Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 12, 1948
Distance from district center	12.5 (km) Southwest of Tiberias
Elevation from the sea	200 (meters)
Map location	See location number #21 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Gideon
Israeli attacking brigade	Golani Brigade
Exodus Cause	Abandonment based on Arab orders
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely defaced, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Ma'dhar inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 6,045 Jewish 5,287 Public 334 Total 11,666
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 498 0 Area planted w/ olives 30 0 Planted W/ Cereal 5,479 5,287 Built up 63 0 Cultivable 5,977 5,287 Non-Cultivable 339 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 94 19th century 250 1922 347 1931 359 1945 480 1948 557 Est. Refugees 1998 3,419
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 91 1948 141
Town's name through history	The Crusades referred to Ma'dhar by Kapharmater.
Schools	Ma'dhar had a school founded which was by the Ottomans, but closed its doors during the British Mandate period.
Religious institutions	One mosque
Water supplies	Ma'dhar drew its water from two nearby springs to the east and west,and few artesian wells.
Archeological sites	Ma'dhar contains a ruined church, a burial ground, and the ruins of a Crusade fortress called Casel de Cherio.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Kefar Qish, Sharona, and Shadmot Devora
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The site has been fenced in and is used as an Israeli grazing area. A large cluster of cactus grows in the midst of the stone rubble of houses, and there is a well, capped with a pump, in the center of the site. About 20 m to the west of the well is a drinking trough for animals. Eucalyptus, doum palm, and chinaberry trees grow on the site

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