Al-Manshiyya, Tulkarm
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Al-Manshiyya
| native_name = المنشية
| native_name_lang = ar
| other_name = Khirbet ManshiyaMorris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PR18 xviii], village #184. Also gives cause of depopulation
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = Mandatory Palestine | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Mandatory Palestine | image_map = {{Historical map series|default=2|date1=1870s|date2=1940s|date3=modern|date4=1940s with modern overlay|width=225|name=al-Manshiyya, Tulkarm}} | map_caption = A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Manshiyya, Tulkarm (click the buttons)
| pushpin_mapsize = 200
| coordinates = {{coord|32|23|40|N|34|56|5|E|type:city_region:PS|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Palestine grid
| grid_position = 144/200
| subdivision_type = Geopolitical entity
| subdivision_name = Mandatory Palestine
| subdivision_type1 = Subdistrict
| subdivision_name1 = Tulkarm
| established_title1 = Date of depopulation
| established_date1 = April 15, 1948
| established_title2 = Repopulated dates
| unit_pref = dunam
| area_total_dunam = 16,770
| population_as_of = 1945
| population_total = 260Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p21.jpg 21]
| blank_name_sec1 = Cause(s) of depopulation
| blank_info_sec1 = Fear of being caught up in the fighting
| blank3_name_sec1 = Current Localities
| blank3_info_sec1 = Ein ha-Horesh,Khalidi, 1992, p. 557 Giv'at Chayirn, and Ahituv
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Al-Manshiyya ({{langx|ar|المنشية}}), also known as Khirbat Manshiyya, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 15, 1948, under Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 12.5 km northwest of Tulkarm.
History
The villagers traced their origin to Abasan, in the Gaza district.
=British Mandate era=
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Manshiyeh had a population of 94 Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Tulkarem, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n30/mode/1up 28] while in the 1931 census the village was counted under Attil, together with Jalama and Zalafa.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 53]
Ein ha-Horesh and Giv'at Chayirn were founded in 1931 and 1932 on what traditionally had been village land.
In the 1945 statistics, it had a population of 260 Muslims, with a total of 16,770 dunums of land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Tulkarm/Page-075.jpg 75] Of this, Arabs used 1 dunam for citrus and bananas, 12 were plantations and irrigated land, 12,485 were for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Tulkarm/Page-126.jpg 126] while total of 437 dunams were classified as “non-cultivable” areas.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Tulkarm/Page-176.jpg 176]
=1948, aftermath=
In December 1947, villagers from Al-Manshiyya approached Givat Haim to conclude a local non-belligerent agreement.Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA92 92], note #140Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA145 145], note #140: "Subject: Local Arabs approaches for Peace with the Jews"
In April 1948, Haganah had established policy of "cleaning out" the local Arabs from the coastal area. The villagers of Al-Manshiyya evacuated eastwards, apparently after "reaching an agreement with Haganah representatives that Jewish settlements would safeguard their property and allow them to return after the war."Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA245 245]
However, on 12 April 1948, even before the village was evacuated, the "Committee for new settlements" had destined Al-Manshiyya to be the location of a new, Jewish settlement.Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA371 371], note #168
In 1951 Ahituv was founded on the land of Al-Manshiyya.
In 1992 the village remains were described: "A paved street bisects the site. The Israeli settlement of Giv'at Chayyim lies on both sides of this street, and there is a large cow barn at the southern end of it. Cactuses grow near the village entrance. Stones from the destroyed village houses are used as boundaries between flower beds, especially those lying along the street. Cotton, pistachios, and fruits are grown on the surrounding land."
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book | editor =Barron, J. B. | title = Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 |url=https://archive.org/details/PalestineCensus1922 |publisher = Government of Palestine | year = 1923}}
- {{cite book|title=Village Statistics, April, 1945 |url=http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/Hebrew/library/Pages/BookReader.aspx?pid=856390|author=Department of Statistics|year=1945|publisher=Government of Palestine}}
- {{cite book|title=Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine|url=http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html|first=S.|last=Hadawi|author-link=Sami Hadawi|year=1970|publisher=Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center|access-date=2009-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208215837/http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html|archive-date=2018-12-08|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first=W.|last=Khalidi|author-link=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5}}
- {{cite book | editor = Mills, E. | title = Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas |url=https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas | publisher = Government of Palestine | location = Jerusalem | year = 1932}}
- {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C |first=B. |last=Morris |author-link=Benny Morris |year=2004 |title=The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited|isbn=978-0-521-00967-6 |publisher=Cambridge University Press}}
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External links
- [http://www.palestineremembered.com/Tulkarm/al-Manshiyya/index.html Welcome To al-Manshiyya], Palestine Remembered
- [http://www.zochrot.org/en/village/49270 Khirbet al-Manshiyya], Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8373 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.11.jpg Wikimedia commons]
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