The District of Acre

Amqa
The site is overgrown with wild grasses. The school has been joined to new annexes added by Israelis who now use the complex as warehouse. The land in the vicinity is utilized for animal forage.

Arab Al-Samniyya
Only the stone rubble of houses, crumbling walls, and a few roofs remain. The terraces of fig and olive groves are still visible.

Al-Bassa
The village church is now collapsing on one side and its walls are cracking. The Muslim shrine stands deserted in the midst of many trees. A number of village houses remain, some occupied by Israelis. The land around the village are cultivated by them. .

Al-Birwa
Native village of poet Mahmoud Darwish. 3 houses, 2 shrines, and a school remain. There are also some graves near the site that are in a state of neglect. Part of the site and the land are farmed by the residents of Achihud

Al-Damun
Site overgrown with thorns, cactuses, olive trees, and pines. Stone and concrete rubble is scattered around it. The settlement of Yas’ur uses the land around the site, for agricultural purposes.

Dayr Al-Qasi
A few stone houses are used as residences or warehouses by the inhabitant of Elqosh settlement. The debris of destroyed houses is strewn over the site.

Al-Gabisiyya
The only remaining landmark is the mosque. The debris of houses, terraces, and the cemetery can be seen amidst a thick forest of cypress trees that was planted on the village site and part of the land. The settlement of Netiv ha-Shayyara uses the adjacent non-forested land for agriculture.

Iqrit
The only extant landmark is the untended Greek Catholic church. Otherwise the site contains nothing but stone rubble, and is overgrown with trees and other flora. There is a cow shed on village land. 4 settlements were established on village lands.

Khirbat Irbbin
The site is covered with the debris of houses. 2 settlements were established on village lands.

Khirbat Jiddin
The village fortress has been preserved as a tourist attraction. 3 settlements were established on village lands

Al-Kabri
All that remains are crumbled walls and stone rubble, overgrown with thorns, weeds, and bushes. The settlement of Kabri uses the land adjacent to the site for agriculture and as a pasture. 5 other settlements were established on village lands.

Kafr Inan
The site is covered with piles of stones that lie scattered around clump of cacti and fig trees. The land around the site is forested and planted by the settlement of Parod.

Kuwaykat
Little remains, except the deserted cemetery completely overgrown with weeds, and rubble from houses. A forest of pine and eucalyptus has been planted on the site of a Moslem shrine.

AL-Manshiyya
The Baha’i shrine, the mosque, the Islamic school for orphans, and a few houses still stand. The rest of the village is gone. The shrine and the graves are well maintained & visited by Bahais from all over the world. The mosque has been turned into a private home by an Israeli family. The former Islamic school for orphans is also inhabited. 2 settlements were established on village lands.

Al-Mansura
The village houses have been completely levelled. The site is used for grazing cows. To the west of the site is a chicken coop belonging to the settlement of Netu’a. The only village structure that still stands is the church. Its roof and parts of its walls have collapsed. Vines have been planted between the church and the village site, & a military airstrip and army base are on the top of the mountain, to the south. 5 settlements were established on village lands.

Miar
The area has been turned into recreation and picnic grounds & 4 settlements were established on village lands.

Al-Nabi Rubin
The shrine of al-Nabi Rubin is all that remains of the village. Cacti, fig trees, and tall grasses grow on the site, which has been made into a grazing area. 4 settlements were established on village lands.

Al-Nahr
Only 2 houses remain, 1 of them partially destroyed. The village site is overgrown by wild grasses & a few cacti. The cemetery, contains one identifiable grave. The nearby Fawwara spring has been fenced in and declared private property. 1 settlement was established on village lands.

Al-Ruways
The site is deserted. Covered by a forest of eucalyptus trees and cacti. The surrounding lands are cultivated by the resident of the settlement Ya’sur.

Suhmata
The site is covered with debris and broken walls from fallen stone houses. A castle and a wall that were probably built by the Crusaders still stand. The surrounding lands are partly forested and partly used as pasture by a settlement.

Al-Sumayriyya
A few segments of walls and arches, are all that remains. Most of the site is covered by a new forest of eucalyptus trees interspersed with bushes and wild grass. There is a cowshed on the site’s northern section. The lands in the vicinity are cultivated by the settlement of Regba.

Suruh
Only rubble, trees, cacti, shrubs, and weeds are visible. Most of the site is used for grazing. 4 settlements were established on village lands.

Al-Tall
The site is covered with the rubble of stone houses and is overgrown with wild grass. There are 4 identifiable Roman and Byzantine tombs in the cemetery. Recent excavations have uncovered several other graves, and the place has been turned into an archaeological site.

Tarbikha
By 27 May 1949, Jewish immigrants had been settled in the village, which was renamed Shomera. About twenty houses from the village are occupied by the resident of Moshav Shomera. Stones from the original houses embellish the roof of the central shelter of the Moshav. 2 others settlements were established on village lands

Umm Al-Faraj
Only the stone mosque remains. It is shut and stands in a state of decay amid tall wild grass. The nearby lands are cultivated; a banana grove belongs to the Ben ‘Ammi settlement.

Al-Zib
Only rubble, trees, cacti, shrubs, and weeds are visible. Most of the site is used for grazing. 4 settlements were established on village lanAll that remains of the village is the mosque, which has been restored for tourism, and the house of the Mukhtar, which is now a museum. A number of tombstones with inscribed identifications are on display there. The site and adjacent land are used as a recreation area and tourist attraction. 2 settlements were established on village lands.



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