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Acre Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine
The Acre Subdistrict (, ''Qadaa Akka''; , ''Nefat Akko'') was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was located in what is now northern Israel, having nearly the same territory as the modern-day Acre County. The city of Acre was the district's capital. The subdistrict was transformed into Northern District's Acre Subdistrict. Borders * Safad Subdistrict (East) * Tiberias Subdistrict (East) * Nazareth Subdistrict (South) * Haifa Subdistrict (South West) * Lebanon (North) History of attachment to a district The layout of the districts of Mandatory Palestine changed several times: * 1922 Northern District * 1937 Galilee District * 1939 Galilee and Acre District * 1940 Galilee District * 1948 dissolution The territory is now covered by the Northern District of Israel. Depopulated towns and villages (current localities in parentheses) * Amqa ( Amka) * Arab al-Samniyya ( Ya'ara) * al-Bassa ( Betzet, Rosh HaNikra, Shlomi, Tzahal) * al-Birwa ( Ahihud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subdistricts Of Mandatory Palestine
The districts and sub-districts of Mandatory Palestine formed the first and second levels of administrative division and existed through the whole era of Mandatory Palestine, namely from 1920 to 1948. The number and territorial extent of the districts varied over time, as did their subdivision into sub-districts. In Arabic language, Arabic, a district was known as a ''minṭaqah'' (منطقة, plural ''manaṭiq'' مناطق), while in Hebrew language, Hebrew it was known as a ''mahoz'' (מחוז, plural ''mehozot'' מחוזות). Each district had an administration headed by a district governor, a role renamed as district commissioner in 1925. Sub-districts were managed by an assistant district commissioner. They were aided by a district officer, who was typically either Arab or Jewish, based on the ethnic make-up of the sub-district. By the end of the mandate period, Palestine was divided into 6 districts and 16 subdistricts. Administrative divisions prior to 1922 During t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amqa
Amka (), also Amqa (), is a moshav in the Matte Asher Regional Council of Israel's Northern District, near Acre. The moshav, located in the vicinity of Amqa, a Palestinian village depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, was founded by Yemenite Jews in 1949. In , its population was . Etymology Edward Henry Palmer thought that the name Amka derived from the Arabic word for “deep”, but according to Ringgren, it preserves the name of ''Beth Ha-Emek'', a city mentioned in as part of the allotment of the Tribe of Asher.Ringgren, 2000p. 204 History Ancient period Amka is identified with ''Kefar Amiqo'' (), a place mentioned in the Mishnah and Tosefta. Walid Khalidi writes that during the Roman period, the village located at the site was called ''Kefar Amqa''. Middle Ages During the Crusader period, Amka was referred to as ''Amca''. In 1179, Joscelin III acquired the land of the village, and in 1220 Jocelyn III's daughter Beatrix de Courtenay and her husband Otto von B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayr Al-Qassi
Dayr al-Qassi or Deir el-Qasi (), was a Palestinian Arab village located 26 km northeast of the city of Acre, which was depopulated during 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Geography The village was located 26 km northeast of the city of Acre, on a rocky hill about 5 km south of the Lebanese border. It was linked by a paved road to Fassuta in the north and Tarshiha in the southwest. The road divided the town into an eastern and western quarter, or ''harat'', the eastern quarter being higher up.Khalidi, 1992, p. 12 History The first part of the village name, ''Dayr'' ("monastery") suggest that the village might have had a monastery and a Christian population. However, in modern times the population was Muslim. According to the residents of the village, ancient artifacts from the Canaanite, Israelite and Roman period were unearthed in the Ottoman and British Mandate period. Ceramics from the late Roman and the Byzantine eras have been found here. In the Crusader era i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Damun
Al-Damun (, ''al-Dâmûn''), was a Palestinian Arab village located from the city of Acre that was depopulated during 1948 Arab-Israeli war. In 1945, the village had 1,310 inhabitants, most of whom were Muslim and the remainder Christians. Al-Damun bordered the al-Na'amin River (Belus River), which the village's inhabitants used as a source of irrigation and drinking water from installed wells. History Excavations at the site has shown pot sherds dating from the Late Bronze Age, up to and including Early Islamic, Crusader, Mamluk and Ottoman times. It might be the village Damun in lower Galilee, noted in Roman times. Al-Damun is mentioned in early Arab and Persian sources from the 11th century CE. Local tradition identified the village as containing the tomb of the prophet Dhul-Kifl, who is mentioned in the Qur'an twice. Despite Islamic tradition claiming the tomb to be in al-Kifl near Najaf or Kifl Hares near Nablus, Nasir Khusrawl, who visited the region in 1047, wrote "I r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yas'ur
Yas'ur (, lit. ''petrel'') is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located east of Acre in the Western Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The kibbutz was established in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Hungary who were members of the Zionist Socialist youth movement Hashomer Hatzair; they were joined in 1951 by another group of immigrants from England and in 1956 by another group from Brazil. The kibbutz is named after the seabird Yas'ur (''petrel)'', symbolising the wishes of the founders to engage in fishing. The parents of Israeli historian Benny Morris were among the founders of the kibbutz, shortly after his birth. The kibbutz was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Birwa, and it uses the land of the depopulated villages of Al-Damun and Al-Ruways for agriculture. Yasur's economy was based on textile and toy factories, which became unprofitable and closed down. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahihud
