
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| Pre-Nakba Aerial View |
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| Map Location | See location #33 on the map View from satellite |
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| Military Operation | First stage of Operation Barak (lightening) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Attacking Units | Giv'ati Brigade | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts of Terror | Some of the villagers were taken as hostages by the Haganah to ensure that the village surrenders peacefully. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Fear of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Village Temains | al-Na'ani was mostly destroyed with the exception of the train station and couple of deserted houses (one of those houses belongs to Ahmad Jubayl). | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ethnically Cleansing | On June 10th, 1948, al-Na'ani was completely ethnically cleansed. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pre-Nakba Land Ownership |
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| Land Usage As of 1945 |
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| Schools | An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1923, and in 1947 it had an enrollment of 208 students. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Places of Warship | Two mosques: the 1st was old, and the other was more recent. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Water Supply | An old well located to the southwest which used to supply the village with its drinking water needs. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Archeological Sites | al-Na'ani contains khirbat Tall Malat, which was identified with the Canaanite settlement of Gibbethon. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Exculsive Jewish Colonies That Usurped Village Lands |
Na'an and Ramot Me'ir | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Village Before NakbaThe village was situated on flat ground on the central coastal plain and linked by a network of secondary roads to Ramla and surrounding villages. A train station on the Jaffa-Jerusalem railway line was next to the village. In the late nineteenth century, al-Na'ani was a small village built of adobe bricks and situated on low ground. Its houses were built very close together and its lands were surrounded by those of the villages of 'Aqir, al-Qubayba, and Zarnuqa. Its population consisted of 1,450 Muslims and 20 Christians. AI-Na'ani had two mosques, one of which was much older than the other, a modest marketplace, and an elementary school, established in 1923, that had an enrollment of about 208 students in 1947-48. An old well in the southwest quarter of the village supplied al-Na'ani with drinking water.Agriculture represented the chief occupation for the villagers, who cultivated grain, watermelons, and citrus. In 1944/45 a total of 9,277 dunums was allotted to cereals; 335 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. The village was built on an archaeological site identified as al-Khirba; fragments of ancient pottery and mosaics were found there. Tall Malat (137140), which has been identified with the Canaanite settlement of Gibbethon (1 Kings 15:27), lay about 1.5 km southeast of the village. Village Occupation and Ethnic CleaningOn 14 May 1948, just before the end of the British Mandate, the Haganah's Giv'ati Brigade reached this village during the implementation of the first stage of Operation Barak (see al-Batani al-Gharbi, Gaza sub-district). According to Israeli historian Benny Morris, al-Na'ani was surrounded and given an ultimatum to hand over its arms, and hostages were taken from the village to ensure compliance. Finally, some arms were handed over, and the village was occupied. Morris does not provide a detailed description of how the village and its inhabitants were treated, but writes: 'Many villagers stayed on, apparently, until 