The District of Tiberias

Awlam
Nothing remain of the village buildings except stone rubble; only a spring that was used by the villagers has been left unchanged. The site has been made into a cow pasture, and cacti grow on it.

Al-Dalhamiyya
The village has been obliterated. There is a banana grove on the site that belongs to the nearby kibbutz, Ashdot Ya’aqov.

Ghuwayr Abu-Shusha
Ghuwayr Abu Shush: [ The village site is covered with thorns and wild vegetation. The shrine of Sheikh Muhammad and the remains of a mill can be seen among piles of stones and a few olive trees. The highlands are used as grazing areas by Israelis.

Hadatha
Stone rubble provides the only indication of the village’s location. The surrounding lands are used by the residents of Kfar Qish.

Al-Hamma 
 The site has been converted into an Israeli tourist park, with parking facilities, swimming pools, and a small fishing pond. The deserted mosque still stands. The railroad station still exists. There are three more deserted buildings next to the station, as well as the remains of destroyed houses.

Hittin
The Plain of Hittin was the site of the famous battle of Hittin, in which Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (Saladin) defeated the Crusaders’ armies, thereby securing the entire Galilee. Hittin also was the place where numerous prominent figures in the early Islamic period were born or buried. 3 settlements were established on village lands. The site is overgrown with grass, and heaps of stone are scattered across it. The mosque is deserted. The surrounding lands of the plain are cultivated, The shrine of al-Nabi Shu’ayb, on the slope of a hill near the village, still stands as a holy place for Druze pilgrims.

Kafr Sabt
Piles of stone and stone terraces provide the main indication that the village once occupied the site.

Lubya
The settlement of Lavi was established on the village lands in 1949.  The Lavi pine forest has been planted by the Jewish National Fund, the body of the World Zionist Organization in charge of land acquisition and development, and another forest has planted in the name of the Republic of South Africa. The debris of houses is buried under these forests. Scattered wells further mark the site. A forest and a military museum have been established near the site in honor of the Golani Brigade of the Israeli army

Ma'dhar
The site has been fenced in and is used as a grazing area by a settlemnt established on village lands.

Al-Majdal
The settlement of Migdal is on village land. The site is dotted with rubble. The only remaining village landmark is a neglected shrine. The land in the vicinity is cultivated by Israelis.

Al-Manara
The site has been levelled and is strewn with pieces of black stone. At the site, a sign reads, “This is a historical site, please protect it”.

Al-Manshiyya
The site is covered with grasses and a few palm and eucalyptus trees, no traces of building remain. The surrounding lands are cultivated by Israelis.

Al-Mansura
There are four Israeli settlements on village lands Chazon, Tefachot, Kallanit, and Ravid. The site is covered with debris and is overgrown with olive trees, cacti, and tall grass. Some truncated walls are visible: perforated and interior steel bars are exposed, apparently because it had been blasted apart with dynamite.

Nasir El-Din
A section of the city of Tiberias is on the village site. There is no visible sign of the former village. Residential buildings that belong to the city of Tiberias have been erected on part of the village site and land. Portions of the village land have not been developed and are used as grazing areas by Israelis.

Nimrin
The settlement of Achuzzat was built on village land in 1949. The site and a major part of the lands are surrounded by a fence.

Al-Nuqayb
The settlement of Achuzzat was built on village land in 1949. The site and a major part of the lands are surrounded by a fence.

Samakh
The native village of novelist Yahyia yakhluf, who wrote three books on the subject. The settlements of Ma’agan, Tel Qatzir, Massada and Sha’ar ha-Golan were established southeast of the village site. The only remaining village landmarks are the ruins of the railway station and a water reservoir. The settlers of Deganya ‘Alef have built a public park for tourists, a gas station, and a factory on the village site. The nearby lands are cultivated.

Al-Samakiyya
The settlement of Amnon, built in 1983 on village land. A private farm called Vered ha-Galil and the settlement of Korazin, both built in 1983, are also on village land.

Al-Samra
The settlement of Amnon, built in 1983 on village land. A private farm called Vered ha-Galil and the settlement of Korazin, both built in 1983, are also on village land.

Al-Shajara
In mid-February 1948, as a battle flared between Arab and Haganah forces in the Baysan Vally,  Haganah forces carried out a diversionary attack on al-Shajara, during which poet Abdelrahim Mahmoud. There are no Israeli settlements on village lands, but a number of settlements are quite close to the village site. Zionists established the settlement of Sejera in 1902. Its name was taken directly from that of al-Shajara. The settlers later changed its name to Ilaniyya, from the Hebrew ilan (“tree”), a translation of the name of the Arab village. Kibbutz Sde Ilan was established east of the agricultural lands of the village in 1949. The ruins of houses and broken steel bars protrude from beds of wild vegetation. The western part of the site and the nearby hill are covered with cacti.

Al-Tabigha
The village site, partly covered by thorn grass and cacti, has piles of stones and crumbled stone walls scattered about. The churches, monasteries, and shrines in the vicinity still stand. One part of the surrounding land is used as a grazing area and the remainder is cultivated by Israelis. The entire area is considered a major Israeli tourist site.

Al-'Ubaydiyya
The remaining section of the walls of the canal (that provided the mill with water) is the most prominent indication of the former existence of the village. Ruins of houses, piles of stones, the bases of walls, terraces, and date palms can be seen on the site. The lands around the site are cultivated mainly in cotton by Israelis.

Wadi Al-Hamam
All that remains of the village are the debris of houses and the remnants of walls. The site is overgrown with thorns, grasses, and some trees. Near the site, a new village bearing the same name has been set up by Israelis for Palestinian “internal refugees” from the villages of the al-Hula area, especially the village of al-Muftakhira (in Safad District). These villagers, however, do not own any of land around the village. Some of this land is used as pasture and some is cultivated.

Khirbat Al-Wa'ra al-Swawda'
No traces of the houses remain. Stone terraces provide the only indication of a former village on the site. The site and the lands around it are used largely as grazing areas, although some of the lands are cultivated by Israelis.

Yaquq
Stone rubble covers the entire site. There is one palm tree in the center and an olive grove on the edge. Part of the surrounding land is cultivated by Israelis, while the remainder is used as a grazing area. A canal that passes to the west is part of the Israeli National Water Carrier, the water project that carries water from lake Tiberias to the central coastal plains.


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