Al-Fatur

Al-Fatur
الفاتور
Etymology: El Fâtûr, the fissures, rocks and a spring[1]
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Al-Fatur is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Fatur
Al-Fatur
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°23′55″N 35°31′36″E / 32.39861°N 35.52667°E / 32.39861; 35.52667
Palestine grid199/200
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictBaysan
Area
[2]
 • Total729 dunams (72.9 ha or 180 acres)
Population
 (1945)[3][2]
 • Total110

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.

History

In 1881 E.H. Palmer reported "rocks and a spring" at El Fâtûr.[1]

British Mandate of Palestine ers

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.[4]

In the 1945 statistics, the population was 110 Muslims,[3] with a total of 729 dunams of land.[2] Of this, 709 dunams were for cereals,[5] while 20 were non-cultivable land.[6]

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.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Palmer, 1881, p. 199
  2. ^ a b c Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
  4. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 78
  5. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 84
  6. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 134
  7. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 48

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