Deir al-Asad
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| Deir al-Asad | |
| Hebrew | דייר אל-אסד |
| Arabic | دير الأس |
| Government | Local council |
| District | North |
| Population | 8,400 (2003) |
| Jurisdiction | 4,756 dunams (4.8 km²) |
Deir al-Asad is a village in the Galilee region of Israel, 49 kilometers from Haifa. It is located above Alaaraes mountain.
All the residents are Muslims. The number of the residents in 2003 was approximately 8,400.
Palestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish was educated in the village.
The village provided sanctury to Uri Davis for a year while he was evading army service.
[edit] History:
Before 1962 the village of Deir al-Asad was self-sufficient in food. It produced enough meat, fruit, wheat and vegetables for itself and sold the surplus in Acre or Nazareth. In 1962 its land in the Majd al-Kurum valley was confiscated for the Carmiel town project, and the village was thereby stripped of its most fertile acres. Only the hill land to the north, consisting mainly of olive groves, remained. In one blow the economy of Deir al-Asad was ruined. Today only 10% of the labour force can work on the land, over 80% have to commute daily to the factories of Haifa or work as labourers on Jewish farms. (Gilmour, p. 108)
In 2003, the municipality of Deir al-Asad merged with Majd al-Krum and Bi'ina to form Shagor.
[edit] References:
- H. Amun, U. Davis and N. D. San´allah: Deir al-Asad: The Destiny of an Arab Village in Galilee, in Palestinian Arabs in Israel: Two Case Studies, Ithaca Press, London 1977, pp. 4-5.
- David Gilmour: Dispossessed. The Ordeal of the Palestinians. Sphere books, Great Britain, 1983, (first published in 1980)
| Israeli municipality merger of 2003 | |
|---|---|
| New municipalities: Baqa-Jat | Binyamina-Giv'at Ada | Carmel City | Kokhav Ya'ir | Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut | Shagor | Tzoran-Kadima | Yehud-Monosson | |
| Old municipalities: Baqa al-Gharbiyye | Bi'ina | Binyamina | Daliyat al-Karmel | Deir al-Asad | Giv'at Ada | Isfiya | Jat | Kadima | Maccabim-Re'ut | Majd al-Krum | Modi'in | Neve Monosson | Tzoran | Tzur Yigal | Yehud | |
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