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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 24, 1948
Distance from district center	23 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	75 (meters)
Map location	See location number #21 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade	The Palmach's First Battalion
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed soon after occupation.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Zawiya has been ethnically cleansed as a result of psychological warfare conducted on the 24th of May 1948
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 3,797 Jewish 0 Public 161 Total 3,958
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Planted W/ Cereal 3,593 Built up 195 Cultivable 3,593 Non-Cultivable 161
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 590 1945 760 1948 882 Est. Refugees 1998 5,414
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 141 1948 210
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village was made of two neighborhoods on both banks of an irrigation canal that drew water from the Jordan
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	The settlement of Ne'ot Mordekhay is nearby village lands.
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
No landmarks, rubble, or other signs of al-Zawiya remain. The site has become part of the settlement's agricultural lands, and is now covered by cotton fields

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Clan/Hamolah

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