Ahihud () is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern Israel, about 9 km east of Acre. It was founded in 1950, settled by Jewish refugees from Yemen. It belongs to the Moshavim Movement and falls within the jurisdiction of the Mateh Asher Regional Council. The name of Ahihud is taken from a Biblical verse: "The leader of the tribe of Asher was Ahihud, son of Shlomi" (Numbers 34:27). After sources of water enabling the establishment of permanent settlements were discovered in the region, kibbutz Yasur was founded. Its area is 1,800 dunams, and most of its residents are descendants of Yemenite Jewish refugees. History The moshav was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Birwa. Conder and Kitchener thought that Al-Birwa preserves in its name the more ancient name of ''Beri'' (), mentioned in the Jerusalem Talmud (''Pesahim'' iv.1 6a, seeing that both it and Kabul are mentioned together. According to Josephus, the villages in the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Birwa
Al-Birwa (, also spelled ''al-Birweh'') was a Palestinian Arab village, located east of Acre (Akka). In 1945, it had a population of 1,460, of whom the majority were Muslims and a significant minority, Christians. Its total land area consisted of 13,542 dunams (13.5 square kilometers). The village was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The settlement at Al-Birwa was started in the Roman era, and reached a peak in the Byzantine era. In the mid-11th century CE Al-Birwa was mentioned by the Persian geographer Nasir Khusraw and it was known to the Crusaders as ''"Broet"''. The village came under Mamluk rule in the late 13th century, and in the early 16th century, it was conquered by the Ottomans, who ruled it for four centuries. Travelers' reports from the late 19th century documented that al-Birwa had a mosque, a church and an elementary school for boys (a girls' school was built in 1942). During British Mandate rule in Palestine, al-Birwa was home to local power b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzahal
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branches: the Israeli Ground Forces, the Israeli Air Force, and the Israeli Navy. It is the sole military wing of the Israeli security forces, Israeli security apparatus. The IDF is headed by the Chief of the General Staff (Israel), chief of the general staff, who is subordinate to the Ministry of Defense (Israel), defense minister. On the orders of first prime minister David Ben-Gurion, the IDF was formed on 26 May 1948 and began to operate as a Conscription in Israel, conscript military, drawing its initial recruits from the already-existing paramilitaries of the Yishuv—namely Haganah, the Irgun, and Lehi (militant group), Lehi. It was formed shortly after the Israeli Declaration of Independence and has participated in List of wars involving Israel, every armed conflict involving Israel. In the wak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shlomi, Israel
Shlomi () is a Local council (Israel), town in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. In it had a population of . Etymology Shlomi (Hebrew name), Shlomi was named after a leader from the tribe of Asher, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible (). History Shlomi was founded as a Ma'abarot, Ma'abara in 1950 by Jewish immigrants from Tunisia and Morocco on the ruins of a Palestinian people, Palestinian village of al-Bassa, which had been destroyed during what the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and which Adolf Neubauer "proposed to identify... with the Batzet of the Talmud". The Palestinian Arab village was stormed by Haganah troops in May 1948 and almost completely razed. Its residents were either Present absentee, internally displaced or expelled to neighboring countries. Shlomi was the target of Hezbollah Katyusha rocket launcher, Katyusha rocket attacks on 11 May 2005, Israel's Yom Ha'atzma'ut, Independence Day, and again on Israel's Independence Day (Israel), Independe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosh HaNikra (kibbutz)
Rosh HaNikra () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the Mediterranean coast near the Rosh HaNikra grottoes and the border with Lebanon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The kibbutz was established on 6 January 1949 by a gar'in of demobilised Palmach soldiers who moved there from kibbutz Hanita, along with Zionist youth movement members and young Holocaust survivors. It was built on the village lands of al-Bassa, which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. 2023 Israel–Gaza war During the Gaza war, northern Israeli border communities, including Rosh HaNikra, faced targeted attacks by Hezbollah and Palestinian factions based in Lebanon, and were evacuated. In January 2024, Hezbollah released a video of a strike on the Israeli naval base at Rosh Hanikra, on the border with Lebanon, saying it had used an Almas missile. Several subsequent videos over the spring 2024 also show to deploy the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betzet
Betzet () is a town in the Western Galilee in northern Israel. Located near Shlomi and Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of its population was . History Antiquity Betzet is known in historical records as one of several places along the route to Tyre where produce transported from the Land of Israel was often sold in the local marketplaces, mentioned as such in the Tosefta (''Shevi'it'' 4:8-ff.) and in the 3rd century Mosaic of Rehob. Betzet is listed in the Tosefta and the Jerusalem Talmud as subject to the laws of Shmita. State of Israel Moshav Betzet was founded in 1951 on land formerly belonging to the Palestinian village al-Bassa, which was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The founders were immigrants to Israel from the Balkan states, especially Yugoslavia and Romania. The community retains the name of the ancient village of Betzet, which is estimated to have existed nearby. On 12 August 1968, two Syrian MiG-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Bassa
al-Bassa () was a Palestinians, Palestinian Arab village in the Mandatory Palestine's Acre Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Acre Subdistrict. It was situated close to the Blue Line (Lebanon), Lebanese border, north of the district capital, Acre (city), Acre, and above sea level. During the 1948 Palestine War the village was stormed by Haganah troops in May 1948 and almost completely razed. Its residents were either internally displaced Palestinians, internally displaced or expelled to neighboring countries as part of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion. Today, the ruins of the village are in the northern quarters of the moshav of Shlomi, Israel, Shlomi. Etymology Adolf Neubauer "proposed to identify this place with the Bezet, Batzet of the Talmud". It was called ''Bezeth'' during the Roman Empire, Roman period, and its Arabic name is ''al-Basah''.Michael Avi-Yonah, Avi Yonah, 1976, p. 42. Cited in Khalidi, 1992, p. 6 In the period of Crusades, Crusader rule in Palestine, it was kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
