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- For the location in Lebanon, see Mazraa
Mazra'a (Arabic: المزرعة, Hebrew: מזרעה) is an Arab town (local council) in northern Israel. The name means "Farm" in Arabic. It is located in between Acre and Nahariyya on the Mediterranean coast. The population is primarily Muslim. The local council was founded in 1896, and separated from Matte Asher Regional Council in 1996, and proclaimed an independent local council.
Mazra'a is one of the only Palestinian coastal towns in the Western Galilee to have remained populated after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.[1] It served as a collection point for villagers expelled from the neighbouring villages of Zib and al-Bassa, assaulted and depopulated during Operation Ben-Ami beginning on 13 May 1948, two days before the official outbreak of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.[1]
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- ^ a b Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press, p. 253. ISBN 0521009677.
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