Al-Mazar, Haifa
| Al-Mazar | |
|---|---|
  Al-Mazar | |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Coordinates | 32°40′56.4″N 34°57′52.2″E / 32.682333°N 34.964500°ECoordinates: 32°40′56.4″N 34°57′52.2″E / 32.682333°N 34.964500°E |
| Palestine grid | 147/232 |
| Population | 210 (1945) |
| Date of depopulation | July 15, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | 'En Karmel |
Al-Mazar was a Palestinian Arab village located 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) northeast of al-Sarafand.[2] In 1945, it had a population of 210.
History
The village name Mazar, which is Arabic for "shrine", "a place one visits", was probably meant to commemorate the many people who were killed and buried there in the wars against the Crusaders.[3]
1948, and aftermath
The village was first raided by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on May 17 during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, with the aim of "rendering [the village] unworthy of use."[2] The IDF encountered only 10-20 Arabs, who ran away, and the troops proceeded to "burn what could be burned."[2] Within days of the IDF's withdrawal, some of the villagers had returned, Arab militants and civilians.[2][4] The village was permanently depopulated as a result of another IDF military assault in mid-July 1948.[4]
References
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.
- Palmer, E. H. (1881): The survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English name lists collected during the survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and explained by E.H. Palmer. p.116
- Petersen, Andrew (2002), A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine: Volume I (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology), Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-727011-0 ( p.216 )
- Ronen, Avraham. Olami, Ya'aqov.(1978): (in Hebrew): Atlit map, Archaeological Survey of Israel. (p.63-65) (Cited in Petersen, p. 216)