Rumat al-Heib explained

Rumat al-Heib
Arname:رُمة الهـَيـْب
Founded:1920s
District:north
Council:Al-Batuf
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Coordinates:32.7775°N 35.3072°W

Rumat al-Heib (Arabic: رُمة الهـَيـْب; Hebrew: רומת אל-הייב) is a Bedouin village in northern Israel. Located near Nazareth in the Lower Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of the al-Batuf Regional Council. In its population was .

History

British Mandate era

The village was established at the beginning of the 1920s by members of the Arab al-Heib tribe and was originally named after the family.

In the 1931 census the population was counted with nearby Rumana, and together they had 197 inhabitants; 195 Muslims and 2 Christians, in a total of 36 houses.[1]

1948, Israel

.In 2007, there were tensions between the village and the nearby moshav of Tzippori, with the Bedouins accused of cattle rustling.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Mills, 1932, p. 75
  2. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/939403.html New version of old self-defense group guards Jewish farmlands