List of villages depopulated during the Arab-Israeli conflict

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Below is a list of villages depopulated during the Arab-Israeli conflict, many of them during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. During the fighting Jews have left areas overtaken by Arabs and Arabs have left areas over taken by Jews. As a result hundreds villages were abandoned by their inhabitants. Most abandoned villages were Arab.^[1]

Contents 1 1921 Jaffa riots 2 1929 Palestine riots 2.1 Jewish villages 3 1936 Arab Revolt 3.1 Jewish villages 4 1948 Arab-Israeli War 4.1 Jewish villages 4.1.1 In areas that later became the State of Israel 4.1.2 In areas that later became the West Bank (occupied by Jordanian forces) 4.1.3 Gaza Strip 4.2 Arab villages 4.2.1 District of Acre 4.2.2 District of Baysan 4.2.3 District of Beersheba 4.2.4 District of Gaza 4.2.5 District of Haifa 4.2.6 District of Hebron 4.2.7 District of Jaffa 4.2.8 District of Jerusalem 4.2.9 District of Jenin 4.2.10 District of Nazareth 4.2.11 District of al-Ramla 4.2.12 District of Safad 4.2.13 District of Tiberias 4.2.14 District of Tulkarm 5 Six-Day War 6 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty 7 1989 8 Second Intifada 9 See also 10 Notes 11 References 12 External links

[edit] 1921 Jaffa riots

• Jewish population left Jaffa

[edit] 1929 Palestine riots

[edit] Jewish villages

• Bayit VaGan
• Giv'on HaHadashah
• Jewish Quarter of Hebron
• Kfar Ata
• Ramat Rachel

[edit] 1936 Arab Revolt

[edit] Jewish villages

• Kfar Shiloah (now part of Jerusalem)
• the Yemenite Village neighborhood in Silwan
• Kfar Etzion

[edit] 1948 Arab-Israeli War

[edit] Jewish villages

Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem were abandoned following the 1948 Jordanian capture. It and some others on the list have been re-settled since the Six-Day War.

[edit] In areas that later became the State of Israel

• Beit Yosef
• Hartuv
• Masada
• Mishmar HaYarden
• Sha'ar HaGolan (depopulated but soon repopulated)
• Yad Binyamin

[edit] In areas that later became the West Bank (occupied by Jordanian forces)

• Atarot (now part of Jerusalem)
• Beit HaArava
• Ein Tzurim
• Kalia
• Kfar Etzion
• Masuot Yitzhak
• Neve Yaakov (now part of Jerusalem)
• Revadim
• Silwan (now part of Jerusalem)
• Jewish Quarter in the old city of Jerusalem.

[edit] Gaza Strip

• Kfar Darom (re-settled but evacuated as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan of 2005)

[edit] Arab villages

Villages are arranged according to the pre-1948 British Mandate subdistrict they were situated in. The list does not include Arab districts of mixed cities which were partly or wholly depopulated, among them Haifa, Lod, Ramla, Safad, Ashdod (Isdud), Ashkelon (Majdal) and Bet Shean (Beisan), which all had majority Arab populations before the war. 422 villages are listed.

[edit] District of Acre

al-Amqa Arab al-Samniyya al-Bassa al-Birwa al-Damun Dayr al-Qassi al-Ghabisiyya Iqrit Iribbin, Khirbat Jiddin, Khirbat

al-Kabri Kafr Bir'im Kafr 'Inan Kuwaykat al-Manshiyya al-Mansura Mi'ar al-Nabi Rubin al-Nahr al-Ruways

Suhmata al-Sumayriyya Suruh al-Tall Tarbikha Umm al-Faraj al-Zeeb

[edit] District of Baysan

Arab al-'Arida Arab al-Bawati Arab al-Safa al-Ashrafiyya al-Bira Danna Farwana al-Fatur al-Ghazzawiyya al-Hamidiyya

al-Hamra Jabbul Kafra Kawkab al-Hawa al-Khunayzir Masil al-Jizl al-Murassas Qumya al-Sakhina al-Samiriyya

