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Al-Majdal Asqalan
Majdal (, meaning "tower") may refer to: Israel and Palestine * al-Majdal or al-Majdal Asqalan, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1951, now part of Ashkelon in Israel * al-Majdal, Tiberias, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1948, now in Israel, thought to be the site of ancient Magdala * Khirbat al-Majdal, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1948, now in Israel * al-Majdal, a Palestinian village in Haifa Subdistrict depopulated in 1925, now part of Ramat Yohanan in Israel * Al-Mujaydil, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1948, now in Israel * Majd al-Krum, a town in northern Israel * Majdal Yaba, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1948, now in Israel * Magdala, ancient Jewish city identified with al-Majdal, near Tiberias * Majdal Bani Fadil, a modern Palestinian village in the West Bank Syria * al-Majdal, Syria, a village in the Hama Governorate of Syria * Majdal Shams, a village in the Golan Heights, currently under Israeli occupation Lebanon * Majadel, a village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashkelon
Ashkelon ( ; , ; ) or Ashqelon, is a coastal city in the Southern District (Israel), Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border with the Gaza Strip. The modern city is eponym, named after the ancient seaport of Ascalon, which was destroyed in 1270 and whose remains are on the southwestern edge of the modern metropolis. The Israeli city, first known as Migdal (), was founded in 1949 approximately 4 km inland from ancient Ascalon at the Palestinian town of al-Majdal (). Its inhabitants had been exclusively Muslims and Christians, and the area had been allocated to the Palestine in the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine; on the eve of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War the inhabitants numbered 10,000 and in October 1948, the city accommodated thousands more Palestinian refugees from nearby villages. The town was conquered by Israeli forces on 5 November 1948, by which time 1948 Palestinian expulsion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Majdal Asqalan
Majdal (, meaning "tower") may refer to: Israel and Palestine * al-Majdal or al-Majdal Asqalan, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1951, now part of Ashkelon in Israel * al-Majdal, Tiberias, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1948, now in Israel, thought to be the site of ancient Magdala * Khirbat al-Majdal, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1948, now in Israel * al-Majdal, a Palestinian village in Haifa Subdistrict depopulated in 1925, now part of Ramat Yohanan in Israel * Al-Mujaydil, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1948, now in Israel * Majd al-Krum, a town in northern Israel * Majdal Yaba, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1948, now in Israel * Magdala, ancient Jewish city identified with al-Majdal, near Tiberias * Majdal Bani Fadil, a modern Palestinian village in the West Bank Syria * al-Majdal, Syria, a village in the Hama Governorate of Syria * Majdal Shams, a village in the Golan Heights, currently under Israeli occupation Lebanon * Majadel, a village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Majdal, Tiberias
Magdala (; ; ) was an ancient Jewish city on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, north of Tiberias. In the Babylonian Talmud it is known as Magdala Nunayya (), and which some historical geographers think may refer to Tarichaea (). It is believed to be the birthplace of Mary Magdalene. Until the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Arab village of al-Majdal () stood at the site of ancient Magdala. The Israeli municipality of Migdal now extends into the area. History Roman period Archaeological excavations on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) conducted in 2006 found that the settlement began during the Hellenistic period (between the second and first centuries BCE) and ended during the late Roman period (third century CE). Later excavations in 2009–2013 brought perhaps the most important discovery in the site: an ancient synagogue, called the " Migdal Synagogue", dating from the Second Temple period. It is the oldest synagogue found in the Galilee, and one of the few syn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khirbat Al-Majdal
Khirbat al-Majdal was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 1, 1948, under Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 10 km northwest of Tulkarm. History Khirbat al-Majdal was located on the Crusader place called ''Megedallum''. The site had a well, around which bedouin The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu ( ; , singular ) are pastorally nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia (Iraq). The Bedouin originated in the Sy ... gradually settled.Khalidi, 1992, p. 556 The village had a shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Abdallah. Today, Sde Yitzhaq is located near the village lands, but on land belonging to Raml Zayta.Khalidi, 1992, p. 557 References Bibliography * External links Welcome To Khirbat al-Majdal [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramat Yohanan
Ramat Yohanan () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Kiryat Ata and adjacent to the kibbutzim of Kfar HaMaccabi and Usha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In it had a population of . In 2014, Forbes Israel ranked the Kibbutz as the 6th richest in Israel with an estimated value of 250 million Shekels. History The kibbutz was founded in 1931 on land bought by Yehoshua Hankin from the Lebanese in 1925. The founders were a mix of native Jews and immigrants from the United States. It was named after the South African politician Jan Smuts, who was a prominent supporter of Zionism and a personal friend of Chaim Weizmann. Upon graduating high school in 1940, Yitzhak Rabin joined the kibbutz's Noar Ha’oved (Working Youth) training program. It was the location of the Battle of Ramat Yohanan during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. The Druze regiment of the Arab Liberation Army were confronted by the Haganah Haganah ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Mujaydil
