Ammuqa

Ammuqa
Ammuqa
Arabic	عموقه
Also Spelled	Amuka, 'Amuqa
District	Safad
Coordinates	33°00′21.86″N 35°31′12.69″E / 33.0060722°N 35.5201917°E / 33.0060722; 35.5201917Coordinates: 33°00′21.86″N 35°31′12.69″E / 33.0060722°N 35.5201917°E / 33.0060722; 35.5201917
Population	140[1] (1945)
Area	2,574 dunums
Date of depopulation	24 May 1948[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current localities	Amuka

Ammuqa (also transliterated 'Amuqa and Amuka) was a Palestinian village, located five kilometres northeast of Safed.

History

Known locally for its seven springs, Ammuqa also enjoyed renown as the site of the sepulchre of Jonathan ben Uzziel. Rabbi Samuel ben Samson who travelled to Palestine in 1210 writes that the site was marked by "a great tree" where the local Muslim population made vows "to his glory" and gave votive offerings of oil and light. ^[3]

In 1517, Ammuqa was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire, and by 1596 it was under the administration of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Jira, part of Sanjak Safad, with a population of 391. It paid taxes on wheat, barley, olives, beehives, vineyards, and goats.^[4]

By 1944/45 the village had a total of 1,164 dunums of land allocated to cereals; while 195 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.^[5][6]

During the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, on the 24 May 1948, Ammuqa was assaulted by the Palmach's First Battalion, headed by Yigal Allon.^[7]

See also

• Operation Yiftach
• List of Arab towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War

References

1. ^ Hadawi, 1970, p.69.
2. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village # 47. Also gives the cause of depopulation.
3. ^ Adler, 2004. p. 107.
4. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah p.175, quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p.433.
5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.434
6. ^ Hadawi, 1970, p.118
7. ^ "Welcome to Ammuqa". Palestine Remembered. http://www.palestineremembered.com/Safad/Ammuqa/index.html. Retrieved 2007-12-09. 

Bibliography

• Adler, Elkan Nathan (2004), Jewish Travellers, p. 107, ISBN 0-415-34466-2 
• 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 0-521-00967-7 

External links

• Welcome to Ammuqa,
• 'Ammuqa, at Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
• Ammuqa, Dr. Khalil Rizk.