Al-Hanajira (also Arab al-Hanajira, al-Hanajra or el-Hanajreh) was one of the five principal Bedouin tribes inhabiting the Negev Desert prior to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Its territory stretched north-south between Deir al-Balah and Gaza and east to the lands of the Tarabin bedouin,[1] straddling the Hejaz Railway line. Under the British Mandate, the territory was divided between its Gaza and Beersheba.[2] The largest clan was Abu Middein. In the 1931 British census of Palestine, Abu Middein numbered 1,419, Nuseirat numbered 1,104, Sumeiri 772, and al-Dawahra 461,[3] bringing the total to 3,735. By the summer of 1946 the population increased to 7,125. In 1981 the population living in the Gaza Strip was roughly 10,000.[4]
- ^ Israel Magazine. Spotlight Publications Ltd., 1969. vol. 2.
- ^ "Road Map or Roadblock? - Why International Law Matters, Palestinian Refugees and the 'Rules of the Road'", Al-Majdal. BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights. Issues 13-24, June 2003. p. 35.
- ^ 1931 British Mandate Census. p. 11.
- ^ Abu-Rabia, 2001, p. 131.
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