Al-Zuq al-Fawqani
Al-Zuq al-Fawqani | |
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Al-Zuq al-Fawqani | |
Subdistrict | Safad |
Coordinates | 33°14′36.95″N 35°35′29.81″E / 33.2435972°N 35.5916139°ECoordinates: 33°14′36.95″N 35°35′29.81″E / 33.2435972°N 35.5916139°E |
Palestine grid | 205/294 |
Population | 160 (1945) |
Area | 1,832 dunams |
Date of depopulation | May 21, 1948[1] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign |
Secondary cause | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current localities | Yuval |
Al-Zuq al-Fawqani was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 21, 1948 by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 32 km southeast of Safad.
In 1945 it had a population of 160.
References
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #2. Also gives causes of depopulation.
Bibliography
- Guérin, M. V.: (1880): Description Géographique, Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. Galilee, "Tome II" Paris: Imprimerie Nationale (p. 533)
- 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
- Moshe Hartal (19/8/2008): Zuq el-Fauqani Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 120.
External links
- Welcome To al-Zuq al-Fawqani
- al-Zuq al-Fawqani, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
- al-Zuq al-Fawqani, Dr. Khalil Rizk.
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