Al-Burayj
Al-Burayj | |
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![]() ![]() Al-Burayj | |
Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
Coordinates | 31°44′19.40″N 34°55′43.75″E / 31.7387222°N 34.9288194°ECoordinates: 31°44′19.40″N 34°55′43.75″E / 31.7387222°N 34.9288194°E |
Palestine grid | 143/127 |
Population | 720 (1945) |
Date of depopulation | Not known[1] |
Al-Burayj was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on October 19, 1948 during the first phase of Operation Ha-Har. The village was located 28.5 km west of Jerusalem.
In 1945, the village had a population of 720. al-Burayj had a mosque named al-'Umari mosque and a Greek Orthodox Monastery to the west. The village has several khirbas including cisterns, columns, mosaic floors, and caves etc.
A military base called Kanaf Staim is now located on the former grounds.
References
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p.xx, village #272. Gives both cause and date of depopulation as "Not known"
Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.