Editing Shefa-Amr (section)

=== Israel ===
==== 20th century ====
In 1948 Shefa-Amr was captured by the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli Army]] during the first phase of [[Operation Dekel]], from 8 to 14 July. The Druze population actively cooperated with the IDF. The Muslim quarter was heavily shelled and thousands of inhabitants fled to [[Saffuriya|Saffuriyeh]]. Following the fall of Nazareth some of the refugees were allowed to return to their homes.<ref>[[Benny Morris|Morris]], 1987, pp. 199, 200, 202</ref> After the end of the war, the Arab population was placed under [[Martial law#Israel|strict martial law]] until 1967.

Ibraheem Nimr Hussein, a former mayor of Shefa-Amr, was chairman of the Committee of Arab Mayors in Israel (later the Arab Follow-Up Committee) from its inception in 1975. In 1981 an [[NGO]] to promote health care in the Arab community was set up in Shefa-Amr. It called itself ''{{ill|The Galilee Society|qid=Q6573412}}'' - the Arab National Society for Health Research and Services.<ref>[[Ilan Pappe|Pappe, Ilan]] (2011) ''The Forgotten Palestinians. A History of the Palestinians in Israel.'' Yale. {{ISBN|978-0-300-13441-4}}. p.198</ref> In 1982, following the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Mayor Ibrahim Nimr Husayn formed the "Supreme Follow-Up Committee" based on a committee that had been formed following [[Land Day]]. It consisted of 11 heads of local councils as well as Arab Members of Knesset. By the 1990s the committee, meeting in Nazareth, had expanded and become a mini-parliament representing Palestinians in the Galilee.<ref>Pappe. p.146</ref>

==== 21st century ====
[[File:Orsan Yasen 01.jpg|upright=.8|thumb|Orsan Yasen, mayor of Shefa-Amr (2018-2024)<ref name="ListOfMayors">{{cite web |trans-title=Former Mayors |title=رؤساء بلدية سابقون |url=https://shefaram.muni.il/ar/CmsPage/Page?pageId=1405 |website=Shfar'am municipal website |access-date=2024-07-18 |language=ar}}</ref>]]
On 16 May 2004, Whehebe Moheen, a man in his sixties, murdered Manal Najeeb Abu Raed, his widowed daughter-in-law, wife of his son, and mother of his two granddaughters.<ref name=sulha>{{cite web |url=http://www.sulha.org/2009/03/04/sulha-in-shefaram/ |title=Sulha in Shefaamer « Sulha Research Center |website=www.sulha.org |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522172229/http://www.sulha.org/2009/03/04/sulha-in-shefaram/ |archive-date=2011-05-22}}</ref> Manal had lost her husband to cancer two years earlier, and was living in the couple's home, in the Druze village of [[Daliat El Carmel]], near Haifa. Following this event there was conflict between the families of the victim and of the killer. The final reconciliation took place on 27 February 2009, when about 300 family members, dignitaries and residents of the mixed city of Shefa-Amr and Daliyat al-Carmel participated in the reconciliation ritual.<ref name=sulha/> They gathered, along with Christian and Muslim dignitaries, including mayors of the two towns involved, [[Knesset]] members (Druze and Muslim), the religious leader of Israel's Druze community, and a sizable contingent of Druze religious leaders from many villages in northern Israel.<ref name=sulha/> Following the speeches, the dignitaries signed the ''sulha'' (reconciliation) agreement, and after the document was declared officially endorsed, the killer's family handed the leader of the ''sulha'' committee, Sheikh [[Muafak Tarif]], a bag containing the blood money (''diya'') compensation, and Tarif handed the bag to cousins of the murdered woman.<ref name=sulha/> The bag contained 200,000 NIS (about [[US$]]50,000), about half what a "normal" conciliation payment would be, but the killer's family refused to bring more money, claiming that they had no resources, and were not prepared to make themselves bankrupt because of a "crazy" uncle.<ref name=sulha/>

On 4 August 2005, an Israeli soldier who was [[absent without leave]], [[Eden Natan-Zada]], opened fire while aboard a bus in the city, killing four Arab residents and wounding twenty-two others. After the shooting, Natan-Zada was overcome by nearby crowds, [[lynched]] and beaten with rocks. According to witnesses, the bus driver was surprised to see a ''[[kippah]]''-wearing Jewish soldier making his way to Shefa-Amr via public bus, so inquired of Natan-Zada whether he was certain he wanted to take his current route. The four fatalities were two sisters in their early twenties, Hazar and Dina Turki, and two men, bus driver Michel Bahouth and Nader Hayek. In the days following the attack, 40,000 people attended mass funeral services for the victims. The sisters were buried in an Islamic cemetery and the men were buried in the Catholic cemetery. The wounded were taken to [[Rambam Hospital]] in Haifa. The Shefa-Amr municipality established a monument to commemorate the victims.<ref>{{ Cite book
| first=Tamir| last=Sorek
| title=Palestinian Commemoration in Israel: Calendars, Monuments, and Martyrs
| publisher=Stanford University Press
| year=2015
| isbn=9780804795203
| location=Stanford, CA 
| url=http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=23855
}}, p. 109</ref>

In January 2008, Mayor Ursan Yassin met with officials of the Israeli state committee on the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of independence, and announced that Shefa-Amr intended to take part in the celebrations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3501480,00.html|title=Arab town plans big celebration for Israel's Independence Day|work=ynet|date=February 2008|last1=Roffe-Ofir |first1=Sharon }}</ref> In 2011, 7,000 Christians, Druze and Muslims held a solidarity march in [[Persecution of Christians in Iraq|support of Christians in Iraq]] and [[Persecution of Copts|Egypt]] who were suffering from religious persecution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=204034|title=Shfaram: 7,000 march in solidarity with Christians|work=The Jerusalem Post - JPost.com|date=23 November 2011 }}</ref>

On November 18, 2024, a [[Hezbollah]] rocket struck a residential building in the city, killing a woman in her 50s and causing injuries to 56 others, including 18 children and teenagers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Hezbollah rocket kills woman in Shfaram, wounds dozens |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-829732 |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en}}</ref>