Sirin Tall al-Shawk al-Taqa, Khirbat al-Tira Umm 'Ajra Umm Sabuna, Khirbat Yubla Zab'a al-Zawiya, Khirbat

[edit] District of Beersheba

• al-Imara
• al-Jammama
• al-Khalasa

[edit] District of Gaza

Arab Suqrir Barbara Barqa al-Batani al-Gharbi al-Batani al-Sharqi Beit Daras Bayt 'Affa Bayt Jirja Bayt Tima Bil'in Burayr Dayr Sunayd Dimra al-Faluja Hamama

Hatta Hiribya Huj Hulayqat Ibdis Iraq al-Manshiyya Iraq Suwaydan Isdud al-Jaladiyya al-Jiyya Julis al-Jura Jusayr Karatiyya Kawfakha

Kawkaba al-Khisas al-Masmiyya al-Kabira al-Masmiyya al-Saghira al-Muharraqa Najd Ni'ilya Qastina al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya Simsim Summil Tall al-Turmus Yasur

[edit] District of Haifa

Abu Shusha Abu Zurayq Arab al-Fuqara Arab al-Nufay'at Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri Atlit Ayn Ghazal Ayn Hawd Balad al-Shaykh Barrat Qisarya Burayka al-Burj, Khirbat al-Butaymat Daliyat al-Rawha' al-Dumun, Khirbat al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa al-Ghubayya al-Tahta Hawsha

Ijzim Jaba' al-Jalama Kabara al-Kafrayn Kafr Lam al-Kasayir, Khirbat Khubbayza Lid, Khirbat al-Manara, Khirbat al-Mansi al-Mansura, Khirbat al-Mazar al-Naghnaghiyya Qannir Qira Qisarya Qumbaza, Khirbat

al-Rihaniyya Sabbarin al-Sarafand al-Sarkas, Khirbat Sa'sa', Khirbat al-Sawamir al-Shuna, Khirbat al-Sindiyana al-Tantura al-Tira Umm al-Shawf Umm al-Zinat Wa'arat al-Sarris Wadi Ara (village) Yajur

[edit] District of Hebron

Ajjur Barqusya Bayt Jibrin Bayt Nattif al-Dawayima Dayr al-Dubban

Dayr Nakhkhas Kudna Mughallis al-Qris Horkins al-Qubayba Ra'na

Tall al-Safi Umm Burj, Khirbat az-Zakariyya Zayta

[edit] District of Jaffa

al-'Abbasiyya Abu Kishk Bayt Dajan Biyar 'Adas Fajja al-Haram Ijlil al-Qibliyya Ijlil al-Shamaliyya

al-Jammasin al-Gharbi al-Jammasin al-Sharqi Jarisha Kafr 'Ana al-Khayriyya al-Mas'udiyya al-Mirr al-Muwaylih

Rantiya al-Safiriyya Salama Saqiya al-Sawalima al-Shaykh Muwannis Yazur

[edit] District of Jerusalem

Allar Aqqur Artuf Bayt 'Itab Bayt Mahsir Bayt Naqquba Bayt Thul Bayt Umm al-Mays Bir Nabala al-Burayj Colonia Dayr Aban Dayr 'Amr Dayr al-Hawa

Dayr Rafat Dayr al-Shaykh Deir Yassin Ein Karim Ishwa' Islin Ism Allah, Khirbat Jarash al-Jura Kasla al-Lawz, Khirbat Lifta al-Maliha Nitaf

al-Qabu al-Qastal Ras Abu 'Ammar Sar'a Saris Sataf Sheikh Badr Suba Sufla al-Tannur, Khirbat al-'Umur, Khirbat al-Walaja

