Al-Shajara, Palestine

For the town in Jordan, see al-Shajara, Jordan. For the town in Syria, see Al-Shajara, Syria.
Al-Shajara
الشجرة
al-Shajera
Etymology: "the Tree"[1]
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Al-Shajara is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Shajara
Al-Shajara
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°45′16″N 35°23′56″E / 32.75444°N 35.39889°E / 32.75444; 35.39889
Palestine grid187/239
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictTiberias
Date of depopulationMay 6, 1948[4]
Area
[3]
 • Total3,754 dunams (3.754 km2 or 1.449 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total770[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesIlaniya

Al-Shajara (Arabic: الشجرة) was a Palestinian Arab village depopulated by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War when its residents were forcefully evacuated and became refugees. It was located 14 kilometers west of Tiberias on the main highway to Nazareth near the villages of Lubya and Hittin. The village was very close to the city of Nazareth, about 5 kilometers away.

The village was the fourth largest by area in Tiberias district. Its economy was based on agriculture. In 1944/45 it had 2,102 dunams (505 acres) planted with cereals and 544 dunams (136 acres) either irrigated or fig and olive orchards.

Al-Shajara was the home village of the cartoonist Naji al-Ali.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 134
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 12
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Hadawi73 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #100. Also gives the cause of depopulation.