Na`an
136
143
34
51
31
53
4 km E of Rehovot
Zionist kibbutz founded 1930. Served as a Palmach base and
munitions
factory for the Haganah terrorist organization.
-
-
---
---
Nabi Rubin
125
148
34
44
31
56
"North of Isdud, Ramla District"
"Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948. Prior to that, it was"
the site of early Moslem festivities. It is believed to be the
site
of the tomb of Jacob's son (Biblical) Reuban.
-
---
---
Nabi Salih
161
158
35
6
32
2
15 km NW of Ramallah
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Nabi Samwil
167
137
35
10
31
50
6 km NW of Jerusalem
"Arab village, believed to be the tomb of prophet Samuel"
-
-
-
---
---
an Nabi Yusha'
202
280
35
33
33
7
Safad District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948
-
-
-
-
-
Nablus (Shekhem)
174
180
35
15
32
13
22 km NE of Jaffa
Arab city (renamed by Zionists after its capture in 1967) as
"Shekhem. Pop.: 80,000"
-
-
---
---
"Naghnaghiya, (an)"
168
221
35
11
32
35
Haifa District
"Arab village captured and destroyed by Haganah on April 13,
1948."
-
-
-
-
-
Nahalal
169
233
35
12
32
42
7 km SE of Qiryat Tiv`on
"The first Zionist Moshav, founded 1921."
-
-
-
---
---
Nahalat Yehuda
132
153
34
48
31
58
S Coast
Moshava founded 1914
-
-
-
---
---
Nahariyya
158
267
35
5
33
0
8 km N of Acre
"Zionist city founded as a moshava in 1934. Today, it has a
population"
"of more than 35,000"
-
-
---
---
Nahf
179
260
35
18
32
56
Galilee
"Arab village, Pop.: 4,000"
-
-
-
---
---
Nahhalin
161
121
35
6.985
31
41
8 km SW of Bethlehem
"Arab village, Pop.: 1,400, captured in 1967. Site of a brutal
attack by the"
"Israelis on March 28-29, 1954, in which several dozen villagers
were killed."
The Israelis claimed the attack was in response to Arab attacks
the previous
"month, including one in the Negev at Maalah `Aqqrabim on March
17, 1954. The"
"attack on Nahhalin, and others, was led by Ariel Sharon's
special paratroopers"
and was intended to cause the most civilian casualties/property
damage.
an-Nahr
165
268
35
9
33
1
Acre District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Naima
206
287
35
35
33
11
Northern Palestine
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948. Resettled by Zionists
as
"a kibbutz in nearby lands, called Na`ama. Today it is part of"
Kibbutz Misgav `Am
-
---
---
Najd
114
105
34
37
31
33
Gaza District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Najidat
185
246
35
22
32
49
Galilee
"Arab bedouin camp, more than 1,200 people"
-
-
-
---
---
En Naqura
169
185
35
12
32
16
7 km NW of Nablus
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Nasr ed-Din
202
240
35
33.02
32
45
Tiberias District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948. The village was
attacked by the
Irgun terror organization five days after the massacre at Deir
Yassin. On
"April 14, one month before the Arab armies allegedly began the
war by"
"attacking, the Irgun massacred several hundred of its civilian
inhabitants."
"All but 40 women and children survived, and were evicted."
-
Nataf
160
138
35
6
31
50
Jerusalem District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Na`ura
187
224
35
23
32
37
Galilee 10 km E of `Afula
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Nazareth
178
235
35
17
32
43
Galilee
"Arab town, believed to be home of Jesus. Pop.: 38,000."
-
-
-
---
---
Nazaret `Illit
180
234
35
19
32
42
"Adjacent to Nazareth, Galilee"
Zionist settlement founded in 1957. Non-Jews are banned from
living in this exclusive Zionist settlement. Israel recognizes
this new town as the Nazareth municipality and discriminates
against the non-Jewish inhabitants of Nazareth by providing this
town
with more funds than the Arab twin city.
