Zarnuqa
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Zarnuqa (Arabic language: زرنوقة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Ramla.
History
Some of the inhabitants of Zarnuqa were Egyptians who arrived in Palestine with the army of Ibraham Pasha.[1]In 1890, the region between Zarnuqa and Ramle, a stretch of 10,000 dunams, was described as an uncultivated wasteland.[2]
In March 1892, a dispute over pasture rights erupted between the shepherds of Zarnuqa and the Jewish farmers of the newly established moshava of Rehovot, which was finally resolved in the courts.[3]In 1913, a violent clash sparked by the theft of grapes from a Rishon Lezion vineyard resulted in the deaths of two Jews from Rehovot and an Arab of Zarnuqa. The incident occurred when members of Hashomer, a newly-formed Jewish defense organization, confronted two Arab villagers caught stealing. The confrontation, described as one of the first violent encounters between Jews and Arabs in Palestine, led to a mass brawl.[4]
In 1929, Zarnuqa had 1,122 dunams of citrus orchards and most of its economic growth derived from citriculture.[5]
In 1934, the modernization of the village was attributed to its proximity to Rehovot and land sales to Jews by both effendis and fellahin. Advanced farming technologies were introduced under the tuition of their Jewish neighbors.[6]
References
- ^ The Claim of Dispossession: Jewish Land-Settlement and the Arabs, 1878-1948, Aryeh L. Avneri
- ^ The Claim of Dispossession: Jewish Land-Settlement and the Arabs, 1878-1948, Aryeh L. Avneri
- ^ The Claim of Dispossession: Jewish Land-Settlement and the Arabs, 1878-1948, Aryeh L. Avneri
- ^ New documents reveal early Palestinian attitudes toward Zionist settlements
- ^ California Dreaming: Ideology, Society, and Technology in the Citrus, Nahum Karlinsky
- ^ California Dreaming: Ideology, Society, and Technology in the Citrus, Nahum Karlinsky
