Rumat al-Heib

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Rumat al-Heib is a Bedouin village in northern Israel. Located near Nazareth in the Lower Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of the al-Batuf Regional Council. In its population was.

History

British Mandate era

The village was established at the beginning of the 1920s by members of the Arab al-Heib tribe and was originally named after the family. In the 1931 census the population was counted with nearby Rumana, and together they had 197 inhabitants; 195 Muslims and 2 Christians, in a total of 36 houses.

1948, Israel

. In 2007, there were tensions between the village and the nearby moshav of Tzippori, with the Bedouins accused of cattle rustling.

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