In this article we will explore the topic of Al-'Abisiyya from various perspectives, covering its historical, cultural, social and emotional implications. Al-'Abisiyya is a topic of great relevance today, which has sparked interest and debate in different areas. Throughout the article we will analyze the different aspects of Al-'Abisiyya, delving into its meaning, impact and possible solutions. Through a multidisciplinary approach, we seek to provide a comprehensive look that allows the reader to understand the complexity and importance of Al-'Abisiyya in the contemporary context.
Al-'Abisiyya
العابسية | |
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Village | |
Etymology: From personal name | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 33°11′55″N 35°37′59″E / 33.19861°N 35.63306°E | |
Palestine grid | 209/289 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Safad |
Date of depopulation | May 25, 1948 |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,220 |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Current Localities | Sde Nehemia |
Al-'Abisiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Safad. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 29, 1948, by The Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 28.5 km northeast of Safad near to the Banyas River which the village relied on for irrigation.
The village contained the khirbas of Tall al-Sakhina, Tall al-Shari'a, and al-Shaykh Ghannam.
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described the village as "a collection of mud hovels in the plain of the Huleh, on the Nahr Banias containing seventy Moslems. They till the land, which is arable round the village, there is a large supply of water and some trees near the village."
In the 1931 census of Palestine, during the British Mandate for Palestine, the village had a population of 609, all Muslims, in a total of 31 houses.
In the 1945 statistics the population of Al-'Abisiyya (including nearby Azaziyat, Ein Fit and Khirbat es Summan) was 1,220 Muslims, with a total of 15,429 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Arabs used 4 dunums of land for citrus and bananas, 6,390 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 2,830 for cereals; while 17 dunams was built-up (urban) area.
In May, 1948, Sde Nehemia requested, "somewhat shamefacedly", 1,700 dunams of land from the newly depopulated village of Al-'Abisiyya.