Sha'ab, Israel

Sha'ab (; ) is an Israeli-Arab town (a local council) in the North District of Israel. It has 5,442 dunams (6.4 km²) of land under its jurisdiction and in 2006 had a population 6,000.
It was captured by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on July 19, 1948 during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The villagers surrendered without a fight,Morris 2004, p. 423 and it was subsequently depopulated. It was found by the IDF's Ninth Brigade still to be inhabited in December 1948, and the residents were expelled on foot.Morris 2004, p. 514 It was later repopulated by the Israelis with Arabs expelled from elsewhere to prevent its inhabitants from returning.Morris 2004, p. 536
==See also==
*List of Arab localities in Israel
*List of Arab towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
==Notes==
==References==
*Morris, Benny. Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Category:Local councils in Israel
Category:Arab localities in Israel
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