al-Na'ima
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Al-Na'ima
| native_name = الناعمة
| native_name_lang = ar
| settlement_type =
| etymology = The soft soilPalmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/31/mode/1up 31]
| 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-Na'ima}} | map_caption = A series of historical maps of the area around {{PAGENAME}} (click the buttons)
| pushpin_mapsize = 200
| coordinates = {{coord|33|11|17|N|35|35|42|E|type:city_region:PS|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Palestine grid
| grid_position = 206/288
| subdivision_type = Geopolitical entity
| subdivision_name = Mandatory Palestine
| subdivision_type1 = Subdistrict
| subdivision_name1 = Safad
| established_title1 = Date of depopulation
| established_date1 = May 14, 1948Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PR16 xvi], village #19. Also gives cause of depopulation.
| established_title2 = Repopulated dates
| unit_pref = dunam
| area_total_dunam = 7155
| population_as_of = 1945
| population_total = 1240 (1,340 Arabs and 210 Jews)Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p10.jpg 10]
| blank_name_sec1 = Cause(s) of depopulation
| blank_info_sec1 = Influence of nearby town's fall
| blank3_name_sec1 = Current Localities
| blank3_info_sec1 = Neot Mordechai,Khalidi, 1992, p. 482 Kefar Blum, and Beyt Hillel
}}
Al-Na'ima ({{langx|ar|الناعمة }}) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine located {{convert|26|km}} northeast of Safad, near the al-Hula Plain. The settlement was depopulated during the 1947-1948 civil war on May 14, 1948 by the Israeli Palmach's First Battalion as part of Operation Yiftach.
In the 1945 statistics it had a population of 1,240 of whom 210 were Jews.
History
In 1881, during the late Ottoman period, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described the village as a "Stone and mud village, on the Huleh Plain, containing about 100 Moslems".Conder and Kitchener, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/89/mode/1up 89]
=British Mandate era=
The village had a boys' elementary school. A shrine dedicated to local sage al-Shaykh al-Wayzi lay about {{convert|0.5|km}} from the site as did a stone quarry.
In the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, En Na'ima had a population of 858, all Muslims, in a total of 174 houses.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 109]
Types of land use in dunams in the village in the 1945 statistics:Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Safad/Page-120.jpg 120]Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Safad/Page-170.jpg 170]
| class="wikitable" | ||
| Land Usage | Arab | Jewish |
|---|---|---|
| Irrigated and plantation | 4,122 | 2,197 |
| Cereal | 156 | 217 |
| Cultivable | 4,278 | 2,414 |
| Urban | 112 | 0 |
| Non-cultivable | 60 | 0 |
The land ownership of the village before occupation in dunams:Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Safad/Page-070.jpg 70] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150804/http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Safad/Page-070.jpg |date=2015-09-24 }}
| class="wikitable" | |
| Owner | Dunams |
|---|---|
| Arab | 4,450 |
| Jewish | 2,414 |
| Public | 291 |
| Total | 7,155 |
File:כפר בלום - הכפר הערבי בשכנות לקיבוץ נעמה-JNF028024.jpeg
=1948, and aftermath=
During the 1948 war, Al-Na'ima was depopulated during Operation Yiftach which targeted Safad and the surrounding district. When the city of Safad was finally attacked between the 10 and 11 May 1948, morale in the village was low; according to an Israeli intelligence report, many residents fled on 14 May shortly before advancing Israeli troops entered.
The settlement of Neot Mordechai was built in 1946 to the south of the village while to the north is the settlement of Beyt Hillel, built in 1940. Kefar Blum, built in 1943 lies {{convert|2|km}} to the southeast.
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=C.R.|author-link1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H.H.|author-link2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp01conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology|location=London|publisher=Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund|volume=1}}
- {{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|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NXMPAQAAMAAJ |first=R.M. |last=Esber |author-link=Rosemarie Esber |year=2008 |title=Under the Cover of War, The Zionist Expulsions of the Palestinians |isbn=978-0981513171 |publisher=Arabicus Books & Media}}
- {{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}}
- {{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}}
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External links
- [http://www.palestineremembered.com/Safad/al-Na'ima/index.html Welcome To al-Na'ima]
- [https://www.zochrot.org/en/village/49302 al-Na'ima], Zochrot
- [http://www.alnakba.org/villages/safad/naima.htm al-Na'ima] at Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
- [http://www.villagesofpalestine.com/AlNaima.htm Al-Na'ima] Dr. Khalil Rizk.
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8365 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.02.jpg Wikimedia commons]
{{Palestinian Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War}}
Category:Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War