Al-Tall, Acre
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Al-Tall, Acre
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| Arabic | التلّ |
| Also Spelled | al-Tell |
| District | Acre |
| Coordinates | 33°00′31.01″N 35°08′18.57″E / 33.0086139°N 35.1384917°ECoordinates: 33°00′31.01″N 35°08′18.57″E / 33.0086139°N 35.1384917°E |
| Population | 348 (1948) |
| Area | 4,733[1] dunums |
| Date of depopulation | 21 May 1948[2] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Al-Tall (Arabic: التلّ) was a Palestinian village 14 km northeast of Acre in the British Mandate District of Acre. Depopulated as a result of military assault and capture during the 1947-1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine as part of Operation Operation Ben-Ami by the Carmeli Brigade of the Israel Defense Force.
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History
The twin villages of Al-Tall and nearby Al-Nahr were both sites of ancient settlements. Recent excavations indicate habitation back to the eighteenth century BC.[3]
In the late 19th century, al-Tall had a population of 200. The villagers ground their grain at a water-powered mill nearby, and tended olive, pomegranate, and mulberry trees.[4]
1948, and after
Al-Tall was captured by the Carmeli Brigade during Operation Ben-Ami.
There are no recorded Israeli settlements on the village land.[5]
According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the remaining structures on the village land were in 1992: "The site is covered with the rubble of stone houses and is overgrown with wild grass. One stone house still stands but its facade is missing and it is about to crumble. Cactuses and fig trees grow on the southern slopes of the site. There are four identifiable Roman and Byzantine tombs in the cemetery that lies on the northern slopes, a Christ-thorn tree stands in its midst. Recent excavations has uncovered several ancient graves, and the place has been turned into an archaeological site."[5]
See also
References
- ^ Palestine Remembered - al-Tall
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #80 Also gives cause of depopulation
- ^ Aaron Kempinsky, 1987: Israel Exploration Journal 37:176. Cited in Khalidi (1992), p. 27-28
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, SWP, 1881, I, p.148. Quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p.32
- ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p.32
Bibliography
- Conder, Claude Reignier and H.H. Kitchener (1881): The Survey of Western Palestine: memoirs of the topography, orography, hydrography, and archaeology. London:Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. vol 1
- Guérin, M. V.: (1880): Description Géographique, Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. Galilee, II. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale (p. 31)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6, http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q
- Petersen, Andrew (2002), A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine: Volume I (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology), Oxford University Press, p. 290, ASIN 0197270115, ISBN 978-0-19-727011-0 p. 290
External links
- Welcome to al-Tall
- Al-Tal, pictures, Dr. Moslih Kanaaneh
- Al-Tall from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
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