Tuba-Zangariyye
| Tuba-Zangariyye | |
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • Hebrew | טוּבָּא-זַנְגָרִיָה |
| • Also spelled | Tuba az-Zanghariyya (official) |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | طوبه زنغرية |
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| Coordinates: 32°57′57.52″N 35°35′35.54″E / 32.9659778°N 35.5932056°ECoordinates: 32°57′57.52″N 35°35′35.54″E / 32.9659778°N 35.5932056°E | |
| District | North |
| Founded | 1903 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local council (from 1988) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,962 dunams (1.962 km2 or 0.758 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 5,200 |
Tuba-Zangariyye or Tuba az-Zanghariyya (Arabic: طوبه زنغرية, Hebrew: טוּבָּא-זַנְגָרִיָה) is a Bedouin town in the North District of Israel that achieved local council status in 1988. It was formed by the merger of two villages, Tuba and az-Zangariyye. Populated by the Bedouin tribe of El Heib, Tuba is situated near Kfar Hanassi, overlooking the Jordan River. [1] The town sits 250 meters above sea level. In 2009, the town had a population of 6,000.[2]
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[edit] History
The villages were named after the Bedouin tribes 'Arab al-Zanghariyya and 'Arab al-Hayb, who lived in tents near Ein Tuba (Tuba Spring). The nomads first lived in tent encampments and later settled villages, established in 1903[dubious ]. The Bedouins of Tuba had long standing ties with the nearby Jewish communities and helped defend them in the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the inhabitants formed an alliance with the Haganah, defending Jewish communities in the Upper Galilee against Syria. Some joined the Pal-Heib unit of the Haganah.[3]
The two towns were captured by Haganah forces on May 4, 1948 during a sub-operation of Operation Yiftach. Al-Zangariyye was virtually destroyed but Tuba was not attacked by Israeli forces and remained intact. Most of the inhabitants who fled the two villages prior to their captures, moved eastward into Syria or in the case of many al-Zangariyye residents, to Tuba[4][dubious ]
In 1948, Sheik Hussein Mohammed Ali Abu Yussef of Tuba said: "Is it not written in the Koran that the ties of neighbors are as dear as those of relations? Our friendship with the Jews goes back many years. We felt we could trust them and they learned from us too."[5]
The Bedouins lived in tent encampments until the 1960s.
[edit] Local government
Tuba-Zangariyye achieved Local Council status in 1988.[6] Since 2008, the local council has been headed by Zvika Fogel, a retired Israeli general.[7]Fogel was appointed by the Interior Minister to oversee the operations of the local council which suffered from mismanagement. [8]
[edit] Mosque torching
The mosque of the town was torched in an apparent 'price tag' operation on the 3rd of October 2011.[9] The attack shocked Israelis, as many Bedouins, including those from this village, serve in the Israel Defense Forces. The Israeli President Shimon Peres denounced the attack on the mosque, saying that "It is unconscionable that a Jew would harm something that is holy to another religion ... We will not allow extremists and criminals to undercut the need to live together equally in equality and mutual respect."[10] During a visit in the mosque, the chief Sephardic rabbi of Israel, Shlomo Amar, and chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger, jointly condemned the act and conveyed a message of reconciliation to the village residents. Amar said that he saw it as his duty to set a personal example for the respect one must show to places holy to different religions. He stresses that in lieu of proof, the act may have not been committed by Jews, and the attempt to ascribe the act to price tag activists may be in fact a blood libel. He also added that if the arsonist was in fact Jewish – he was subject to some of the Jewish laws of Dinei Rodef.[11]
Safed Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu said on Israel Radio that the attack was "inappropriate" but would not condemn it, saying no proof has been given that Jewish extremists were responsible.[12]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ The Galilee Guide
- ^ Dodging the bullets, Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz 7 October 2009
- ^ Police brace for Israeli Arab revenge attacks following mosque torching
- ^ Khalidi, Walid;Why Did the Palestinians Leave? Middle East Forum, July 1959
- ^ Palestine Post, Israel's Bedouin Warriors, Gene Dison, August 12, 1948
- ^ Tuba-Zangariyye Local Council
- ^ Dodging the bullets, Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz 7 October 2009
- ^ Police brace for Israeli Arab revenge attacks following mosque torching
- ^ Hassan Shaalan 'Price tag: Mosque torched in Upper Galilee,' in Ynet, 3 October, 2011.
- ^ Mosque burning in Israel fuels tensions. John Lyons. The Australian. October 05, 2011
- ^ , in Kobi Nahshoni, 'Rabbi Amar: Mosque arson may be blood libel,' in Ynet, 4 October, 2011:'the attempt to ascribe the act to "price tag" activists is basically a "blood libel".
- ^ Edmund Sanders, 'Jewish extremists suspected of attack on mosque,' on McClatchy.com, 3 October, 2011.
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