Al-Mujaydil ( (also: al-Mujeidil) was an Arab-Palestinian village located 6 km southwest of Nazareth. Al-Mujaydil was one of a few towns that achieved local council status by the Mandatory Palestine government. In 1945, the village had a population of 1,900 and total land area of 18,836 dunams – mostly Arab-owned. The population was partly Christian and the town contained a Roman Catholic church and monastery. After the 1948 depopulation of Palestine, it was destroyed and overbuilt by Migdal HaEmek. History Traces of a Roman road was found close to the village, which may indicate that the region was opened to intensive settlements as early as Roman times. Ottoman era In the 1596 tax records, Al-Mujaydil was part of the Ottoman Empire, ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) of Tabariyya under the Sanjak Safad, with a population of 4 Muslim families. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on various agricultural products, including wheat and barley, fruit trees, as well as on g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majd Al-Krum
Majd al-Krum ( ''Majd al-Kurūm'', ) is an Arab citizens of Israel, Arab town located in the Galilee in Israel's Northern District (Israel), Northern District about 16 kilometers (10 miles) east of Acre, Israel, Acre. Its inhabitants are primarily Muslims, Muslim. In it had a population of . Name The name Majd al-Krum translates from Arabic as "watch-house of the vineyard", reflecting the town's fame for the quality of its grapevines. Rock-carved pits on the outskirts of the town were used to press the grapes to make wine since ancient times. Majd al-Krum has been identified as ''Beit HaKerem,'' a Jewish Talmudic-period town mentioned in the Mishnah, whose means the same in Hebrew and Arabic. Geography Majd al-Krum is an ancient site in the heart of the Galilee, situated in the northwestern end of the Beit HaKerem Valley, called al-Shaghur in Arabic, at the foot of Jabal Mahüz.Dauphin, 1998, p. 662.Yiftachel 1998, p. 53. It is the largest Arab locality in the valley. It hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majdal Yaba
Majdal Yaba () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, northeast of Ramla and east of Jaffa. A walled Jewish settlement name Migdal Aphek (; Ancient Greek: ''Αφεχού πύργος'') stood at the same site as early as the second century BCE, and it was later destroyed by the Romans during the First Jewish–Roman War in 67 CE. In the Crusader period, a fort named Mirabel was built at the site. Muslim 13th-century sources mention it as Majdal Yaba. For a short time under Ottoman rule, its name was changed from Majdal Yaba to Majdal Sadiq and then back again. Incorporated into Mandatory Palestine in 1922, Majdal Yaba was captured by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab–Israeli war on July 12, 1948. The town was depopulated as a result of the military assault. The number of refugees from Majdal Yaba was estimated at 1,763. In 1166, lands belonging to the fortress and the harvest of its fields were given to the Church of St. John the Baptist in Nablus. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdala
Magdala (; ; ) was an ancient Jews, Jewish city on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, north of Tiberias. In the Babylonian Talmud it is known as Magdala Nunayya (), and which some historical geographers think may refer to Tarichaea (). It is believed to be the birthplace of Mary Magdalene. Until the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Arab village of al-Majdal () stood at the site of ancient Magdala. The Israeli municipality of Migdal (town), Migdal now extends into the area. History Roman period Archaeological excavations on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) conducted in 2006 found that the settlement began during the Hellenistic period (between the second and first centuries BCE) and ended during the late Roman period (third century CE). Later excavations in 2009–2013 brought perhaps the most important discovery in the site: an ancient synagogue, called the "Migdal Synagogue", dating from the Second Temple period. It is the oldest synagogue found in the Galilee, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majdal Bani Fadil
Majdal Bani Fadil () is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate of the northern West Bank, located southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,907 in 2017. Majdal Bani Fadil is under the administration of a nine-member village council headed by Walid Othman. The main economic activities are herding and agriculture, specifically olives, grapes, prunes and figs. The main road connecting Majdal Bani Fadil to Ramallah and Nablus and Jericho has been closed off to the village since 2000 during the Second Intifada. increasing in the 1931 census to 310, still all Muslims, in a total of 70 houses. In the 1945 statistics Majdal Bani Fadil had a population of 430 MuslimsGovernment of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p19/ref> and a total of 28,022 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 1,131 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 6,994 used for cereals, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Majdal, Syria
Al-Majdal () is a Syrian village located in the Mahardah Subdistrict of the Mahardah District in Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Majdal had a population of 2,393 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.Smith Smith may refer to: People and fictional characters * Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals * Smith (given name) * Smith (surname), a family name originating in England ** List of people ..., in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p180/ref> References Bibliography * Populated places in Mahardah District {{HamaSY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majdal Shams
Majdal Shams (; ) is a predominantly Druze town in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, located in the southern foothills of Mount Hermon. It is known as the informal "capital" of the region. Majdal Shams played a significant role in the Great Syrian Revolt of 1925–1927 that was led by Druze leader Sultan Al-Atrash, who is commemorated by several monuments in the city. Beginning in the 1930s, Majdal Shams became involved in political developments in nearby Mandatory Palestine, and supported the Arab Palestinians during the 1948 Palestine war. Since the 1967 Arab–Israeli War, Majdal Shams along with the broader Golan Heights have been under Israeli occupation, and effectively annexed in 1981, in a move only recognized by the United States. The US recognition was lobbied by Israeli officials. Majdal Shams is the largest of the four remaining Syrian Druze communities in the Israeli-occupied territories of Golan Heights, the other three being Ein Qiniyye, Mas'ade, and B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