---
Nazla Gharbiyya
158
200
35
5
32
24
13 km N of Tulkarm
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Nazla Sharqiyya
160
202
35
6
32
25
12 km N of Tulkarm
"Arab village, sister city of Nazla el Gharbiyya"
-
-
-
---
---
Nazlat Abu Nar
157
201
35
4
32
25
11 km NE of Tulkarm
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Nazlat `Isa
155
202
35
3
32
25
11 km N of Tulkarm
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Nazlat Zeid
166
207
35
10
32
28
11 km W of Jenin
Arab village
-
-
-
---
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Nazla el Wutsa
159
201
35
5
32
25
12 km NE of Tulkarm
Arab village near Nazla esh Sharqiyya
-
-
-
---
---
Negba
120
118
34
41
31
40
12 km E of Majdal (Ashqelon)
Zionist settlement founded in 1939 by Polish immigrants
-
-
-
---
---
Nein (Na`im)
183
226
35
20
32
38
NE of `Afula
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Nesher
155
241
35
3
32
46
North Coast
Zionist settlement founded in 1925 6 km NE of Haifa
-
-
-
---
---
Nes Ziyyona
129
149
34
46
31
56
North Coast
Zionist settlement founded in 1883 by Russian immigrants
-
-
-
---
---
Neta`im
128
150
34
46
31
57
North Coast
Zionist Moshav founded in 1932
-
-
-
---
---
Netanya
136
193
34
51
32
20
"Coast, South of Hadera"
"Zionist city founded in 1928, Pop.: 100,000."
-
-
-
---
---
Newe Etan
200
211
35
31
32
30
3 km E of Beisan
Zionist settlement founded by Polish immigrants in 1938
-
-
-
---
---
Newe Yam
143
175
34
55
32
11
South of Haifa
Kibbutz founded 1939 by Polish immigrants
-
-
-
---
---
Nezer Sereni
134
148
34
50
31
56
South Coast
Kibbutz founded in 1948 by German immigrants at the site used by
Gen. Allenby during World War II.
-
-
---
---
Ni'ilya
112
116
34
36
31
39
Gaza District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Ni`lin
152
150
35
1
31
57
12 km E of Lydda
"Arab village, Pop.: 1,300"
-
-
-
---
---
Nimrin
191
247
35
26
32
49
"Tiberias District, 15 km W of Tiberias."
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
---
---
Nir`am
110
103
34
35
31
32
Negeb
Kibbutz founded in 1943
-
-
-
---
---
Nir Dawid
193
212
35
27
32
30
3 km W of Beisan
Kibbutz founded 1936 as a military stockade
-
-
-
---
---
Nir`im
92
82
34
24
31
20
15 km S of Gaza
Kibbutz founded by Zionists in 1946. Originally designated a part
of the
`Arab State' it successfully repulsed an attack by the Egyptian
Army on
"Dec. 7, 1948 as part of Operation Horev."
-
---
---
Nordiyya
140
191
34
53
32
19
5 km W of Netanya
Zionist Moshav Shittufi founded in 1948 by members of the Irgun
terrorist organization. Pop.: 300
-
-
---
---
Nuba
153
112
35
1
31
36
10 km NW of Hebron
"Arab village, Pop.: 1,400"
-
-
-
---
---
Nu`eima
193
144
35
27
31
54
4 km NW of Jericho
Arab village adjacent to refugee camp
-
-
-
---
---
Nu`eima (Safad)
205
287
35
34
33
11
Safad District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Nukheila
211
296
35
38
33
16
Galilee
Abandoned Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
N'una
139
141
34
53
31
52
Ramla District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
an-Nuqeib
209
244
35
37
32
48
Tiberias District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Nur esh Shams
155
191
35
3
32
19
3 km E of Tulkarm
"Arab refugee camp, Pop.: 3,000"
-
-
-
---
---
Nuris
186
216
35
22
32
33
Jenin
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Nuseirat
92
95
34
24
31
27
Gaza Strip
Arab refugee camp 5 km NE of Deir el Balah
-
-
-
---
---
Or Yehuda
136
159
34
51
32
2
7 km SE of Tel Aviv
"Zionist settlement founded in 1950, Pop.: 20,000"
-
-
-
---
---
Pardes Hanna
148
208
34
58
32
28
6 km NE of Hadera
Zionist settlement founded 1929. Merged with nearby
Zionist settlement of Karkur to form Pardes Hanna-Karkur.
