The District of Baysan

Arab Al-'Arida
The settlement of Sde Eliyyahu is east of the village site on village lands. No traces are left of the village. The whole village site is planted in wheat. The archaeological site, Tall al- Ru’yan, has been transformed into a garbage dump.

Arab Al-Bawati
All of the village houses have been demolished. The surrounding land are planted in various crops. The fisheries once used by the villagers also remain. Irrigated fields stretch to the west of it.

Arab Al-Safa
Three palm trees stand on the village site. The surrounding lands are used for growing wheat.

Al-Ashrafiyya
Two settlements were established on village land. The site and the area around it are cultivated by its residents. A fishery also has been built on the site.

Al-Bira
 The only remains of the village are the walls of houses. The fenced-in site is covered with weeds, cacti, and thorns. The surrounding lands are used for grazing.

Danna
Bushes, cactus plants, thorns, and grass now grow around piles of rubble on the village site. The lands in the area are cultivated by Israeli farmers.

Farwana
The only remains of the village are the ruined walls and floors of houses. The site is overgrown with wild vegetation. The lands around it are cultivated by Israelis.

Al-Fatur
The surrounding land has been planted in wheat by the Israeli colony of Mechola. The rubble of structures is overgrown with thorns.

Al-Ghazzawiyya
The settlement of Sde Eliyyahu is east of the village site on village lands. No traces are left of the village. The whole village site is planted in wheat. The archaeological site, Tall al- Ru’yan, has been transformed into a garbage duNo physical evidence indicates that the village ever existed; the entire area has been leveled and is now cultivated by Israeli farmers.

Al-Hamidiyya
Aside from the ruins of the village’s houses (which have been reduced to cement rubble), a cemetery, and a few wells, only thorns are found on the site. The lands in the vicinity are used by Israelis for agriculture and grazing.

Al-Hamra
Nothing remains of al- Hamra. Scattered trees, cacti, and grass grow on the site.

Jabbul
The houses have been reduced to rubble and are overgrown with trees, thorns, and wild grass. The lands around the site are cultivated.

Kafra
Cacti grow amid the rubble of the village. Almond, olive, and fig trees grow on the site, and a fence surrounds much of the land in the vicinity.

Kawkab Al-Hawa
The village has been eliminated, but the site of the Belvoir Castle has been excavated and turned into a tourist attraction. 

Al-Khunayzir
The only remaining landmark is a cemetery. Most of the village site and the land around it are covered with palm trees

Masil al-Jizl
The site is partly covered by fish bonds and by warehouses that belong to the kibbutz of Kefar Ruppin

Al-Murassas
The village site is part of an agricultural area that is exploited by the settlements of Sde Nachum and Beyt ha-Shitta.

Qumya
The whole site is fenced in. Almond, mulberry, and pomegranate trees and cactuses grow around the rubble that dots the village site. Cypress grow among the ruins of the village school. The Israeli settlements of Tel Yosef, ‘En Charod-Ichud, and ‘En Charod-Me’uchad cultivate the land south of the village, while Geva’ cultivates the land to the west.

Al-Sakhina
No physical evidence remains by which the site may be identified, as the entire area has been plowed and turned into agricultural fields. The village land are cultivated by the Nir David settlement.

Al-Samiriyya
Only collapsed roofs remain; they are located on the western edge of the Sde Terumot settlement.

Sirin
The cemetery and one house (which serves as a storage room for straw) are all that remain of Sirin. The site itself is used as a stockyard for cattle. Some of the land around the village is planted in cotton.

Tall Al-Shawk
No traces of the village remain. The site itself is covered with weeds and thorns and is traversed by a man-made canal. Two large eucalyptus trees can be seen on the site.

Khirbat Al-Taqa
The site is overgrown with cacti and palm and eucalyptus trees; no trace of any house remains. Part of the adjacent land has been fenced in and is used by Israelis as a cow pasture.

Al-Tira
The ruins of stone houses, covered with grass and thorns, are all that remains of al- Tira. The site is fenced in and serves Israeli farmers as pasture land.  

Umm 'Ajra
The site and lands are cultivated. The remains of date palm trees can be seen, scattered on the northern side of the site.

Khirbat Umm Sbuna
Only stone rubble remains on the village site. An orchard owned by the Newe Ur settlement is on village lands. The hilly areas around the site are used by Israeli farmers for grazing.

Yubla
The site and part of the lands are fenced in by barbed wire and are used by Israelis as a cow pasture. A number of tall date palms, some almond trees, and cacti grow near the village stream.

Zab'a
The site is covered with grass, lotus tress, and stones. Israelis have established several agricultural projects and fisheries on the village land. Other part of the surrounding land are used for grazing.

Khirbat Al-Zawiya
Cacti grows throughout the site, which has been turned into a grazing area..


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