Arab al-Safa
| Arab al-Safa | |
|---|---|
  Arab al-Safa | |
| Arabic | عرب الصفا |
| Subdistrict | Baysan |
| Coordinates | 32°26′27.1″N 35°32′15.61″E / 32.440861°N 35.5376694°ECoordinates: 32°26′27.1″N 35°32′15.61″E / 32.440861°N 35.5376694°E |
| Palestine grid | 200/205 |
| Population | 754 (1948) |
| Date of depopulation | 20 May 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Arab al-Safa (Arabic: عرب الصفا) was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan . It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was located 7.5 km south of Baysan.
The village was destroyed on May 20, 1948 by the Israeli Golani Brigade under Operation Gideon.
Demographics
According to a land census report in 1944, land ownership in the village (in dunams) was as follows:
- Arab 7,549
- Jewish 2,523
- Public 2,446
- Total 12,518[2]
By 1944, a total of 7,449 dunums were used for cereals.[2][3] The Arab population were occupied mainly in cereal farming. The village had a population of 225 in 1922. This had grown to 754 by 1948 with 150 houses.
References
Bibliography
- Guérin, M. V. (1875): Description Géographique, Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. Samarie, 2 pt. ("Seconde partie -Samarie")("Tome II") (p. 49 )
- 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.
External links
- Welcome To 'Arab al-Safa
- 'Arab al-Safa from Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre