Barrat Qisarya
Barrat Qisarya | |
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Barrat Qisarya | |
Subdistrict | Haifa |
Coordinates | 32°30′33.65″N 34°54′59.65″E / 32.5093472°N 34.9165694°ECoordinates: 32°30′33.65″N 34°54′59.65″E / 32.5093472°N 34.9165694°E |
Palestine grid | 143/213 |
Date of depopulation | mid-April, 1948[1] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
Secondary cause | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
Barrat Qisarya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15, 1948. Today traces of walls, glass, marble fragments, and pottery fragments in the sand dunes are visible. It was located 32 km southwest of Haifa.
References
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p.xviii, village #375. Also gives causes of depopulation.
Bibliography
- 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.