Arab al-'Arida is a depopulated former Palestinian

Palestinian people

The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...

 Arab

Arab

Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...

 village and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of the city of Baysan (Bet Shean). It is the site of the modern kibbutz Sde Eliyahu

Sde Eliyahu

Sde Eliyahu is a religious kibbutz in northern Israel. Located 5 km south of Beit She'an, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council.-History:...

.

History

It stood on the Tell al-Ru'yan and Tell al-Qurud sites.

In 1931 it had a population of 182. In 1945 had a population of 150 and held 700 dunams of land.

In 1944/45 a total of 6oo dunum

Dunum

Dunum is a municipality in the district of Wittmund, in Lower Saxony, Germany....

s of village land was used for cereals.

1948, and aftermath

It was captured by Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

's Golani Brigade

Golani Brigade

The Golani Brigade is an Israeli infantry brigade that is subordinated to the 36th Division and traditionally associated with the Northern Command. Its symbol is a green tree on a yellow background, and its soldiers wear a brown beret. It is one of the most highly decorated infantry units in the...

 during Operation Gideon

Operation Gideon

Operation Gideon was a Haganah offensive launched in the closing days of the British Mandate in Palestine, as part of the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. Its objectives were to capture Beisan , clear the surrounding villages and bedouin camps and block one of the possible entry routes...

 on May 20, 1948.

Its Arab population fled upon the village's capture.

The settlement of Sde Eliyahu

Sde Eliyahu

Sde Eliyahu is a religious kibbutz in northern Israel. Located 5 km south of Beit She'an, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council.-History:...

, established in 1939, is east of the village site on village land. The Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi

Walid Khalidi

Walid Khalidi is an Oxford University-educated Palestinian historian who has written extensively on the Palestinian exodus. He is General Secretary and co-founder of the Institute for Palestine Studies, established in Beirut in December 1963 as an independent research and publishing center...

, described the village remains in 1992: "No traces are left of the village. The whole village site is planted in wheat. The archaeological site, Tall al-Ru'yan, has been transformed into a garbage dump."

See also

• List of Arab towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
• List of villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War

External links

• Welcome To 'Arab al-'Arida
• 'Arab al-Arida from Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre