Al-Nuqayb

Al-Nuqayb
Arabic
District	Tiberias
Population
Area	13,010 dunums
Date of depopulation	May 14, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current localities	Ein Gev

Al-Nuqayb was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Tiberias. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15, 1948. It was located 10 km east across the lake from Tiberias. bordering the Wadi al-Muzaffar and Wadi Samakh. al-Nuqayb was named after the Bedouin tribe of 'Arab al-Nuqayb.

History

At the time of the 1931 census, Nuqeib had 60 occupied houses and a population of 287 Muslims.^[2]

After the 1948 Palestine war, according to the armistice agreements of 1949 Between Israel and Syria, it was determined that a string of villages, including Nuqeib, Al-Hamma, Al-Samra in District of Tiberias and Kirad al-Baqqara and Kirad al-Ghannama further north in District of Safad, would be included the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between Israel and Syria. The villagers and their property were formally protected by Article V of the Israeli-Syrian agreement of 20 July that year.^{[3] [4]} However, Israel thought the villagers could pose a security threat, and Israeli settlers and settlement agencies coveted the land. Israel therefore wanted the Palestinian inhabitants, a total of 2,200 villagers, moved to Syria.^[3]

The Kibbutz of Ein Gev was established near the former location of the village.

References

1. ^ Morris, 2004, p.xvii, village #370. Also gives cause of depopulation
2. ^ E. Mills, ed (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine. p. 84. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Morris, 2004, p.512
4. ^ UN Doc S/1353 Syria Israel Armistice Agreement of 20 July 1949

Bibliography

• 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 9780521009676. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q. 

External links

• Welcome To al-Nuqayb
• Al-Nuqayb, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center