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Sha'ab ( ; ) is an Israeli-Arab town (a local council) in the North District of Israel. It has 5,442 dunams (6.4 km2) of land under its jurisdiction and in 2006 had a population 6,000.
It was captured by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on July 19, 1948 during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The villagers surrendered without a fight, and it was subsequently depopulated. It was found by the IDF's Ninth Brigade still to be inhabited in December 1948, and the residents were expelled on foot. It was later repopulated by the Israelis with Arabs expelled from elsewhere to prevent its inhabitants from returning.
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