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The
District of Haifa
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Abu Shusha
Israeli
historian Benny Morris indicates that those villagers who had not feld
were expelled and that each village was systematically destroyed on the
night it was occupied. The only remaining sign of the village is the
debris of houses overgrown with cactuses. The grain mill is gone.
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Abu Zurayq
The site is
overgrown with cactus plants and fig and olive trees. The level lands in
the vicinity are used for agriculture and pasture.
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Arab Al-Fuqara'
The
northwestern sections of the settlement of Chadera occupy the site.
These include a small neighborhood known as Newe Chayyim. There are no
landmarks or other signs of the village. Eucalyptus trees grown on the
village site.
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Arab Al-Nufay'at
The only
traces left of the village are one house, and an old mulberry tree. The
Israeli army has established a military camp that covers a large area
near the site.
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Arab Zahrat Al-Dumayri
The site,
overgrown with grass and plants, is mostly covered with sand dunes. Some
cactuses and tamarisk trees also grow there, and parts of the adjacent
land are used for agriculture by Israeli farmers.
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Atilt
No traces of
Arab houses are left. A railroad station that used to serve the village
is still in use. A prison in the vicinity was used by Israel in 1989 for
holding Lebanese and Palestinian detainees.
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Ayn Ghazal
The
settlement of 'Ofer was established on village land, in 1950. The
dilapidated shrine of Shaykh Shahada is the only standing structure on
the village site. Ruins can be seen all over the site.
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Ayn Hawd
The village
was not destroyed; it has been an artists' colony since 1954, and is
designated as a tourist site. The village mosque has been turned into a
restaurant/bar, the "Bonanza". Those few villagers built a new village,
also called 'Ayn Hawd, which is not legally recognized by the Israeli
government and hence is denied all municipal services (including water,
electricity, and roads). In the 1970s the Israeli government erected a
fence around this new village in order to prevent it from expanding
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Balad Al-Shaykh
A massacre
was committed in Balad al-Shekh by the Haganah on 31 December 1947. 170
men from the Palmach were ordered to "encircle the village, harm the
largest possible number of men, damage property, and refrain from
attacking women and children. "More than 60 villagers were left for dead
by the attackers, and despite the last clause in the orders, women and
children were counted among the victims. Zionist immigrants settled in
the village in 1949 and renamed it Tel Chanan; this is now part of
Nesher township. The cemetery is visible and is in a state of neglect.
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Barrat Qisarya
Piles of
rubble and stone from the last remaining group of houses lie in one of
the squares of the town of Or 'Aqiva.
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Burayka
The village
site is a closed, military-industrial area.
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Khirbat Al-Burj
The
settlement of Binyamina was established in 1922 near the village site.
Much of the site is covered by rubble, which lies amid the grass and
cactus plants. The settlement of Even Yitzchaq, also known as Gal'ed,
was established west of the village site on village lands. The site is
fenced in, overgrown with grass and cactuses. There are no traces of
houses except for adobe bricks scattered around the site.
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Al-Butaymat
No Information available.
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Daliyat Al-Rawha'
Clusters of
cactus a large portion of the site. A few meters to the north of this
tree there are stones strewn among the cactus plants; these most likely
are the remains of the village cemetery. At the southern edge of the
site, in the wadi, are the walls of a house with stone floors.
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Khirbat Al-Damun
All that is
left of the village is a building that is now used as a prison. The land
is forested currently used by Israelis for recreation.
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Al-Ghubayya Al-Fawqa
The site is
overgrown with cactuses and fig. The debris of the houses is visible
among the vegetation.
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Al-Ghubayya Al-Tahta
No traces of
houses can be identified; the Israeli settlement of Midrakh 'Oz, along
with its playgrounds and race tracks, has completely occupied the site.
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Hawsha
The village
has been destroyed, and the fenced-in area has been declared an
archaeological site. Not one house from the village has been left
intact.
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Ijzim
Along with
'Ayn Ghazal and Jaba', Ijzim was part of a triangular region south of
Haifa that held out under Israeli attack until late July 1948. The
History of the War of Independence notes that these "daring and
stubborn" villages "did not merely stand fast, but continued to block
our transportation along the coastal road". Israel established the
settlement of Kerem Maharal on the village site in 1949. The village has
been partially destroyed. The mosque has been allowed to deteriorate,
but several houses are still in use. The meeting house (diwan) of Mas'ud
al-Madi, which is a two-story structure dating to the eighteenth
century, has been converted into a museum. The school has been turned
into a synagogue and the cafى
into a post office
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Jaba'
In 1949,
Israel established the settlement of Geva' Karmel on village land. Piles
of stone rubble can be seen on the site. A shrine is still standing on
an elevated part of it. Pine forests grow over the land in the vicinity,
which is fenced in by barbed wire. Around the village are the remains of
tombs. Israelis use part of the site as grazing land.
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Al-Jalma
A military
camp occupies the area, which is covered by eucalyptus trees.
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Kabara
Ma'agan
Mikha'el and Beyt Chananya were built on village lands in 1949 and 1950,
respectively, after the village had been depopulated. The rubble from
the village houses has been moved up the slope where it is now visible,
covered with dirt. Cactuses and banana trees, as well as isolated fig,
grow on the site.
