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| 'Awlam District of Tiberias عولم - עולם Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 12, 1948
Distance from district center
15 (km) Southwest of Tiberias
Elevation from the sea
250 (meters)
Map location
See location number #24 on the map
Israeli military operation
Some unidentified troops from the Haganah
Exodus Cause
Abandonment based on Arab orders
Village remains
after destruction by Israelis'Awlam was completely obliterated defaced.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis'Awlam inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
10,816
Jewish
7,725
Public
5
Total
18,546
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
202
158
Area planted w/ olives
410
0
Planted W/ Cereal
6,623
4,516
Built up
28
22
Cultivable
6,825
4,674
Non-Cultivable
3,968
3,029
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
83
19th century
120
1922
496
1931
555
1945
720
1948
835
Est. Refugees 1998
5,129
Number of houses
In (1931): 139 (includes 'Arab Muwaylhat)
Schools
'Awlam had an elementary school for boys which was founded by the Ottomans, however, it closed its doors during the British Mandate period.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Nearby wadies & rivers
'Awlam is situated on the slopes of the westward-flowing Wadi 'Awlam (a tributary of Wadi al-Bira).
Water supplies
The village had six springs supplying it with drinking water.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Kefar Qish is nearby village lands
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Nothing remains of the village buildings except stone rubble; only a spring that was used by the villagers has been left unchanged
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