Kafr Zibad

The name of Kafr Zibad is thought to be originally from Zabad, its Semite name which means generosity.[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop03.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Tulkarm Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207042002/http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop03.aspx |date=2008-02-07 }} Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. E. H. Palmer noted that the name meant the village of Zebed, and suggested to connect it with Zebedee, a Hebrew name.Palmer, 1881, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/184/mode/1up 184], [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/51/mode/1up 51]

Archeological findings from Kafr Zibad include potsherds from the Byzantine periodDauphin, 1998, p. 772 and a relief of a six-armed menorah.{{Cite journal |last=DAR |first=SHIMON |date=1984 |title=Three "Menorot" from Western Samaria |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27925939 |journal=Israel Exploration Journal |volume=34 |issue=2/3 |pages=177–179 |issn=0021-2059 |quote=The third menorah was carved on a limestone block found in Kafr Zebad (map ref. 156 181) 1.2 km west of Kafr 'Abbush, lying on the ground near a disused house.}}{{Cite book |last=Hachlili |first=Rachel |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1033561712 |title=The Menorah: Evolving into the Most Important Jewish Symbol |year=2018 |isbn=90-04-37509-0 |oclc=1033561712 |quote=on a relief from a Zibad Samarian village a menorah with six arms was found}}

Kafr Zibad was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared under that name in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Bani Sa'b of the Liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 50 households, all Muslims. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on various agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and/or beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 10,280 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 140

In 1838, Robinson noted Kefr Zibad as a village in Beni Sa'ab district, west of Nablus.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/127/mode/1up 127]

In the 1860s, the Ottoman authorities granted the village an agricultural plot of land called Ghabat Kafr Zibad in the former confines of the Forest of Arsur (Ar. Al-Ghaba) in the coastal plain, west of the village. This formed the nucleus for the later village of Khirbat al-Zababida, founded by Kafr Zibad's residents.Marom, Roy, "The Contribution of Conder's Tent Work in Palestine for the Understanding of Shifting Geographical, Social and Legal Realities in the Sharon during the Late Ottoman Period", in Gurevich D. and Kidron, A. (eds.), Exploring the Holy Land: 150 Years of the Palestine Exploration Fund, Sheffield, UK, Equinox (2019), pp. 212-231{{Cite web |last=Marom |first=Roy |year=2022 |title=The Oak Forest of the Sharon (al-Ghaba) in the Ottoman Period: New Insights from Historical- Geographical Studies, Muse 5, |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2pc5867s |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=escholarship.org}}

In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya (sub-district) of Bani Sa'b.{{Cite book |last=Grossman |first=David |title=Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine |publisher=Magnes Press |year=2004 |location=Jerusalem |pages=255}}

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted at Kafr Zibad: "A village of moderate size on a small plateau, overhanging the valley on the north of it. It is of stone. A steep ascent, with a cistern on the north, on the south a fig-garden, and beyond this a few olives, where the tents of the Survey party were pitched. Near them was a rock-cut tomb. The water supply is from cisterns."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/165/mode/1up 165]

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kufr Zaibad had a population of 260 Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Tulkarm, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n29/mode/1up 27] increasing in the 1931 census to 469 Muslims, in 96 houses.Mills, 1932, p.[https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 58]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Kafr Zibad was 1,590 Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p21.jpg 21] with {{convert|7085|dunam|ha acre}} of land according to an official land and population survey.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, {{convert|2266|dunam|ha acre}} were plantations and irrigable land, {{convert|1434|dunam|ha acre}} were used 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 {{convert|22|dunam|ha acre}} were built-up (urban) land.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]

File:Kafr Zibad 1942.jpg|Kafr Zibad 1942 1:20,000

File:Taiyiba 1945.jpg|Kafr Zibad 1945 1:250,000

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Kafr Zibad came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population of Kafr Zibad was 643.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p27.pdf 27]

After the Six-Day War in 1967, Kafr Zibad came under Israeli occupation.

19% of the population of Kafr Zibad were refugees in 1991.[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/tul_t6.aspx Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207051850/http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/tul_t6.aspx |date=2012-02-07 }} Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics The healthcare and education facilities for the surrounding villages are based in Kafr Zibad, Kafr Zibad secondary school being one of the best schools in the region. There is a historical mosque dated to the times of Caliph Omar Ibn al-Khattab, and there are a police center and sport club. The facilities are designated as MOH level 2.[http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/4809864A0C3B9B9F85256FE80050855D/$File/healthinforum_tulkarem_opt280205.pdf?OpenElement Health Care Facilities Tulkarm Governorate]

Kafr Zibad had a population of approximately 1,306 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 1,219 and 2017.

After Israel built the Israeli West Bank barrier, {{convert|175|acres|dunam ha}} of irrigated land owned by Kafr Zibad villagers was isolated behind the barrier. Access to this land is dependent on Israeli cumbersome permitting process.[https://unispal.un.org/DPA/DPR/unispal.nsf/0/8F429FE2B501212585256EE80055F2FC The Impact of the Barrier on West Bank Communities], Unispal, 23 April 2004[https://972mag.com/photos-when-israel-decides-to-cut-palestinian-farmers-off-from-their-land/106877/ PHOTOS: When Israel decides to cut Palestinian farmers off from their land], May 19, 2015, +972 Magazine[https://972mag.com/the-month-in-photos-marking-the-past-demanding-a-better-future/107214/ The Month in Photos: Marking the past, demanding a better future], May 30, 2015, +972 Magazine

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• {{cite book | last= Dauphin |first = C.|author-link= Claudine Dauphin| title = La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FC1mAAAAMAAJ |volume = III : Catalogue | series = BAR International Series 726 | year = 1998 | publisher = Archeopress | location = Oxford|language =fr|isbn= 0-860549-05-4}}
• {{cite book | title = First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population | author = Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics | year = 1964|url=http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensus1961bits.pdf}}
• {{cite book |title=Village Statistics, April, 1945 |url=http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/Hebrew/library/Pages/BookReader.aspx?pid=856390 |author=Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics |year=1945}}
• {{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}}
• {{cite book | last1= Hütteroth |first1=W.-D.|author-link1=Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth |first2=K. | last2=Abdulfattah |author-link2=Kamal Abdulfattah| title = Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ | year = 1977 | publisher = Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft |isbn= 3-920405-41-2}}
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• {{cite book |last=Palmer |first=E.H. |author-link=Edward Henry Palmer |year=1881 |url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft |title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer |publisher=Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund}}
• {{cite book |last1=Robinson |first1=E. |author-link1=Edward Robinson (scholar) |last2=Smith |first2=E. |author-link2=Eli Smith |year=1841 |url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston| publisher=Crocker & Brewster| volume=3}}

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• [http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Kafr_Zibad_1276/index.html Welcome To Kafr Zibad]
• 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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