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Welcome To al-Shawka al-Tahta - الشوكة التحتا (א-שוכה א-תחתא)

District of Safad
Ethnically cleansed days ago
العربية

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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date May 14, 1948
Distance From District 31.5 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation 175 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #3 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Attacking Units The Palmach's First Battalion
Exodus Cause Fear of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village Temains The village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind
Ethnically Cleansing al-Shawka al-Tahta inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 2,009
Jewish 0
Public 123
**Total 2,132
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 1,845
Planted W/ Cereal 140
Built up 17
Arable 1,985
Non-Arable 123
Population
Year Population*
1931 136
1945 200
1948 232
Est. Refugees 1998 1,425
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 31
1948 52
Archeological Sites The village contained two khirbas known by Tall al-Qadi and Khirbat al-Day'a
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 Dan and Dafna

Village Before Nakba

The village stood on gently sloping hills in the northeast part of the al-Hula Plain, to the southwest of Tall aI-Qadi. It was linked by a paved road to the nearby Jewish settlements of Dan and Dafna; the road led west to al-Khalisa, a village on the highway that led to Safad. Al-Shawka al-Tahta had a semicircular layout and its houses were clustered closely together. Its entire population was Muslim. A thick growth of natural vegetation flourished on the village's northern side, thanks to a plentiful water supply provided by the perennial stream that flowed from Tall aI-Qadi. Agriculture was both rainfed and irrigated from a number of springs; crops consisted mainly of grain and fruits. In 1944/45 a total of 140 dunums was allocated to cereals; 1,845 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. Archaeological sites near al-Shawka al-Tahta include Tall aI-Qadi (211294), to the northeast, and Khirbat al-Day'a (210293) to the south.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

Israeli sources report that the villagers of al-Shawka al-Tahta feared a Zionist attack and fled on 14 May 1948; the sub-district capital, Safad, had been captured a few days earlier, which would have contributed to the villagers' panic. Safad had been captured during Operation Yiftach (see Abil al-Qamh, Safad sub-district), which aimed at occupying the eastern Galilee and uprooting its residents.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

Two Zionist settlements are very close to the village site. Dan (211293), founded in 1939, is 2 km to the east, and Dafna (210292), also established in 1939, is 1 km to the southeast. Neither settlement is on village land

Village Today

Nothing remains of al-Shawka al-Tahta. Stone rubble from destroyed houses is for the most part hidden under eucalyptus trees and wild grasses. A few cactuses grow on the site. The surrounding lands are used by Israelis both for farming and as pasture.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.
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