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Lots of talk lately about Yavne as a place in the distant Jewish past or as a Jewish idea, but it's worth remembering that Yavne didn't stop existing 1900 years ago.
It continued to exist as an Arab village, Yibna, shown here during the British Mandate
http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?id=99838&folder_id=19116&type_id=&loc_id=15784
It continued to exist as an Arab village, Yibna, shown here during the British Mandate
http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?id=99838&folder_id=19116&type_id=&loc_id=15784
Yibna was depopulated in 1948 during the war and then bulldozed.
The minaret of the mosque is almost the only thing left standing in the village.
(Shown on the right in 2012)
The minaret of the mosque is almost the only thing left standing in the village.
(Shown on the right in 2012)
Just outside Yibna is a famous shrine to Abu Hurayra (one of the companions of Muhammad), built or renovated by the Mamluk sultan Baybars in the 13th century.
Here it is during the Mandate, along with inscriptions on the cenotaph inside.
http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=19116&type_id=&id=99836
Here it is during the Mandate, along with inscriptions on the cenotaph inside.
http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=19116&type_id=&id=99836
From the medieval period on the shrine was shared with Jews, who identified it as the tomb of Rabban Gamliel.
The shrine still stands, but with the local Arabs removed it is revered solely as the tomb of Gamliel today
(Here shown in 2012)
The shrine still stands, but with the local Arabs removed it is revered solely as the tomb of Gamliel today
(Here shown in 2012)
Yibna itself isn't so important for a discussion of a possible binational state or other just solutions to the treatment of Palestinians
But its absence does seem a fitting symbol of how even well-meaning plans leave Palestinians out of their own story. https://jewishcurrents.org/yavne-a-jewish-case-for-equality-in-israel-palestine/
But its absence does seem a fitting symbol of how even well-meaning plans leave Palestinians out of their own story. https://jewishcurrents.org/yavne-a-jewish-case-for-equality-in-israel-palestine/
Again, we might think about this a little differently when we realize that Yavne didn't stop existing 1900 years ago, and that Palestinians were forced out of that same "dusty coastal village" in 1948.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/belief/articles/memory-malpractice-beinart
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/belief/articles/memory-malpractice-beinart