Majd al-Krum

Majd al-Krum (,  Majd al-Kurum) is an Arab toun locatit in the Upper Galilee in Israel's North Destrict aboot 16 kilometer (10 mile) east o Acre. The name o the veelage translates tae "Vineyard o Glory," reflectin the toun's fame for the quality o its grape vines.Asser, Martin. Inside a Palestinian refugee camp. BBC News. 2008-05-17. The toun is entirely inhabitit bi Muslims. In 2009 it haed a population o roughly 13,500.

History
Majd al-Krum's name probably comes frae the "watch-hoose o the vineyard" in Arabic.Palmer, 1881, p. 52 Majd al-Kurum receives it name for its history o growin grapes. Auncient ruins (locatit on the ootskirts o the toun), consistin o pits biggit intae the rocks whare the residents uised thair feet tae press thair grape crop tae mak wine.

In 1596 Majd al-Krum appeared in Ottoman tax registers as bein in the Nahiya o Akka o the Liwa o Safad. It haed a population o 90 Muslim hoosehaulds includin five bachelors an paid taxes on wheat, barley, olives or fruit trees, cotton, an goats or beehives. In the late 19t century, it wis describit as a veelage biggit o stane an surroondit bi olive trees an arable land. It wis inhabitit bi 600–800 Muslims.Conder an Kitchener,   1881, SWP, p. 150

At the time o the 1931 census, Majd al-Krum haed 226 occupee'd hooses an a population o 1,006 Muslims. Bi 1945, Majd al-Kurum haed 1,400 indwallers, aw classifee'd as Arabs. Thay awned a tot o 17,828 dunams o land, while 2214 dunams wur public property.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in S. Hadawi, Village Statistics, 1945. PLO Research Center, 1970 p.40 

Majd al-Krum wis captured bi Israeli forces in October 1948. In the 1960s Israel confiscatit a lairge percentage o land frae Majd al-Krum tae form the ceety o Karmiel. The toun wis made a local cooncil in 1964. On the ootskirts o toun ane can see auncient ruins consistin o pits biggit intae the rocks whare the auncient residents uised thair feet tae press thair grape crop tae mak wine.

In 2003 Majd al-Krum alang wi the nearbi local cooncils o Deir al-Asad an Bi'ina mergit tae form the ceety o Shaghur.Gutterman, Dov. Local Council of Majd el-Kurum (Israel) . Flags of th World. Durin the 2006 Lebanon War, ower 40 Katyusha rockets landit in the vicinity o Shaghur, wi the nearbi ceety o Karmiel bein the apparent target. Twa men frae Majd al-Krum, Baha' Karim an Muhammad Subhi Mana', wur killed when a rocket struck near them.Civilians under assault, Case Studies: Karmiel, Majd al-Kurum and Deir al-Assad Human Rights Watch. August 2007. Shaghur wis later dissolvit in 2009.Table 1 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 2,500 Residents. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (ICBS). 2009.

References

Bibliography

Conder, Claude Reignier an  H.H. Kitchener  (1881): The Survey of Western Palestine: memoirs of the topography, orography, hydrography, and archaeology. Lunnon:Committee o the Palestine Exploration Fund. vol 1, cairt III
   pp. 167- 169

Category:Local cooncils in Israel
Category:Northren Destrict (Israel)
Category:Arab localities in Israel