Arab al-Samniyya
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Arab al-Samniyya (Template:Langx), also known as Khirbat al-Suwwana, was a Palestinian village in the Western Galilee that was captured and depopulated by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. It was located in the Acre District of the British Mandate of Palestine, 19.5 km northeast of the city of Acre. In 1945 the, village had a population of 200 Arab and a total land area of 1,872 dunums.
History
The village was situated on a rocky hill near the road linking Ra's al-Naqura with Safad. Its houses were made of stone. A dirt path linked it to the coastal highway and thence to Acre. The villagers cultivated grain, figs, and olives.
In the 1945 statistics it had a population of 200 Muslims,<ref name=1945p5/> with 1,872 dunams of land.<ref name=Hadawi41/> Of this, a total of 174 dunams were allocated to grain crops; 22 dunums were irrigated and planted with orchards.<ref>Khalidi, 1992, p. 5</ref><ref name=Hadawi42>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 82</ref>
After neighbouring villages were looted and massacred, the 'Oded Brigade captured the village, as part of the Israeli Defense Force offensive Operation Hiram. . The people of al-Samniyaa were expelled in the weeks following.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The village was completely destroyed and only building rubble left behind. Following the war the area was incorporated into the State of Israel and the village remained depopulated of its inhabitants. In 1950, the moshav of Ya'ara was established on its land.<ref name="Khalidi6" />
See also
References
Bibliography
External links
- Welcome To 'Arab al-Samniyya
- 'Arab al-Samniyya, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Arab Al-Samniyya at Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
Template:Palestinian Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War