Al-Mujaidil
Al-Mujaidil ( Arabic المْجيدل) is a former Palestinian village in the north of what is now Israel . Its residents were evicted by the armed forces of the newly founded State of Israel during the Palestinian War in 1948 and their houses were destroyed shortly afterwards. The Palestinians, who had become refugees, were prevented from returning to their place, the ruins of which are now built over by the Jewish-Israeli town of Migdal HaEmek, which was founded in 1952 on former village land and has since grown rapidly .
history
In 1945, al-Mujaidil had 1900 Palestinian residents, 1640 Muslims and 190 Christians, Greek Orthodox , some of whom had converted to Protestantism .
In July 1948, the Zionists concentrated their troops in Galilee as part of Operation Dekel (Palm Tree) , and between July 15 and 18, al-Mujayedil, among others, fell. Since the fate of the Palestinians of Haifa and Deir Yassin was known among the population, many residents of al-Mujaidil had fled to Nazareth before the Zionists' conquest, especially women and children.
Immediately after conquering the village, the Zionist troops blew up ten houses "as a warning". Those residents of al-Muschaidil who stayed were driven towards Nazareth; as in many other places, the Zionists expelled the entire population of the village. In the weeks that followed, Zionist troops blew up the rest of the village's houses.
The Palestinian refugees were prevented from returning to their village by the Israeli military. In August, Israeli forces encountered several groups of Palestinian women, refugees, who were working in their own fields. According to an Israeli officer, they first fired warning shots and then shot or executed the returning refugees . The officer in charge again gave the order to prevent the refugees from returning. The Jewish National Fund , like many other Palestinian villages, planted pine trees shortly after the ethnic cleansing and destruction to hide the debris of the Palestinian village.
According to Witt Raczka, the development of the new, purely Jewish city of Migdal ha-Emek on the site of the Palestinian village of al-Mujaidil had two goals: firstly, the Judaization of Galilee in general, and secondly, more specifically, the further growth of the nearby Palestinian city of Nazareth to the south to prevent.
Most of the surviving Palestinian refugees from al-Mujaidil still live in Nazareth today.
The Greek Orthodox Saint Nicholas Church and the monastery chapel of the Roman Catholic Franciscan Order, consecrated to the Archangel Gabriel , escaped destruction. In 1950, following an intervention by the Pope , the Israeli government offered the Christian refugees an opportunity to return to al-Mujaidil, but they refused to move back to the village without their Muslim neighbors. The St. Nicholas Church was restored from 2004 with donations from the Association of Russian Orthodox Christians in Israel and in 2007 it was surrounded by a wall to protect against vandalism. Today it is used for church services that are attended by immigrants from Russia as well as migrant workers from Bulgaria and Romania.
The mosque of al-Mujaidil was demolished in 2003 and a shopping center was built in its place .
Web links
- al-Mujaydal on the website of the Israeli non-governmental organization Zochrot , accessed on March 1, 2018 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chad F. Emmett: Beyond the Basilica. Christians and Muslims in Nazareth . University of Chicago Press, 1995; P. 157.
- ↑ Alex Carmel: Activities of the European Powers in Palestine, 1799-1914. In: Asian and African Studies Vol. 19, No. 1 p. 70.
- ↑ Chad F. Emmett: Beyond the Basilica. Christians and Muslims in Nazareth . University of Chicago Press, 1995; P. 41.
- ^ Benny Morris : The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited . Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- ↑ Chad F. Emmett: Beyond the Basilica. Christians and Muslims in Nazareth . University of Chicago Press, 1995; P. 43.
- ↑ Chad F. Emmett: Beyond the Basilica. Christians and Muslims in Nazareth . University of Chicago Press, 1995; P. 41.
- ^ Rosemarie M. Esber: Under the Cover of War. The Zionist Expulsion of the Palestinians . Arabicus, 2008; P. 349; Benny Morris: The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited . Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- ↑ Chad F. Emmett: Beyond the Basilica. Christians and Muslims in Nazareth . University of Chicago Press, 1995; P. 43.
- ↑ Chad F. Emmett: Beyond the Basilica. Christians and Muslims in Nazareth . University of Chicago Press, 1995; P. 45.
- ^ Benny Morris: 1948. A History of the First Arab-Israeli War . Yale University Press, 2008; P. 303; Benny Morris: The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited . Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- ↑ Ilan Pappe : Le nettoyage ethnique de la Palestine . Fayard, 2008.
- ↑ Šejla Haračić: Memoricide. A punishable behavior? In: Vjeran Pavlaković, Davor Pauković, Višeslav Raos (eds.): Confronting the Past. European Experiences . CPI, 2012; P. 249.
- ↑ Witt Raczka: Unholy Land. In Search of Hope in Israel / Palestine . Rowman & Littlefield, 2015; P. 46.
- ↑ Witt Raczka: Unholy Land. In Search of Hope in Israel / Palestine . Rowman & Littlefield, 2015; Pp. 157-159.
- ↑ Chad F. Emmett: Beyond the Basilica. Christians and Muslims in Nazareth . University of Chicago Press, 1995; P. 157.
- ^ Dominique Vidal, Sébastien Boussois: Comment Israël expulsa les Palestiniens (1947–1949) . Editions de l'Atelier, 2009; P. 213; Ilan cardboard: Le nettoyage ethnique de la Palestine . Fayard, 2008.
- ↑ Church of St. Nicolay, website of the St. Nicholas Center organization , accessed on March 1, 2018 (English)
- ↑ Ilan Pappe: Le nettoyage ethnique de la Palestine . Fayard, 2008.
- ^ Marshall J. Breger, Yitzhak Reiter, Leonard Hammer (eds.): Sacred Space in Israel and Palestine. Religion and Politics . Routledge, 2013; P. 76.
Coordinates: 32 ° 40 ′ 40 ″ N , 35 ° 14 ′ 31 ″ E