Tuba-Zangariyye

Tuba-Zangariyye or Tuba az-Zanghariyya (Arabic: طوبه زنغرية, Hebrew: טוּבָּא-זַנְגָרִיָה) is a Bedouin town in the Northern District of Israel.

Populated by the Bedouin tribe of El Heib, Tuba is situated near Kfar Hanassi, overlooking the Jordan River,[2] and sits 250 meters above sea level.

[dubious – discuss] The Bedouins of Tuba had long standing ties with the nearby Jewish communities and helped defend them in the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.

During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the inhabitants formed an alliance with the Haganah, defending Jewish communities in the Upper Galilee against Syria.

Most of the inhabitants who fled the two villages prior to their captures, moved eastward into Syria or in the case of many al-Zangariyye residents, to Tuba.

[4] In 1948, Sheik Hussein Mohammed Ali Abu Yussef of Tuba said: "Is it not written in the Koran that the ties of neighbors are as dear as those of relations?

[11][12][13] Village youths responded by setting fire to the local council building and spraying the facades of a community sports center and health clinic with bullets.

[18] He decided to resign in January 2012, months after a riot due to an arson at a town mosque committed by Jewish extremists.

The event was organized in conjunction with the Royal Hashemite Stables and top riders from Jordan came to Israel to participate.

Saleh Abdalah, was chosen to light a torch at the main ceremony on Israel Independence Day as an outstanding soldier and a local police volunteer.

Sign at the entrance of Tuba-Zangariya