A village called Tiferet Binyamin was established on lands purchased from Saham al - Jawlan by the Shavei Zion Association based in New York .
The project was abandoned after a year when the Turks issued an edict in 1896 evicting the 17 non-Turkish families .
A village called Tiferet Binyamin was established on lands purchased from Saham al - Jawlan by the Shavei Zion Association based in New York , but the project was abandoned after a year when the Turks issued an edict in 1896 evicting the 17 non-Turkish families .