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Ras Ali (Arabic: رأس علي, Hebrew: ראס עלי) is an Arab village in northern Israel. Located to the south of Shefa-'Amr, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 783.[1]
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History
[edit]The village was founded in 1927. Its initial residents are thought to have come from the villages of Haris al-Majdal and Kufritta,[2] who returned to the area after their land was bought from the Lebanese Sursock family in 1925.[3]
In the 1945 statistics Ras Ali was counted among Shefa-'Amr suburbs, and it was noted with a population of 80 Muslims.[4][5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ David Grossman (1994) הכפר הערבי ובנותיו [The Arab Village and its Daughters], p71
- ^ Grossman, pp67–68
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 15
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 49
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 92
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 142
Bibliography
[edit]- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). "Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine". Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.