Arabic عرب العريضه Subdistrict Baysan Area 700 dunams
2.3 km² Date of depopulation 20 May 1948 | Also spelled Arab al-Areeda Palestine grid 198/205 Current locality Sde Eliyahu | |
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Cause(s) of depopulation Influence of nearby town's fall | ||
Arab al-'Arida (Arabic: عرب العريضه), is a depopulated former Palestinian Arab village and 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) south of the city of Beit She'an. It is the site of the modern kibbutz Sde Eliyahu.
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History
It stood on the Tell al-Ru'yan and Tell al-Qurud sites.
In the 1931 census it had a population of 182, all Muslims, in a total of 38 houses.
In 1945 it had a population of 150 Muslims and held 700 dunams of land. In 1944/45 a total of 600 dunums of village land was used for cereals, while 100 dunams were classed as uncultivable.
1948 and aftermath
It was captured by Israel's Golani Brigade during Operation Gideon on May 20, 1948.
The settlement of Sde Eliyahu, established in 1939, is east of the village site on village land. The Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, described the village remains in 1992: "No traces are left of the village. The whole village site is planted in wheat. The archaeological site, Tall al-Ru'yan, has been transformed into a garbage dump."