[edit] District of Jenin

• Ayn al-Mansi
• al-Jawfa, Khirbat
• al-Lajjun
• al-Mazar
• Nuris
• Zir'in

[edit] District of Nazareth

• Indur
• Ma'lul
• al-Mujaydil
• Saffuriyya
• al-Subeih

[edit] District of al-Ramla

Abu al-Fadl Abu Shusha Ajanjul Aqir Barfiliya al-Barriyya Bashshit Bayt Far, Khirbat Bayt Jiz Bayt Nabala Bayt Shanna Bayt Susin Bir Ma'in Bir Salim al-Burj al-Buwayra, Khirbat Daniyal Dayr Abu Salama Dayr Ayyub Dayr Muhaysin

Dayr Tarif al-Duhayriyya, Khirbat al-Haditha Idnibba Innaba Jilya Jimzu Kharruba al-Khayma Khulda al-Kunayyisa al-Latrun al-Maghar Majdal Yaba al-Mansura, Ramla al-Mukhayzin al-Muzayri'a al-Na'ani an-Nabi Rubin Qatra

Qazaza al-Qubab al-Qubayba Qula Sajad Salbit Sarafand al-'Amar Sarafand al-Kharab Saydun Shahma Shilta al-Tina al-Tira Umm Kalkha Wadi Hunayn Yibna Zakariyya, Khirbat Zarnuqa

[edit] District of Safad

Abil al-Qamh al-'Abisiyya Alma Ammuqa Arab al-Shamalina Arab al-Zubayd Ayn al-Zaytun Baysamun Biriyya al-Butayha al-Buwayziyya Dallata al-Dawwara Dayshum al-Dirbashiyya al-Dirdara Fara al-Farradiyya Fir'im Ghabbatiyya Ghuraba al-Hamra' Harrawi Hunin al-Husayniyya Jahula

al-Ja'una Jubb Yusuf Kafr Bir'im al-Khalisa Khan al-Duwayr Karraza, Khirbat al-Khisas Khiyam al-Walid Kirad al-Baqqara Kirad al-Ghannama Lazzaza Madahil al-Malikiyya Mallaha al-Manshiyya al-Mansura, Safad Mansurat al-Khayt Marus Mirun al-Muftakhira Mughr al-Khayt al-Muntar, Khirbat al-Nabi Yusha' al-Na'ima Qabba'a Qadas

Qaddita Qaytiyya al-Qudayriyya al-Ras al-Ahmar Sabalan Safsaf Saliha al-Salihiyya al-Sammu'i al-Sanbariyya Sa'sa' al-Shawka al-Tahta al-Shuna Taytaba Tulayl al-'Ulmaniyya al-'Urayfiyya al-Wayziyya Yarda al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta al-Zanghariyya al-Zawiya al-Zuq al-Fawqani al-Zuq al-Tahtani

[edit] District of Tiberias

Awlam al-Dalhamiyya Ghuwayr Abu Shusha Hadatha al-Hamma Hittin Kafr Sabt Lubya Ma'dhar

al-Majdal al-Manara al-Manshiyya al-Mansura, Tiberias Nasir al-Din Nimrin al-Nuqayb Samakh al-Samakiyya

al-Samra al-Shajara al-Tabigha al-'Ubaydiyya Wadi al-Hamam al-Wa'ra al-Sawda', Khirbat Yaquq

[edit] District of Tulkarm

Bayt Lid, Khirbat Bayyarat Hannun Fardisya Ghabat Kafr Sur al-Jalama Kafr Saba

al-Majdal, Khirbat al-Manshiyya Miska Qaqun Raml Zayta Tabsur

Umm Khalid Wadi al-Hawarith Wadi Qabbani al-Zababida, Khirbat Zalafa, Khirbat

[edit] Six-Day War

Three Arab villages located in the Latrun Corridor were destroyed based on the orders of Yitzhak Rabin due to the corridor's strategic location and route to Jerusalem and because of the residents' alleged aiding of Egyptian commandos in their attack on the city of Lod. The residents of the three villages received compensation but were not allowed to return.^[2]

The villages are the following.

