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District of Baysan
Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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| Statistic & Fact | Value | ||||||||||
| Occupation Date | May 12, 1948 | ||||||||||
| Distance From District | 11.5 (km) South of Baysan | ||||||||||
| Elevation | (-225) (meters) | ||||||||||
| Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Details |
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| Map Location | See location #29 on the map View from satellite |
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| Military Operation | Gidion Operation | ||||||||||
| Attacking Units | Most likely Golani Brigades | ||||||||||
| Defenders | Arab Liberation Army | ||||||||||
| Acts of Terror | Massacre occured by Zionist troops against the town's inhabitants. | ||||||||||
| Village Temains | al-Fatur was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind. | ||||||||||
| Ethnically Cleansing | In mid February 1948, al-Fatur inhabitants were mostly terrorized and displaced out of their homes by the racist Zionists. | ||||||||||
| Pre-Nakba Land Ownership |
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps |
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| Land Usage As of 1945 |
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| Town's Name Through History | The village was also known by al-Shaykh al-Fatur too. | ||||||||||
| Water Supply | The village still has the spring of al-Fatur which used to supply it with drinking water. | ||||||||||
| Archeological Sites | The village has two khirbas: the 1st is Shaykh al-Fatur and the 2nd Shaykh Radgha. | ||||||||||
| Exculsive Jewish Colonies That Usurped Village Lands |
No Israeli settlements on village lands. | ||||||||||
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Village Before NakbaThe village stood on a level plain that gradually sloped westward, and overlooked wide areas to the east in the Jordan Valley. It was bordered on the northern and southern sides by the tells of Shaykh al-Fatur (which contained a well built of ancient materials) and Shaykh Radgha. A dirt path linked the village to the Baysan-Jericho highway, which ran a short distance to the west. The villagers earned their living from the cultivation of perennial crops, mainly grain and vegetables. In 1944/45 a total of 709 dunums was allocated to cereals.Village Occupation and Ethnic CleaningThe people of al-Fatur may have been displaced in mid-February 1948, as a result of a battle between Zionist forces and the Arab Liberation Army around the nearby Jewish settlement of Tirat Tzvi. Alternatively, they may have held out for three more months until Operation Gideon (see al-Ashrafiyya, Baysan sub-district). The nearby village of al-Zarra'a is reported to have been evacuated on 20 May; it is not known whether it suffered a direct military assault, or whether its people fled under the influence of the exodus from nearby communities. AI-Fatur was close to the subsequent armistice lines.Zionists Colonies on Village LandsThere are no Israeli settlements on village lands. The nearest settlement is that of Tirat Tzvi , founded in 1937, north of the village. Mechola, founded in 1968, is about 5 km southwest of the village site; its inhabitants cultivate some of the village lands.Village TodayThe village has been destroyed, and the surrounding land has been planted in wheat by the Israeli colony of Mechola. The rubble of structures from Shaykh al-Fatur is overgrown with thorns and doum palm trees. The spring of al-Fatur lies immediately to the north of the rubble.SourceDr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains. |
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| Related Maps | Town Lands' Demarcation Maps خرائط للقضاء توضح حدود القرى والاودية Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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| More Information | في كتاب كي لا ننسى في كتاب بلادنا فلسطين المزيد من موقع هوية |
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| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |