Al-Fatur

Al-Fatur
Al-Fatur
Arabic الفاتور
Subdistrict Baysan
Coordinates 32°23′55″N 35°31′36″E / 32.39861°N 35.52667°E / 32.39861; 35.52667Coordinates: 32°23′55″N 35°31′36″E / 32.39861°N 35.52667°E / 32.39861; 35.52667
Palestine grid 199/200
Population 110[1][2] (1945)
Area 729[2] dunams

Al-Fatur was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948. It was located 11.5 km south of Baysan. The village was attacked by the Israel Defense Forces as part of Operation Gideon. A massacre was perpetrated by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants.

History

In the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the Mandatory Palestine authorities, Arab el-Fatur had a population of 66, all Muslims, in 16 houses.[3]

In 1945, the population was 110 Muslims,[1] with a total of 729 dunams of land.[2] Of this, 709 dunams were for cereals,[4] while 20 were non-cultivable land.[5]

Tirat Zvi, established in 1938, is located north of village land, while Mechola (198/196), founded in 1968, is some 5 km southwest of the site of Al-Fatur, and uses some of its lands.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
  2. 1 2 3 Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
  3. ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 78
  4. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 84
  5. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 134
  6. ↑ Khalidi, 1992, p. 48

Bibliography

  • Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
  • Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
  • 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.
  • Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
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