Al-Ghazzawiyya

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al-Ghazzawiyya
al-Ghazzawiyya is located in Mandatory Palestine
al-Ghazzawiyya
al-Ghazzawiyya
Arabic الغزاويه
Also spelled al-Ghazawiya, Arab al Ghazawiya tribe (Morris)
Subdistrict Baysan
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Palestine grid 200/212
Population 1,020[1][2] (1945)
Area 18,408 dunams
18.4 km²
Date of depopulation May 20, 1948[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation Influence of nearby town's fall
Current localities Neve Eitan, Maoz Haim

Al-Ghazzawiyya (Arabic: الغزاويه‎‎) was a former Palestinian village located 2 kilometers east of the city of Bet Shean (Bisan). In 1945, the population was 1,640, 1,020 Arab and 620 Jewish.[4]

History

Several archeological sites in the area testify to a long history of human occupancy. The village was surrounded by the archeological sites of Tall-al Barta to the north, Tall al-Husn to the west, and Tall al-Maliha to the southwest. Excavations of Tall al-Husn showed an occupational history extending from the third millennium BC to the eighth century CE, when the site was occupied by an Arab village.[5]

In modern times, the village spread over a wide area of the Baysan valley. The villagers were members of the al-Ghazzawiyya Beduin tribe, who constituted the bulk of the valley's population together with members of the al-Bashatiwa and the al-Suqur.[4]

In 1944/45 a total of 13 dunums of village land was used for citrus and bananas, 5,185 dunums were used for cereals, 34 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards,[6][7] while 91 dunams were classified as non-cultivable land.[8]

1948 and aftermath

It was captured by Israel's Golani Brigade on May 20, 1948 during Operation Gideon, an Israeli offensive during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The Arab population was forced to flee to nearby Syria or the present-day West Bank.[9]

The Jewish localities of Maoz Haim and Neve Eitan are built on the lands of the former village, though a large percentage of it is used as agricultural land, in particular the wheat crop. According to Walid Khalidi, the village contained an archaeological site, Tell al-Ru'yan which was transformed into waste dump.[9]

See also

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External links

  1. ↑ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
  2. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
  3. ↑ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #134. Gives depopulation cause as (?) (C)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Khalidi, 1992, p. 48
  5. ↑ Khalidi, 1992, pp. 48–49
  6. ↑ Khalidi, 1992, p. 49
  7. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.84
  8. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 134
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Al-Ghazzawiyya: Town Statistics and Facts
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