planted with apple trees; the spring provides drinking water for cattle. Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, has publicly recalled on occasion the fate of Qadas and the other Metawali villages in his references to the 1948 annexation of several Lebanese villages, the expulsion of their residents, the expropriation of their property and the destruction of their homes. The Lebanese government demands the return of the village. See also Shia villages in Palestine Tel Kedesh References Bibliography (SWP I, pp. 226-227) (p. 70) External links Welcome the Qadas Qadas, Zochrot Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4: IAA, SWP Wikimedia commons Qadas, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center Villages of Palestine - Qadas, Dr. Khalil Rizk District of Safad Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War