Al-Manara () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 1, 1948, by Jewish troops. It was located 5 km south of Tiberias.
History Al-Manara contains Khirbat al-Manara and Khirbat Sarjuna. Crusaders referred to al-Manara as Menan.
The site is identified with Kefar Menori (), a village mentioned in the Tosefta.
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted at el Menarah: "Ruined Arab houses, all basalt; no cisterns".Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 413
British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Manara had a population of 122; 121 Muslims and 1 Jew,Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Tiberias, p. 40 increasing in the 1931 census to 214 Muslims, in 33 houses.Mills, 1932, p. 83
In the 1944/1945 statistics it had total population of 490 Muslims, and together with the people of Nasir ad-Din they had 4,185 dunams of land. Of this, 4,172 dunams of land were used for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 123 while 13 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) area.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 173
1948, aftermath Al-Manara was depopulated in early March, 1948.
There are no Israeli settlement on village land, the closest is Poria Illit, located to the south of the site.Khalidi, 1992, p. 531 In 1992 the village site was described: "The site has been levelled and is strewn with pieces of black stone. At its northern edge are walls of dark stone, with doum palm trees growing in their midst. At the site, a sign (in Arabic, Hebrew, and English) reads: This is a historical site, please protect it."
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External links Welcome To al-Manara al-Manara, Zochrot Survey of Western Palestine, Map 6: IAA, Wikimedia commons