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Revision as of 21:27, 23 April 2016 by Huldra (talk | contribs) (ce+ picture)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) This article is about a Palestinian village that forms part of the Israeli local council of Ma'ale Iron. For the depopulated Palestinian village, see Khirbat Zalafa.Template:Infobox Israel municipality Zalafa (Template:Lang-ar, Template:Lang-he) is an Arab village in Israel's Haifa District. The village is located in the Wadi Ara area of the northern Triangle, 4 kilometers northeast of Umm al-Fahm. Since 1996, it has been under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Iron local council and today the council's seat is in the village. Its population today is approximately 8,000, all of whom are Muslims.
Location
The village is situated on a hill higher which provided the residents the ability to defend themselves. It borders the Megiddo Regional Council to the north, with Givat Oz to the northeast and borders the municipal boundaries of Umm-El Fahm from the south. It is located 1,600 meters away from the Green Line. The village is located on a fertile soil with an abundance of underground water which helped agriculture which was the a major source of livelihood to the residents.
History
Ottoman era and British Mandate era
According to the residents' tradition, the village was established in the mid 17th century by immigrants from nearby Umm El-Fahm. The houses were made of clay and straw and were built close to each other for security means. The clan divisions were reflected in the scatter of the houses. The residents drew water from nearby springs by primitive means and the village lacked any basic services such as schools, clinics, local government, banks etc.
Following the Jewish migrations to Palestine, many of Zalafa's residents went to work in Jewish-owned fields and settlements and, which improved their income and taught them many advanced skills, which were exploited to develop their lives in a variety of sectors. In 1922 the population of the village was 156, in 1931 it was 198 and in 1945 it was 340.
1948 war and after
During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War the village and the surrounding area came under Jordanian control. On 3 April 1949 Israel and Jordan signed an armistice agreement, in which Israel would receive the Wadi Ara area, including Zalafa. In 1961 Zalafa's population was 480. Zalafa is one of the villages of Wadi Ara that lacked municipal status after the establishment of Israel. and was under the administration of Mukhtars until 1992 when the Ministry of Interior established the Nahal Iron Regional council, despite the locals' objection, who wanted an independent municipal status for each village. In order to satisfy them, the Ministry of Interior established an investigation committee to examine other options while counting the locals voice and, in 1996, decided to split the regional council into two local councils: Ma'ale Iron (Which includes Zalafa) and Basma. Since January 2004, the seat of the local council is in a rented building in Zalfa.
See also
References
- ^ "Historical background". Ma'ale Iron Regional Council (in Hebrew). Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
UEFAwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - "מעלה עירון" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- "Zalafa" (in Hebrew). Mapa. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- "Israel-Jordan Armistice Agreement". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- Peretz, Issac (16 May 1986). "הודעה בדבר בצגת רשימות הבוחרים לכנסת לשנת פנקס החוברים ה'תשמ"ו/ה'תשמ"ז - 1986-1987". Ministry of Interior (Israel). Maariv. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
Bibliography
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- Guérin, Victor (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Centre.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas (PDF). Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
External links
- Welcome To Zalafa
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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