Al-Nabi Rubin ( ar, النبي روبين, literally "Prophet Rubin" or "Prophet

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"), was a Palestinian village located 28 kilometers northeast of

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. Al-Nabi Rubin students used to attend school in the nearby village of

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History

Ottoman era

In 1881, the PEF's '' Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described Al-Nabi Rubin: This is a small village round the tomb of the Neby, containing about ninety

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, it is situated on a prominent top, and surrounded by many

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s, a few

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s and arable land; there are two

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s and a ''birket'' near.

British rule

In the 1945 statistics the population

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and Al-Nabi Rubin together was 1000 Muslims according to an official land and population survey, all were Muslims, and they had a total of 18,563

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s of land. 619 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 3,204 used for cereals, while 112 dunams were built-up (urban) land.

Israeli period

The village was captured by

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as a result of the

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's offensive, Operation Hiram during the

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and was mostly destroyed with the exception of its shrine. Al-Nabi Rubin inhabitants were expelled to

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in two waves, the aged and infirm were the last to depart when the IDF trucked them to the Lebanese border. A shrine thought to be dedicated to the prophet Rubin is the only original structure that remains on former village's lands.Khalidi, 1992, p. 27

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