Welcome To Ghabat Kafr Sur - غابات كفر صور (ע'אבת כפר צור)

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Statistic & Fact

Value

Occupation Date

May 15, 1948

Distance From District

16 (km) Southwest of Tulkarm

Elevation

25 (meters)

Map Location

See location #12 on the map

View from satellite

Military Operation

Coastal Clearing

Exodus Cause

Fear of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting

Village Temains

Ghabat Kafr Sur was mostly destroyed with the exception of three deserted houses.

Ethnically Cleansing

Ghabat Kafr Sur inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.

Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership

Ethnic Group	Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab	4,506
Jewish	10,384
Public	4,776
**Total	19,666

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps

Land Usage
As of 1945

Land Usage	Arab (Dunum)*	Jewish (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves	1,333	306
Irrigated & Plantation	42	36
Planted W/ Cereal	2,858	8,617
Built up	0	30
Arable	4,233	8,959
Non-Arable	5,049	1,395

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Population

Year	Population*
1931	559
1945	1,130 (390 Jewish)
1948	858 (390 Jewish)
Est. Refugees 1998	5,272

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Number of Houses

In (1931): 128 (includes Bayyarat Hannun and 'Arab al-Balawina)

Near By Towns

	Umm Khalid ↑ (N)	Bayt Lid, Khirbat ↗
Mediterranean ←	Ghabat Kafr Sur
↙ al-Zababida, Khirbat	↓ Birket Ramadan

Water Supply

Ghabat Kafr Sur had many wells and springs north and east of the village which were more than enough to supply the village with its water needs.

Exculsive Jewish Colonies
That Usurped Village Lands

Beyt Yahoshu'a, Tel Yitzchaq, and Kefar Netter.

Village Before Nakba

The village stood on level terrain on the coastal plain, south of Khirbat Bayt Lid and Bayyarat Hannun. Coastal sands crept deep into the middle and south sections of the village and formed rugged sand dunes. Secondary roads linked the village to the main Jaffa-Haifa highway. The village was located on what was originally part of the large Arsuf forest. The land of the village had been cleared of trees by the villagers of Kafr Sur who lived on the land seasonally to cultivate it. Wells and springs were abundant in the northern and eastern parts of the forest. The villagers, most of whom were Muslims, planted orange trees on 1,363 dunums of their land. In addition, they grew grain, watermelons, and pistachios. In 1944/45 a total of 1,333 dunums was devoted to citrus and bananas and 2,700 dunums were allotted to cereals; 42 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

The circumstances of the occupation of Ghabat Kafr Sur (one of a cluster of villages on the coast east of Tulkarm) are unclear. The Haganah General Staff came to a decision to 'secure' the entire coastal area between Tel Aviv and the settlement of Zikhron Ya'aqov (a swath of about 60 km) by driving out all Arab inhabitants before 15 May 1948. In April and the first half of May, many communities in this area were attacked and/or expelled, or fled in fear. Israeli historian Benny Morris writes that villagers in nearby Khirbat Bayt Lid fled out of 'fear and isolation' on 5 April. The location of this village near the large Jewish settlement of Netanya probably increased tension and made it easy to attack. By mid-May, this whole stretch of coastline had been rendered Arab-free.'

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

Zionists established Beyt Yahoshu'a and Tel Yitzchaq in 1938, on lands that had been purchased by the Jewish National Fund but that had traditionally belonged to the village. Kefar Netter was built one year later, about 2 km north of Beyt Yahoshu'a.

Village Today

A considerable portion of the site consists of sand dunes overgrown with wild vegetation. Several large eucalyptus trees also grow on the site. The remains of three large Arab houses are visible in the midst of newly planted orange groves in the east and northeastern parts of the site. They are used by Israelis as agricultural warehouses.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
jehad mudallal	-	TULKAREM, KUFORSUR, KUFORSUR
haitham hamza	-	tulkarm/kfrsor
احمد وليد عليان	عليان	الزرقاء, الزرقاء
Derar - Abu Anas	Hamzeh	Jordan - Al Rusaifa
shafei suboh	hamzeh	windsor, canada
ahmad suboh	hamzeh	windsor, canada
aseel suboh	Hamzeh	-
Eng.Sarah	abu tayeh	amman, jordan
مغترب فلسطيني	-	الزرقاء, الاردن
Esraa Harb	-	عمان, الاردن
Firas Hasan Mudallal	Mudallal	Tulkarem, Kuforsur
abu osama	-	Amman
Mhanna Ebaid	Ebaid	Germany, Germany
Hosam zebdeh	-	-
TAWFIK SAABI	-	england, england
Thaer Suboh Hamzeh	Hamzeh	Canada
Usama Al Zibdeh	-	Dubai, UAE

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