Editing Shefa-Amr (section)

==== 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>