Al-Nuqayb | |
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Village | |
 Villagers of Al-Nuqayb, 1939 | |
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  Al-Nuqayb Location withinMandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates:32°47′57″N35°38′25″E / 32.79917°N 35.64028°E /32.79917; 35.64028 | |
| Palestine grid | 210/245 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tiberias |
| Date of depopulation | May 14, 1948[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 976dunams (97.6 ha; 241 acres) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 310[1][2] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion byYishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Ein Gev[4] |
Al-Nuqayb was aPalestinianArab village in theTiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15, 1948. It was located 10 km east across the lake fromTiberias. bordering the Wadi al-Muzaffar and Wadi Samakh. al-Nuqayb was named after theBedouin tribe of 'Arab al-Nuqayb.
The village was located on the eastern shore ofLake Tiberias, with the fortressQal'at al-Hisn located just to the east.[4]
In the 1880s most of the village land was purchased by theBahá'u'lláh, while the villagers continued to farm astenant farmers.[4]
In the 1920s, the land theBahá'u'lláh had purchased was sold to theJNF.[4]At the time of the1922 census of Palestine conducted by theBritish Mandate authorities, Nuqhaib had a population of 103 Muslims,[5] increasing in the1931 census to 287 Muslims, in 60 houses.[6]
TheKibbutz ofEin Gev was established in 1937, 1,5 km south of the village site.[4]
In 1944/1945, the village had a population of 320 Muslims,[1] with a total of 967 dunams of land.[2] Of this, 131 dunams were irrigated or used for plantations, 797 were used forcereals,[7] while 30 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) land.[8]
After the1948 Palestine war, according to thearmistice agreements of 1949 Between Israel and Syria, it was determined that a string of villages, including Nuqeib,Al-Hamma,Al-Samra in theTiberias Subdistrict andKirad al-Baqqara andKirad al-Ghannama further north in theSafad Subdistrict, would be included thedemilitarized zone (DMZ) between Israel andSyria. The villagers and their property were formally protected by Article V of the Israeli-Syrian agreement of 20 July that year.[9][10][11] However, The people on the Kibbutz were subjected to continual attacks, making farming difficult and forcing the villagers to turn to fishing as their primary form of livelihood. In 1948, the Syrians attacked the kibbutz.Palestinian inhabitants, a total of 2,200 villagers, moved to Syria.[9] Most of the villagers eventually moved to Syria, while some relocated toSha'ab.[4]
In 1992 the village site was described: "The site is fenced in and covered with thorny grass and various kinds of trees, such as Christ's-thorn trees. Piles of stones and the remains of walls can be seen. Part of the surrounding land is cultivated by the nearby settlement, and the remainder is used as a grazing area by Israelis."[4]
