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20-520: Gaba or GABA may refer to: Places [ edit ] Gąba , a village in Poland Jaba', Haifa , a village near Mount Carmel, Israel also known as Gaba Jab'a , a village in the West Bank, southwest of Jerusalem, also known as Gaba Gaba, a Persian city located in what is now known as Isfahan Gaba, a suburb of Makindye , Kampala, Uganda, on

40-869: A Chadian politician and diplomat Biology [ edit ] γ-Aminobutyric acid or GABA, the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system GABA receptor , a proteinaceous signalling molecule Other uses [ edit ] Gabâ or gabaa (Philippines), the concept of negative karma among the Cebuano people Gába , a Sami magazine of Norway GABA tea , commonly used name for tea passed through anoxic fermentation Gaba Corporation , an English conversation school in Japan Gabapentin , an anticonvulsant medication GABA International, an oral care company owned by Colgate-Palmolive See also [ edit ] Gabba (disambiguation) Gabaa (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

60-467: A recess 5 feet 6 inches, with two parallel graves under one arcosolium placed like kokim with the feet to the chamber. This is therefore a transitional example. (Compare Sheikh Bureik ) There are several caves north of the village, and another tomb at the head of the valley forming the recess in which the village stands." In 1882, the SWP described it: "A small village in a recess on the hill-slope close to

80-506: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jaba%27, Haifa Emil Schürer , writing in 1891, identifies this site with a village featuring prominently in the writings of the Jewish historian, Josephus . In the late 1st century BCE, Herod the Great had built a village for his veteran cavalry, and, according to E. Schürer, called this town

100-625: The Theologische Literaturzeitung , which he edited with Adolf von Harnack from 1881 to 1910. He died after a long illness in 1910 in Göttingen . His elaborate work on the history of the Jews in the time of Christ , Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi (1886–1890; 4th edition 1901–1909), made him one of the best known of modern German scholars in Great Britain and

120-511: The 1922 census of Palestine Jaba had a population of 523; all Muslims , increasing in the 1931 census to 762; 2 Christians and the rest Muslim, in a total of 158 houses. In the 1945 statistics this had increased to 1,140, all Muslims with a total of 7,012 dunams of land. Of this, 450 dunums were plantations or irrigable land, 4,255 were for cereals , while 60 dunams were classified built-up, (urban), land. The site has several ancient ruins, including mosaics and tombs. Jaba

140-569: The Second truce of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , the Israeli cabinet discussed the three villages in "The Little Triangle". Ben-Gurion said that there was no need to hurry: "these villages are in our pocket [...] We can act against them also after the [reinstitution of the] truce. This will be a police action... They are not regarded as enemy forces as their area is ours [i.e., in Israel] and they are inhabitants of

160-524: The English Consul Rogers found the population to be 150 souls, with 18 feddans of cultivation. In 1873, the PEF 's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) visited and found: “There are two closed rock tombs in the ledge south of the village, and a third with a courtyard 14 feet square, sunk 2 feet ; two doors lead into chambers. One has three loculi , one on each wall ; the other has two loculi and

180-661: The city of horsemen . Archaeologist Benjamin Mazar , disputing Schürer in 1957, thought that Gaba of the Horsemen (Geba), mentioned by Josephus in The Jewish War 3.3.1 , ought to be identified with the ruin Ḫirbet el-Ḥârithîye (now Sha'ar HaAmakim ), since in relation to Simonias , it better fits Josephus ' description of Gaba / Gibea ( Greek : Γάβα ) in Vita § 24 being distant from Simonias 60 stadia (about 11 km.), in addition to

200-688: The fact that in relation to Besara ( Beit She'arin ), Gaba / Gibea ( Ḫirbet el-Ḥârithîye ) stood at a distance of only 20 stadia (about 4 km.) from Besara, also in agreement with Josephus. Jaba' was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, like all of Palestine . During the 16th and 17th centuries , Jaba' belonged to the Turabay Emirate (1517-1683), which encompassed also the Jezreel Valley , Haifa , Jenin , Beit She'an Valley , northern Jabal Nablus , Bilad al-Ruha/Ramot Menashe , and

220-565: The morning of the next day, the villages were found deserted. In September, 1948, when the UN demanded the right of the villagers to return, the Israelis said that the village had fired upon Jewish vehicles along a coast road, and therefore denied their return. Following the war the area was incorporated into the State of Israel . The moshav of Geva Carmel was established around one kilometer northwest of

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240-484: The northern part of the Sharon plain . In the 1596 tax registers , it was part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Jabal Atlit, part of the larger Sanjak of Lajjun . It had a population of 18 households, all Muslims . The inhabitants paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 7,800 akçe . In 1859,

260-452: The old village site, on village land. In 1992 the village site was described: "Piles of stone rubble can be seen on the site. A shrine still standing on an elevated part of it. Pine forests grow on the land in the vicinity, which is fenced in by barbed wire. Around the village are the remains of tombs. Parts of the site is used by Israelis as grazing land." Emil Sch%C3%BCrer Emil Schürer (2 May 1844 – 20 April 1910)

280-588: The plain ; the houses principally of stone. It has a good olive-yard on the west below the village, in which yard the Survey Camp was placed. The water-supply is from a well on the north-west, which has a wheel and troughs. The place seems ancient, having rock-cut tombs and caves. Jaba' had an elementary school for boys, which was founded by the Ottomans in 1885. In the British Mandate of Palestine period, in

300-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gaba . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaba&oldid=1246399631 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

320-696: The shores of Lake Victoria Gaba railway station on the Chinese Qingzang Railway People [ edit ] Pratik Gaba , Nightlife promoter in Mumbai,India Hiten Gaba , A Indian Cricker Gaba Kulka , Polish artist Harold Gaba , American businessman Lester Gaba , a US sculptor, writer and retail display designer Marianne Gaba , a US model Milan Gába , a former Czechoslovak slalom canoeist Millind Gaba , Indian musician and celebrity Mo Gaba , American sports superfan and radio personality Pierre Toura Gaba (1920–1998),

340-474: The state...[and] these villages do not represent a military danger." The second truce, beginning on the 18 July, was not violated by the villagers. According to Meron Benvenisti , IDF actions over course of the Second Truce were concentrated on "cleansing" small clusters of Arab villages located in "strategic" areas. Ja'ba was depopulated along with two other villages ( Ijzim and 'Ayn Ghazal ) located on

360-526: The western slopes of the Carmel mountains between July 24 and 26. A week after the start of the truce , Israel undertook Operation Shoter ("Operation Policeman"), with the aim of conquering the "Little Triangle" villages. The operation was executed by a combination of brigades from the Israel Defense Forces and the military police. On July 25, street fighting was reported from Ayn Ghazal and Ja'ba. On

380-550: Was a German Protestant theologian known mainly for his study of the history of the Jews around the time of Jesus ' ministry. Schürer was born in Augsburg . After studying at the universities of Erlangen , Berlin and Heidelberg from 1862 to 1866, he became in 1873 professor extraordinarius at Leipzig . Later on, he served as professor ordinarius at the universities of Giessen (from 1878), Kiel (from 1890) and Göttingen (from 1895 to 1910). In 1876 he founded and edited

400-467: Was in the territory allotted to the Jewish state under the 1947 UN Partition Plan . During the war the militia from the village fired on Jewish vehicles along the essential coast road. In early June 1948, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) report shows that Ja'ba, together with Ijzim and Ayn Ghazal , were asking the IDF, "to open negotiation for surrender." Nothing resulted from the request. On 14 July, before

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