• Beit Nuba
• Imwas
• Yalu

In addition to the villages abandoned in the West Bank during the Six-Day War, over 100,000 Golan Heights residents abandoned about 25 villages whether on orders of the Syrian government or the fear of an attack by the Israeli Defense Forces.

[edit] 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty

• Atzmona
• Ofira
• Yamit

[edit] 1989

• Nelson Village

[edit] Second Intifada

A direct result of the Second Intifada^{[citation needed]} (on going as of 2008) was Israel's unilateral disengagement plan and subsequent retreat from the Gaza Strip and the abandonment of twenty-one civilian Israeli settlements as well as area in the northern West Bank containing four Israeli villages. The residential buildings were destroyed by Israel and only the public structures were left intact. The religious structures not removed by Israel were later destroyed by the Palestinians.

In the Gaza Strip (all 21 settlements, as well as Bedouin village):
Bedolah Bnei Atzmon (Atzmona) Dahaniyya (Bedouin) Dugit Elei Sinai Gadid Gan Or	Ganei Tal Katif Kfar Darom Kfar Yam Kerem Atzmona Morag	Neveh Dekalim Netzarim Netzer Hazani Nisanit Pe'at Sade Rafiah Yam	Slav Shirat Hayam Tel Katifa
In the West Bank (4 settlements):
Kadim	Ganim	Homesh	Sa-Nur

[edit] See also

• Palestinian refugee camps
• Jewish exodus from Arab lands
• List of Israeli military operations in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
• List of massacres committed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
• Category:Villages depopulated during the Arab-Israeli conflict and its sub-categories