10 June, when they were probably ordered to leave or intimidated into leaving.'Zionists Colonies on Village LandsZionists established the settlement of Na'an (136143) in 1930; its buildings are now on village land. Ramot Me'ir (136142) was built on village land, west of the village site, in 1949.Village TodayThe site is overgrown with Christ's-thorn and eucalyptus trees and a variety of wild plants. The main landmark, the railway station, is now deserted. The railway line itself is used by Israel and now extends south to Bir al-Sabi'. Two deserted houses (including one belonging to Ahmad Jubayl) still remain, together with portions of houses utilized mainly for storing agricultural equipment. The land around the site is cultivated.SourceDr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains. |
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| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| عبدالرحمن ابو حبلة | - | الزرقاء, الاردن |
| Wahib Abu Suleman | - | Calgary, Canada |
| محمد رزق | رزق | رام الله |
| موسى | ابو شلباية | عسير, النعاني |
| رامي أبوموسى | - | - |
| عماد القطري | القطري | الاردن, الاردن |
| mohammad abdo | - | ksa, ksa |
| Mohamad ABDULAAL | Salameh | NJ, United States |
| ابوعمر | ابوحبله | الزرقاء, الاردن |
| fjbail | جبيل | Palestine, Ramallah |
| لؤي ابوحسان | ابو حسان | - |
| لطفي جبيل | جبيل | الرصيفه |
| احمد النعاني | ابويحيى | amman, hghv]k |
| جمعة الفيومي | الفيومي | amman, jordan |
| صلاح احمد محمد ابوسليمان | - | عمان |
| زكية صبحي محمد علي أبوحسان | أبوحسان | عمان, الاردن |
| Mohammed Ashraf Abu Hassan | - | - |
| munther | الخربي | عمان, الاردن |
| Mohannad Rajab Salameh | - | - |
| Dr.ANAS QAMAR | QAMAR | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Abu Anass | Abdel All | Berlin, Germany |
| عاطف كلوب | كلوب | - |
| ابو عمار | الصعيدي | buridah, jordan |
| مأمون البرعاوي | البرعاوي | GAZA |
| OMAR ABU SHAWESH | - | عمان |
| Nizar Kifaieh | kifaieh | NY, NY |
| Mohammad Kifaieh | Kifaieh | New York , USA |
| Mohammad Issa Bader | Bader | Alberta, CANADA |
| omar bader | bader | - |
| اسماعيل بدر | بدر | - |
| Sad Wolf | أبو حسان | Amman, Jordan |
| اسوم | بني شمسة | رام الله, بيتا |
| محمود رزق | رزق | الزرقاء, الزرقاء |
| الدكـتـور زهـدي عـيـد قـمـر | قـمـر | المشيرفه, الاردن |
| صلاح | bader | amman, jordan |
| M.Fayoumi | - | UAE, UAE |
| RAMZI SALAMEH | - | AMMAN, JORADN |
| MOH.HABIB | habib | amman, jordan |
| Amany Abu-Sulieman | - | Jordan-Amman |
| mohammed | ابو عطية | Zarka |
| ابو يوسف | ابو شرار | - |
| ayman abu sharar | abu sharar | - |
| tala | - | Amman, Jordan |
| محمد صادق حسن الفيومي | - | Amman, Jordan |
| خميس محمود حسنين | حسنين | رام الله, فلسطين |
| خميس | - | - |
| Elias Ahmad Abu-suleiman | ABU-SULEIMAN | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| ماهر عوده | عودة | عمان, الاردن |
| alaa adnan mohammad abdalmonaem rouby | روبي | جدة, السعودية |
| mustafa shaikh ali | Al shaikh Ali | - |
| Khalil Salameh | - | Jordan, Jordan |
| isfayoumi | الفيومي | GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE |
| afayoumi | alnaanee | jordan, jordan |
| kamar3 | قمر | amman, amman |
| ربيع الفيومي | - | amman, jordan |
| أحمد الفيومي | الفيومي | غزة, فلسطين |
| ابراهيم محمد مصطفى الفيومي ابن شامخ | الفيومي | عمان, الاردن |
| ابراهيم | بدحة | - |
| نبيل الفيومي | الفيومي | - |
| guyver | khatib | amman, jordan |
| Nabeel J. Al Fayoumi | Al Fayoumi | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Abu Jamal | - | saudi arabia |
| Khalil | abu suleiman | amman jordan, JORDAN |
| ahmad sheikh ali | sheikh ali | ill, usa |
| Fadi Ahmad Ismail Abu Mousa | Abu Mousa | near Hamburg, Germany / Almania |
| Abeer Abu Suleiman | Abu Suleiman | - |
| Reem Abu Suleiman | Abu Suleiman | Amman, Jordan |
| Amr Abu-Suleiman | Abu-Suleiman | - |
| Ghaith Abu-Suleiman | - | Texas, U.S.A. |
| Mohamad Abdulaal | - | NJ, USA |
| M E | - | brooklyn, usa |
| mohammed al-sheikh | alsheikh ali | chicago usa, chicago usa |
| Rami AL-Qattre | AL-Qattre | palestine, palestine |