Lazzaza لزّازة | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: “fastening”,[1] | |
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  Lazzaza Location withinMandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates:33°12′21″N35°36′42″E / 33.20583°N 35.61167°E /33.20583; 35.61167 | |
| Palestine grid | 207/290 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | May 21, 1948[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,586dunams (1.586 km2; 0.612 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 230[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign |
| Current Localities | Beit Hillel. |
Lazzaza (Arabic:لزّازة, transliterated asLazzâza) was aPalestinianArab village of 230 in the northernHula Valley next to theHasbani River, located 27.5 kilometers (17.1 mi) northwest ofSafad.[5]Beit Hillel subsequently expanded onto the land.
In 1881, thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Lazzaza, while underOttoman rule, as a village of 70 people built ofadobe bricks and situated on a plain near a river.[6]
It was incorporated into theBritish Mandate of Palestine in 1922. Under the British, Lazzaza had an elementary school, in which 26 students were enrolled in 1945. The residents, mostlyMuslims, took advantage of the village's fertile lands, and agriculture became the basis of its economy. The primarily cultivated crops were onions, corn, and fruits, but the beehives were also kept, in addition to some livestock. Some of Lazzaza's inhabitants also fished in the Hasbani River.[5]
In the1931 census of Palestine the population of Lazaza was 176, all Muslims, in a total of 39 houses.[7]
In the1945 statistics, Lazzaza was counted with the nearbyJewish settlement ofBeit Hillel which together constituted a population of 330; 230 were Muslims of Lazzaza, the remaining 100 were Jewish of Beit Hillel.[2][3]
Types of land use indunams in the village in 1945:[8][9]
| Land Usage | Arab | Jewish |
|---|---|---|
| Irrigated and plantation | 235 | 805 |
| Cereal | 95 | 119 |
| Cultivable | 330 | 924 |
| Urban | 27 | 18 |
| Non-cultivable | 20 | 0 |
The land ownership of the village before occupation indunams:[3]
| Owner | Dunams |
|---|---|
| Arab | 377 |
| Jewish | 942 |
| Public | 267 |
| Total | 1,586 |
The Arabs of Lazzaza fled their village during the1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 21, 1948.[4] The village was not attacked byIsraeli forces, and the probable cause of its depopulation was a "whispering campaign" devised byPalmach commanderYigal Allon during Operation Yiftach, in which rumor would spread about massive Jewish reinforcements approaching theGalilee. According toWalid Khalidi, "only a few scattered houses remain on the village site", and that the residents of Beit Hillel cultivate the surrounding fields.[5]
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