"Pop.: 16,000"
-
---
---
Pardesya
141
190
34
54
32
19
East of Netanya
Zionist settlement founded 1942 by Yeminite immigrants
-
-
-
---
---
Petah Tiqva
145
166
34
56
32
6
East of Jaffa
"Zionist settlement founded 1878, Pop.: 115,000"
-
-
-
---
---
Poriyya
201
236
35
32
32
43
Galilee
Zionist settlement founded in 1912 by American immigrants
-
-
-
---
---
Qabalan
177
167
35
17
32
6
13 km S of Nablus
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Qabatiya
176
201
35
16
32
25
5 km S of Jenin
"Arab village, Pop.: 6,000"
-
-
-
---
---
Qabba'a
209
269
35
37
33
2
Safad District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Qabw
163
125
35
8
31
43
Jerusalem District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Qadas
201
280
35
32
33
7
Safad District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Qaddita
195
268
35
28
33
1
Safad District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Qadima
142
188
34
55
32
18
6 km SE of Netanya
"Zionist settlement founded by German immigrants in 1933. Pop.:
4,500"
-
-
-
---
---
Qaffin
158
204
35
5
32
26
10 km E of Hadera
"Arab village, Pop.: 2,500"
-
-
-
---
---
Qalandiyya
169
141
35
12
31
52
8 km N of Jerusalem
"Arab village, Pop.: 1,000"
-
-
-
---
---
Qalansuwa
148
187
34
58
32
17
5 km SW of Tulkarm
Arab village. Served as base for Iraqi army in 1948. Was placed
"under Israeli control during 1949 armistice. Pop.: 6,500"
-
-
---
---
Qal`at Jiddin
170
266
35
12
32
59
12 km E of Nahariyya (Galilee)
Arab village destroyed by Haganah in 1946. Resettled by Zionists
in 1946
and renamed Yehi`am
-
-
---
---
Qalqilya
146
176
34
57
32
11
3 km E of Kefar Sava
"Arab village, Pop.: 10,000. Constant target of Israeli
terrorist"
attacks between 1930 and 1967.
-
-
---
---
Qaloniya
168
134
35
11
31
48
Jerusalem District
"Arab village captured and destroyed by Israel on April 11,
1948."
Located in the area designated as the `Arab State.'
-
-
-
-
Qannir
118
113
34
40
31
37
Haifa District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Qaqun
149
195
34
59
32
21
13 km E of Netanya
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
---
---
Qarwat BaniHasan
159
170
35
5
32
8
15 km SE of Qalqilya
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Qarwat Bani Zaid
162
162
35
7
32
4
18 km E of Jaffa
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Qaryut
177
164
35
17
32
5
10 km S of Nablus
"Arab village, Pop.: 1,000"
-
-
-
---
---
Qastel
163
133
35
8
31
48
6 km W of Jerusalem
Arab village destroyed by Israel after fierce fighting. It was
here
"on April 9, 1948 that Abdul Qader al-Husseini, a cousin of the
Mufti"
"and a Palestinian military commander, was killed by the Haganah.
The"
village was destroyed and resettled by Zionists as Ma'oz Ziyyon.
(also Qastal)
---
Qastina
129
126
34
46
31
44
Gaza District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Qatanna
160
137
35
6
31
50
8 km NW of Jerusalem
"Arab village, Pop.: 1,800"
-
-
-
---
---
Qatra
133
135
34
49
31
49
"Ramla District, near Gedera"
"Arab village captured and destroyed by Haganah May 13, 1948."
-
-
-
---
---
Qawala
148
159
34
58
32
2
Ramla District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Qayitiyya (al)
206
285
35
35
33
10
Safad District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Qazaza
140
130
34
53.8
31
46
Ramla District
Arab village destroyed by Israel. One of the first villages
attacked by
"the invading Zionist armies, on Dec. 21, 1947, long before the
so-called"
"Arab attack on May 15, 1948. Its inhabitants were evicted and
the village"
has since been raized.
