Jubb Yusuf
Jubb Yusuf
جُب يوسف | ||
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Village | ||
Geopolitical entity Mandatory Palestine | | |
Subdistrict | Safad | |
Area | ||
• Total | 11,325 dunams (11.325 km2 or 4.373 sq mi) | |
Population (1945) | ||
• Total | 170[1] |
Jubb Yusuf (
Situated in rocky terrain northwest of
History
Mamluk period
In 1440, at the time when
Ottoman period
Following the Ottoman victory over the Mamluks at the
A map from Napoleon's invasion of 1799 by Pierre Jacotin showed the place, named as Puits de Joseph.[6] The Swiss traveller Johann Ludwig Burckhardt observed during his visit around 1816 that the khan was falling into ruin.[7] The mosque was dismantled around the beginning of the 19th century and the stones used to build a sheep fence close to the khan. The village by that time appears to have had few inhabitants, possibly because the well was no longer usable after the Galilee earthquake of 1837,[8] leaving only one small, seasonal source of water nearby. An 1877 survey of the Galilee carried out by the Palestine Exploration Fund stated:[9]
"… Our next camp was at Khan Jubb Yusuf, where we arrived on the 4th of April. The Khan is a large building falling into ruins on the main road to Damascus. There was no village near, the country being occupied by Bedawin of the Semakiyeh and Zenghariyeh tribes."
British Mandatory period
At the time of the 1931 census, Jubb Yusuf had 17 occupied houses and a population of 93 Muslims.[10]
In 1946, when Kibbutz Ami'ad was established a few hundred meters north of the khan, the village was still inhabited by Bedouin families. According to an original member of the kibbutz, the pond still provided water part of the year, "and the Bedouins, whose tents were spread across the valley of Jubb Yussef, used it to water their flocks."[11]
However, other described the village of Jubb Yusuf as small, with closely packed houses made of mud,
Due to the nomadic nature of the villagers the area under their jurisdiction was vast; 11,325 dunums.[1][5][13]
1947–48 civil war
Already in a report of 22 April 1948, Yigal Allon had recommended "an attempt to clear out the beduin encamped between the Jordan and Jubb Yusuf and the Sea of Galilee".[citation needed] On 4 May, Allon launched the Operation Broom (Operation Matateh).[14] According to Khalidi, the residents of the village were probably expelled at that date.[13]
Jubb Yusuf is mentioned as a location by the Arab Army of Liberation (ALA) commander Fawzi al-Qawuqji in his account of the war of 1948,[15] and by Palmach commander Yigal Allon. In his report to the Haganah General Staff on 22 April, according to Israeli historian Benny Morris, Yigal Allon recommended "an attempt to clear out the beduins encamped between the Jordan [River], and Jubb Yusuf and the Sea of Galilee".
Israeli period
The Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi described the remains of the village in 1992: "All that remains of the village are the thorn-covered khan and domed tomb of Shaykh 'Abdallah. Fig and carob trees grow on the site. The village land is cultivated by the settlement of 'Ammi'ad. Near the site are structures belonging to the water project that diverts water from the Jordan for use in Israel, including the water pumping station at al-Tabigha (6 km to the south), which draws water from Lake Tiberias".[13]
References
- ^ a b c Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 70
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, p. 323.
- ^ Rhode 1979, p. 18.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 175. Quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p. 460
- ^ a b c Dr. Khalil Rizk, "Villages of Palestine" Jubb Yusuf
- ^ Karmon, 1960, p. 166 Archived 22 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Burckhardt, 1822, p.318
- ^ earthquake of 1837
- ^ Quarterly Statement for 1877, Palestine Exploration Fund, London, p. 124
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 111
- ^ Gabriel Kohner, The Ruins at Jubb Yussef, 2006, (English transl. Anat Efron)
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 119
- ^ a b c d Khalidi, 1992, p. 460
- ^ Allon to Galili and Yadin, 22 April 1948, KMA\PA 170-44. Cited in Morris 2004, p. 249, 302
- ^ Fauzi Al Qawuqji, Memoirs 1948, Part 1, Journal of Palestine Studies1(4) pp. 32–33 Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Bibliography
- Burckhardt, J.L. (1822). Travels in Syria and the Holy Land. London: J. Murray.
- Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 1. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
- Karmon, Y. (1960). "An Analysis of Jacotin's Map of Palestine" (PDF). Israel Exploration Journal. 10 (3): 155–173, 244–253. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Le Strange, G. (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p.419, p.465, p.477, p.483, p.527, p.538)
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
- Pococke, R. (1811): A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World: Many of which are Now First Translated Into English, (Popocke start at p. 406.)
- Petersen, Andrew (2001). A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology). Vol. 1. ISBN 978-0-19-727011-0. pp. 45, 189
- al-Qawuqji, F. (1972): Memoirs of al-Qawuqji, Fauziin Journal of Palestine Studies
- "Memoirs, 1948, Part I" in 1, no. 4 (Sum. 72): 27–58., pdf-file, downloadable
- , pdf-file, downloadable
- Rhode, Harold (1979). The Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safad in the Sixteenth Century (PhD). Columbia University.
External links
- Welcome to Jubb-Yusuf
- Jubb Yusuf, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Jubb Yusef, at Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
- Jubb Yusuf, Dr. Khalil Rizk