Ra'na

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FieldValue
nameRa'na
native_nameرعنة
native_name_langar
etymologyThe spur of a Hill
pushpin_mapMandatory Palestine
pushpin_mapsize200
coordinates
grid_namePalestine grid
grid_position138/119
subdivision_typeGeopolitical entity
subdivision_nameMandatory Palestine
subdivision_type1Subdistrict
subdivision_name1Hebron
established_title1Date of depopulation
established_date122–23 October 1948
established_title2Repopulated dates
area_footnotes
unit_prefdunam
area_total_dunam6.925
population_as_of1945
population_total190
blank_name_sec1Cause(s) of depopulation
blank_info_sec1Military assault by Yishuv forces
blank3_name_sec1Current Localities
blank3_info_sec1Gal On
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| name = Ra'na | native_name = رعنة | native_name_lang = ar | settlement_type = | etymology = The spur of a Hill | pushpin_map = Mandatory Palestine | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Mandatory Palestine | image_map = | map_caption = A series of historical maps of the area around Ra'na (click the buttons) | pushpin_mapsize = 200 | coordinates = | grid_name = Palestine grid | grid_position = 138/119 | subdivision_type = Geopolitical entity | subdivision_name = Mandatory Palestine | subdivision_type1 = Subdistrict | subdivision_name1 = Hebron | established_title1 = Date of depopulation | established_date1 = 22–23 October 1948 | established_title2 = Repopulated dates | area_footnotes = | unit_pref = dunam | area_total_dunam = 6.925 | population_as_of = 1945 | population_total = 190 | blank_name_sec1 = Cause(s) of depopulation | blank_info_sec1 = Military assault by Yishuv forces | blank3_name_sec1 = Current Localities | blank3_info_sec1 = Gal On Ra'na () was a village located approximately 26 km northwest of Hebron. It was occupied by the Israeli army during Operation Yo'av in October 1948. It was one of 16 villages in the Hebron district that were depopulated.

History

In 1838, during the Ottoman Empire, Edward Robinson noted it as Muslim village, located in the Gaza district. He further reported that the fields of Ra'na were planted with tobacco and cotton.

In 1863 Victor Guérin described it as a "village now reduced to a few huts, but that once had been much more considerable, judging by two beautiful wells dug in the rock and by a number of great stones scattered here and there". An Ottoman village list of about 1870 showed that Ra'na had 8 houses and a population of 30, though the population count included men, only.

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Ra'na as a village built of stone and adobe, and it had a pool and gardens.

In 1896 the population of Ra'na was estimated to be about 99 persons.

British Mandate era

Ra'na was classified as hamlet by the Palestine Index Gazetteer. In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Ra'ana had a population of 126 inhabitants, all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 150, still all Muslim, in a total of 36 inhabited houses.

In 1945 statistics the population of Ra'na was 190, all Muslims. 14 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) areas.

The kibbutz of Gal On was established in 1946 on what had traditionally been village land.

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1948, and after

The village was attacked by the Giv'ati Brigade on 22–23 October 1948. Those villagers who had not already fled were expelled and the village destroyed.

Following the war, the area was incorporated into the State of Israel. Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi described that the site of the village in 1992: "The site is fenced in with barbed wire and is overgrown in part by cactuses, especially where there is limestone soil, and by carob trees. No houses or rubble remains."

People from Ra'na

References

Bibliography

References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/273/mode/1up 273]
  2. Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PR19 xix], village #296. Also gives cause of depopulation
  3. Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p23.jpg 23]
  4. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Hebron/Page-050.jpg 50]
  5. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/119/mode/1up 119]
  6. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearc00smitgoog#page/n376/mode/1up 354]. Also cited in Khalidi, 1992, p. 221.
  7. Guérin, 1869, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongog02gu#page/107/mode/1up 197]
  8. Socin, 1879, p. [https://archive.org/stream/zeitschriftdesde01deut#page/158/mode/1up 158]
  9. Hartmann, 1883, p. [https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_BZobAQAAIAAJ#page/n951/mode/1up 143] also noted 8 houses
  10. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/415/mode/1up p.415]. Quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p.221
  11. Schick, 1896, p. [https://archive.org/stream/zeitschriftdesde19deut#page/n230/mode/1up 123]
  12. Khalidi, 1992, p. 221
  13. Barron, 1923, Table V, Sub-district of Hebron, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n12/mode/1up 10]
  14. Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 33]
  15. dunums]] of land was planted with [[cereal]]s, while 112 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. Grain was the dominant crop, but during the final year of the [[Mandatory Palestine
  16. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Hebron/Page-143.jpg 143]

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