Ras Ali Explained

Ras Ali
Arname:	Arabic: رأس علي
Foundation:	1927
District:	haifa
Council:	Zevulun
Pushpin Map:	Israel haifa#Israel
Pushpin Mapsize:	250
Coordinates:	32.7722°N 35.1553°W

Ras Ali (ar|رأس علي, he|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 it had a population of .

History

The village was founded in 1927. Its initial residents are thought to have come from the villages of Haris al-Majdal and Kufritta,^[1] who returned to the area after their land was bought from the Lebanese Sursock family in 1925.^[2]

In the 1945 statistics Ras Ali was counted among Shefa-'Amr suburbs, and it was noted with a population of 80 Muslims.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Bibliography

• Book: Village Statistics, April, 1945 . Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. 1945.
• Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. S.. Hadawi. Sami Hadawi. 1970. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.

External links

• Welcome To Kh. Ras Ali

Notes and References

1. David Grossman (1994) הכפר הערבי ובנותיו [''The Arab Village and its Daughters''], p71
2. Grossman, pp67–68
3. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 15
4. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 49
5. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 92
6. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 142