-
-
Qevuzat Yavne
123
136
34
43
31
49
5 km E of Isdud
Zionist settlement founded by German immigrants in 1929
-
-
-
---
---
Qibya
151
153
35
0
31
58
10 km E of Tel Aviv
Arab village. Was target of an Israeli terrorist attack in 1953.
-
-
-
---
---
Qira
166
169
35
10
32
7
15 km SW of Nablus
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Qiryat `Anavim
161
135
35
6
31
49
10 km W of Jerusalem
Zionist settlement founded in 1920 by Ukraine immigrants
-
-
-
---
---
Qiryat Ata
160
246
35
6
32
49
14 km E of Haifa
"Major Zionist city founded 1965. Pop.: 30,000"
-
-
-
---
---
Qiryat Bialik
158
248
35
5
32
50
Just E of Haifa
"Major Zionist city, Pop.: 28,000. Founded by German immigrants
in"
1935
-
-
---
---
Qiryat Gat
128
112
34
46
31
36
20 km SE of Majdal (Ashqelon)
"Major Zionist city founded in 1954. Pop.: 23,000. (Believed to"
be the birthplace and home of Goliath).
-
-
---
---
Qiryat Haroshet
160
233
35
6
32
42
3 km SW of Qiryat Tiv`on
Zionist settlement founded 1935
-
-
-
---
---
Qiryat Hayyim
157
247
35
4
32
49
Haifa suburb
"Founded 1933. Merged with Haifa in 1950. Pop.: 32,000"
-
-
-
---
---
Qiryat Motzkin
157
248
35
4
32
50
Haifa suburb
"Major Zionist settlement, Pop.: 25,000"
-
-
-
---
---
Qiryat Ono
137
163
34
51
32
4
S of Hadera
"Major Zionist city, founded 1939. Pop.: 24,000"
-
-
-
---
---
Qiryat Shemona
203
290
35
33
33
13
Lebanese border
Named after Zionist terrorist Joseph Trumpeldor and 7 comrades.
"(Shemona in Hebrew means 8.) Founded 1920. Pop.: 16,000.
Heavily"
armed settlers have often attacked nearby Palestinian villages in
Lebanon.
---
---
Qiryat Tiv`on
162
236
35
7
32
43
15 km SE of Haifa
"Major Zionist settlement founded 1935. Pop.: 11,000"
-
-
-
---
---
Qiryat Yam
156
250
35
3
32
51
South of Acre
"Zionist town. Pop.: 28,000. Founded 1946"
-
-
-
---
---
Qisariya
141
212
34
54
32
30
Haifa District
Arab village
Could this also be what is today the Israeli city of Caeseria?
-
-
-
-
"Qubab, (al)"
146
140
34
57
31
51
Ramla District
"Arab village captured and destroyed by Haganah on May 14, 1948."
-
-
-
-
-
Qubeiba (Hebron)
138
108
34
52
31
34
Hebron District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Qubeiba (Jer)
163
138
35
8
31
50
W of Jerusalem
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Qubeiba (Ramla)
146
144
34
57
31
54
Ramla District
Arab villagd destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Qudayriyya
198
257
35
30
32
55
Safad District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Qumron
194
128
35
27
31
45
NW Shore of Dead Sea
Site of the Dead Sea scrolls discovered by a Palestinian Arab
herder in 1947.
-
-
---
---
Qumya
189
219
35
24
32
34
Beisan District
Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.
-
-
-
-
-
Qusin es Sahl
167
182
35
10
32
14
7 km W of Nablus
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Qusra
181
165
35
19
32
5
15 km SE of Nablus
"Arab village, Pop.: 1,500"
-
-
-
---
---
Ra`ananna
138
176
34
52
32
11
Near Haifa
A suburb located north of Tel Aviv, Founded in 1921 by American Zionists. Pop.: 24,000
-
-
-
---
---
Raba
186
199
35
22
32
24
8 km N of Tubas
"Arab village, Pop.: 1,000"
-
-
-
---
---
Rabud
151
93
35
0
31
26
12 km SW of Hebron
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Rafah
78
79
34
15
31
19
South Gaza Strip
"Arab city, Pop.: 11,000"
-
-
-
---
---
Rafat (Ramallah)
168
142
35
11
31
52
3 km S of Ramallah
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Rafat
154
164
35
2
32
5
15 km E of Petaq Tiqva
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Rafat
155
88
35
3
31
24
1 km S of Sammu'
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Rafida
171
119
35
13
31
40
4 km SE of Bethlehem
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Rafidiya
172
181
35
13
32
14
1 km W of Nablus
"Arab village, Pop.: 1,300"
-
-
-
---
---
(Er) Ram
172
140
35
13
31
51
7 km N of Jerusalem
"Arab village, Pop.: 1,000"
-
-
-
---
---
Rama (ar)
166
195
35
10
32
21
15 km NE of Tulkarm
Arab village
-
-
-
---
---
Rama, (ar)
184
260
35
21.59
32
56
"Galilee, Safad District"
"Arab village, Pop.: 5,000. Captured in October, 1948 during
Operation Hiram."