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Al-Kafrayn
The site and
its surrounding area are divided between a military training camp and a
cow pasture.
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Kafr Lam
No Information available.
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Al-Kasayir, Khirbat
The remains
of bulldozed houses and collapsed cement walls, some covered with dirt,
are scattered about the site
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Khubbayza
All that
remains on the site is stone debris, scattered among thorny bushes,
grass, and cactuses. Part of the surrounding land is cultivated and the
rest serves as pasture.
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Khirbat Lid
Israelis
established the settlement of ha-Yogev in 1949. Piles of stones,
scattered across the ground near several large eucalyptus and olive
trees, are all that remain of village.
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Khirbat Al-Manara
Some of the
village lands are used by the settlement of 'Ofer, which was established
in 1950. On another portion of its lands, a regional school was built
which serves the nearby settlement of Kerem Maharal. The regional school
uses a fenced-in area on part of the site.
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Al-Mansi
The remains
of the school and the mosque are still standing in the midst of thick
undergrowth. The agricultural kibbutz of Midrakh 'Oz occupies part of
the adjacent land. The rest is used for growing avocado trees and
raising poultry and cattle.
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Khirbat Al-Mansura
No traces of
the houses remain. Storage houses for grain have been built 200 m south
of the site.
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Al-Mazar
Rubble of
stone houses is scattered over the site. The site is also marked by
segments of standing stone walls and the debris of the mosque, which
stood until 1983.
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Al-Naghnaghiyya
The remains
of houses are scattered on the slope of one hill. The site, traversed by
the Haifa-Megiddo highway and partly occupied by an Israeli soccer
field, is difficult to identify.
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Qannir
The
settlement of Regavim was established on village lands in 1949. Stone
rubble is strewn about the site, which is covered with thorns, fig
trees, and cactus. Israelis use part of the adjacent land as pasture and
the other part is cultivated.
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Qira
Rubble from
village homes can be seen among the bushes and pine trees that have been
planted on the village site
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Qisarya
No Information available.
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Qumbaza
The entire
area is reserved for military training and is inaccessible to the public
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Al-Rihaniyya
The rubble of the houses lies in piles that are
covered with dirt, bushes, and thorns. Large sections of the adjacent
land are used for agriculture.
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Sabbarin
The settlement of Ramot Menashe built in 1948, is on
village lands, northeast of the site. Israeli settlers established the
settlement of 'Ammiqam in 1950, 1 km south of the village site, on
village land. The large site, strewn with stone debris of houses, is
overgrown with wild thorns. Some of the surrounding lands are used by
Israelis as pasture and for growing fruit trees.
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Al-Sarafand
Only one
house, a large structure with two arches in front has been spared. The
Tel-Aviv-Haifa highway crosses part of the site; another part, fenced in
with barbed wire, is overgrown with thorns and cactuses.
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Khirbat Al-Sarkas
Cactuses and
spikes of grain are scattered across the site; there are no traces of
any landmarks or houses. The land near the site is used by Israeli
farmers for raising cattle and growing citrus.
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Khirbat
Sa'sa'
The ruins of
two walls (formerly parts of a building) are visible at the site, which
has been fenced in with barbed wire. The surrounding coastal lands are
used by Israeli farmers for growing vegetables and fruit, particularly
bananas.
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Al-Sawamir
The ruins of
two walls (formerly parts of a building) are visible at the site, which
has been fenced in with barbed wire. The surrounding coastal lands are
used by Israeli farmers for growing vegetables and fruit, particularly
bananas.
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Khirbat
Al-Shuna
The site is
fenced in and the few standing houses have been renovated and turned
into tourist facilities
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Al-Sindiyana
The
settlement of Avi'el was established in 1949 on village lands. The site
is fenced in with barbed wire.
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Al-Tantura
In June of
1948, Zionist immigrants from the United States and Poland established
the kibbuts of Nachsholim, on village lands. The settlement of Dor, east
of site, was established by Zionist immigrants from Greece in 1949. Only
a shrine, a fortress, an ancient well and a few of the houses remain.
The site has been turned into an Israeli recreation area with swimming
facilities. See Palestinian massacres section.
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Al-Tira
The village
site is partly occupied by and Israeli settlement. Some of the houses
remain standing. The cemetery is unkempt and there are several broken
gravestones. The remains of two shrines are visible and the school is
used by Israeli students.
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Umm al-Shawf
Giv'at Nili
founded in 1953, is on village lands. Piles of stone debris from the
houses are scattered about the site, which is overgrown with cactuses,
thorns, and bushes. The shrine of Shaykh 'Abk Allah still stands.
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Umm Al-Zinat
The site is
occupied by Kibbutz Barqay. Only two village houses remain. One of them
has a large entrance that is used today as a gate for the Kibbutz's
swimming pool.
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Wa'arat Al-Sarris
The
neighborhood of Amidar Aleph, a part of the Jewish settlement of Qiryat
Atta, occupies the site. Four partly demolished houses remain; six other
houses are being used by Jewish families.
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Wadi Ara
No Information available.
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Yajur
No traces of
the houses remain on the site, which is marked by numerous fig trees and
a smaller number of olive trees. Cement factories occupy part of the
surrounding lands. The Israeli settlement of Yajur occupies other parts
of the land and uses them for agriculture
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