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Majdal was granted to Israel in the 1949 Armistice Agreements. Re-population of the recently vacated Arab dwellings by Jews had been official policy since at least December 1948, but the process began slowly. [6] The Israeli national plan of June 1949 designated al-Majdal as the site for a regional urban center of 20,000 people. [6]
Al-Majdal, a Palestinian Arab village depopulated in the lead up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, was identified as the site of this Magdala. The modern Israeli municipality of Migdal , founded in 1910 and about 6 km (3.7 miles) north-northwest of Tiberias, has expanded into the area of the former village.
Six Arab protesters were killed in nearby Arab towns and since then, mass expropriation of Arab-owned land by the state has virtually ended. [37] In 1977, large anti-government demonstrations were held in Majd al-Krum and nearby villages to protest the demolition of a house in Majd al-Krum built near the road between Safed and Acre.
JAFFA, Israel — Up a narrow, stone stairwell in this ancient port city, a group of self-confessed radicals plot an evening of interfaith rebellion.
Donald Trump's allies are working to win over Arab American voter s who are unhappy with President Joe Biden’s support for Israel. The effort is led by Massad Boulos, whose son married Tiffany ...
1948 and After: Israel and the Palestinians is a collection of essays by the Israeli historian Benny Morris.The book was first published in hardcover in 1990. It was revised/expanded (largely on the basis of newly available material) and published by Clarendon Press, Oxford, in 1994, ISBN 0-19-827929-9.
If you'd prefer to watch the midnight mass live, you can stream it on the Vatican Youtube Channel. The Mass begins Dec. 24, at 1:30 p.m. ET ( 7:30 p.m. Central European Standard Time).
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