Arab al-Zubayd
Arab al-Zubayd was a Palestinian village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 20, 1948, when the villagers fled on hearing the intentions of The Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 15 km northeast of Safad, near the al-Mutilla-Safad—Tiberias highway.
Arab al-Zubayd
عرب الزبيد 'Arab Zubeih | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: The Zubeid Arabs | |
1870s map
1940s map
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1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Arab al-Zubayd (click the buttons) | |
Arab al-Zubayd Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°4′44″N 35°34′03″E | |
| Palestine grid | 203/276 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | April 20, 1948 |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 890 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
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