Al-Na'ani
| Al-Na'ani | |
|---|---|
  Al-Na'ani | |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Coordinates | 31°52′19.8″N 34°52′23.7″E / 31.872167°N 34.873250°ECoordinates: 31°52′19.8″N 34°52′23.7″E / 31.872167°N 34.873250°E |
| Palestine grid | 138/142 |
| Population | 2060 (1945) |
| Date of depopulation | May 14, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Current localities | Na'an, Ramot Me'ir |
Al-Na'ani, also called Al-Ni'ana, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on May 14, 1948 by the Givati Brigade during Operation Barak. It was located 6 km south of Ramle.
In 1945, the village had a population of 2,060, with 590 Jewish inhabitants of kibbutz Na'an. The village had an elementary school for boys which was founded in 1923 and in 1947, it had an enrollment of 208 students.
References
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p xix village #247. Also gives cause of depopulation
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.