v • d • e Arab-Israeli conflict v • d • e Participants in the Arab-Israeli conflict Governments  Egypt •  Iraq •  Israel •  Jordan •  Lebanon •  Palestinian National Authority •  Saudi Arabia •  Syria •  Yemen Active organizations Amal • al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades •  Arab League • Arab Liberation Front •  Ba'ath Party •  Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine • Fatah • Guardians of the Cedars •  Hamas •  Hezbollah • Jaish al-Islam • Kataeb • Lebanese Forces • Palestinian Islamic Jihad • Palestine Liberation Front • Palestine Liberation Organisation • Palestinian Popular Struggle Front •  Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine • Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command • Popular Resistance Committees • as-Saiqa Former South Lebanon Army • Arab Higher Committee • Arab Liberation Army • Holy War Army • Irgun (Etzel) • Lehi • Black Hand • Black September •  Mandate of Palestine Other Governments  Iran •  Norway •  Turkey •  Russia •  United Kingdom •  United States Other Organizations  European Union • United Nations •  Organization of the Islamic Conference Former States  Soviet Union •  United Arab Republic v • d • e Arab-Israeli conflict individual participants Lester B. Pearson • Abd al-Hakim Amer • Hosni Mubarak • Gamal Abdel Nasser • Anwar Sadat • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ali Khamenei • Ruhollah Khomeini • Faisal I • Saddam Hussein • Ehud Barak • Menachem Begin • David Ben-Gurion • Moshe Dayan • Levi Eshkol • Golda Meir • Benjamin Netanyahu • Ehud Olmert • Shimon Peres • Yitzhak Rabin • Yitzhak Shamir • Ariel Sharon • Chaim Weizmann • King Abdullah I • King Abdullah II • King Hussein • Emile Lahoud • Hassan Nasrallah • Fouad Siniora • Mona Juul • Johan Jørgen Holst • Terje Rød-Larsen • Mahmoud Abbas • Yasser Arafat • Marwan Barghouti • George Habash • Ismail Haniya • Amin al-Husayni • Khaled Mashal • Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi • Ahmed Shukeiri • Ahmed Yassin • King Abdulaziz (Ibn Saud) • King Abdullah • King Fahd • King Faisal • Folke Bernadotte • Hafez al-Assad • Bashar al-Assad • Shukri al-Quwatli • Salah Jadid • Ernest Bevin • Arthur Balfour • Tony Blair • Richard Crossman • Madeleine Albright • Ralph Bunche • George H. W. Bush • George W. Bush • Jimmy Carter • Bill Clinton • Henry Kissinger • Ronald Reagan • Condoleezza Rice • Dennis Ross • Harry S. Truman • Cyrus R. Vance v • d • e Arab-Israeli conflict engagements 1920 Palestine riots • 1921 Jaffa riots • 1929 Palestine riots • 1936–1939 Arab revolt • 1947 Jerusalem riots • 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandate Palestine • 1948 Arab-Israeli War • 1950s terrorism against Israel • 1953 Qibya massacre • 1956 Suez Crisis • 1966 Samu Incident • 1967 Six-Day War • 1968–1970 War of Attrition • 1972 Munich Olympics massacre • 1972 Operation Wrath of God • 1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon • 1973 Yom Kippur War • 1975–1990 Lebanese Civil War • 1976 Operation Entebbe • 1978 South Lebanon conflict • 1981 Operation Opera • 1982 Lebanon War • 1982–2000 South Lebanon conflict • 1985 Operation Wooden Leg • 1987–1990 First Intifada • 1991 Gulf War • 1993 Operation Accountability • 1993-present Palestinian suicide attacks • 1996 Operation Grapes of Wrath • 2000–present Al-Aqsa Intifada • 2002 Operation Defensive Shield • 2003 Ain es Saheb airstrike • 2004 Operation Rainbow • 2004 Operation Days of Penitence • 2006 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict • 2006 Lebanon War • 2007 2007–2008 Israel-Gaza conflict • Operation Orchard v • d • e Diplomacy and Peace proposals in the Arab-Israeli conflict Damascus Protocol • Hussein-McMahon Correspondence • Sykes-Picot Agreement • 1917 Balfour Declaration • Declaration to the Seven • Anglo-French Declaration • 1919 Faisal-Weizmann Agreement • 1920 San Remo conference • 1922 Churchill White Paper • 1939 White Paper • 1947 UN Partition Plan • 1948 Establishment of Israel • 1948 UNGA Resolution 194 • 1949 Armistice Agreements • 1964 Palestinian National Covenant • 1967 Khartoum Resolution • 1967 UNSC Resolution 242 • 1973 UNSC Resolution 338 • 1973 UNSC Resolution 339 • 1974 UNSC Resolution 350 • 1978 UNSC Resolution 425 • 1978 Camp David Accords • 1979 UNSC Resolution 446 • 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty • 1979 UNSC Resolution 452 • 1980 UNSC Resolution 478 • 1981 UNSC Resolution 497 • 1983 Israel-Lebanon agreement • 1991 Madrid Conference • 1993 Oslo Accords • 1994 Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace • 1998 Wye River Memorandum • 2000 Camp David Summit • 2001 Taba Summit • 2001 UNSC Resolution 1373 • 2002 Beirut Summit and Peace Initiative • 2002 Road map for peace • 2004 UNSC Resolution 1559 • 2004 UNSC Resolution 1566 • 2005 UNSC Resolution 1583 • 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh Summit • 2005 Israel's unilateral disengagement plan • 2006 Palestinian Prisoners' Document • 2006 UNSC Resolution 1701 • 2007 Annapolis Conference

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Benny Morris The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee problem revisited, pp xiv-xviii. Benny Morris list 389 abandoned villages
2. ^ Oren, 2002, pp. 307.

[edit] References

• Walid Khalidi (ed.), "All that Remains", Institute for Palestine Studies (Washington), 1992.

[edit] External links

• UN map of the 1947 plan
• The Destroyed Villages on Google Earth
• www.palestineremembered.com
• Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maps (flash website - click Israel's Changing Borders and then Jewish Communities Lost)