The village was located in the proposed `Arab State.'
-
-
-
-
Ramallah
169
145
35
12
31
54
13 km N of Jerusalem
"Arab city, Pop.: 13,000."
---
-
-
---
---
Ramat David
169
231
35
12
32
41
5 km W of Nazareth
Kibbutz founded 1926 by Polish and Russian Jews
-
-
-
---
---
Ramat Gan
133
167
34
49
32
6
Tel-Aviv suburb
"Zionist Moshav, later a city and later a suburb. Pop.: 10,000"
Founded 1921
-
-
---
---
Ramat HaKovesh
144
180
34
56
32
13
5 km N of Kefar Sava
Kibbutz founded 1932 by Polish immigrants.
-
-
-
---
---
Ramat HaSharon
135
172
34
50
32
9
2 km S of Herzliyya
"Moshav founded 1923. Pop.: 28,000"
-
-
-
---
---
Ramat Rahel
171
127
35
13
31
44
S of Jerusalem
Kibbutz founded 1926
-
-
-
---
---
Ramat Yishay
166
234
35
10
32
42
4 km E of Qiryat Tiv`on
Zionist settlement founded 1925.
-
-
-
---
---
Ramat Yohanan
162
244
35
7
32
48
2 km SE of Qiryat Ata
Kibbutz founded 1932
-
-
-
---
---
Ramin
164
187
35
8
32
17
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Ramla (Ramle)
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10 km SE of Jaffa
On the evening of July 11, 1948, in the town of al-Ramla on the coastal plain of Palestine, the sons and daughters of the town patriarch huddled together in the family compound.
There was flour in the storehouse, enough for a few days' supply of bread, if the family chose to hold out a little longer.
But enemy forces were drawing closer. Even for Sheikh Mustafa al-Khairi, head of one of the "notable" families of al-Ramla, the inevitable could not be delayed much longer.
The shutters were drawn tight against the sound of Israeli aerial bombardment.
And now there was news of an Israeli infantry assault on the nearby town of Lydda, a few miles to the southeast, where scores of Palestinians were reported killed.
One American correspondent would write, "the corpses of Arab men, women and even children [were] strewn about in the wake of the ruthlessly brilliant charge."
Sheikh Mustafa, until recently the mayor of al-Ramla, had to make a decision from the family's shuttered room. Word of the carnage had reached the shelters of al-Ramla, where Dr. Rasem Khairi, Sheikh Mustafa's nephew, was tending to the wounded in his makeshift shelter.
That evening, shortly after Arab-run Radio Jerusalem broadcast a recording of Beethoven's First Symphony, the few Arab forces pledged to defend the town abandoned their posts in al-Ramla, melting into the plains to fight another day in another place.
Al-Ramla was left in the hands of its young Arab defenders who were armed with some old rifles and crude rockets they launched from the branches of trees.
Sheikh Mustafa knew enemy forces would soon arrive to repeat the assault on Lydda. He realised that the unthinkable had become the only choice. He ordered his son, Husam, with other prominent families, to ride to the nearby Jewish kibbutz of Na'an, to sign a document whose name the family dared not speak: surrender.
The surrender, occupation, and ultimate expulsion of the Arab residents of al-Ramla, along with the more brutal assault and expulsion of Lydda, were part of the Israeli military's "Operation Dani" of July 1948.
