Barrat Qisarya

Barrat Qisarya
Barrat Qisarya
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Barrat Qisarya (click the buttons)
	Barrat Qisarya Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°30′34″N 34°54′33″E / 32.50944°N 34.90917°E
Palestine grid	143/213
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
Date of depopulation	mid-April, 1948
Cause(s) of depopulation	Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Secondary cause	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Or Akiva

Barrat Qisarya (Arabic: برة قيسارية, lit. 'outskirts of Caesarea') was a Palestinian Arab Bedouin village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was ethnically cleansed during the Zionist invasion on February 15, 1948.^[3] According to Morris in February 1948, the 'Arab al Sufsafi and Saidun Bedouin, who inhabited the dunes between Qisarya and Pardes left the area.^[4] Evidence of previous occupation includes pieces of marble, pottery and glass, as well as ruined walls. It was located 32 km southwest of Haifa. Today, the city of Or Akiva is located on the site.^[3]

References

^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #375. Also gives causes of depopulation.
^ Khalidi, 1992, pp. 154-155
^ ^a ^b Pappé, Ilan (2007). The ethnic cleansing of Palestine (Repr ed.). Oxford: Oneworld Publ. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-1-85168-555-4.
^ Morris, 2004, p. 129

Bibliography

Khalidi, W. (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, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.

External links

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[1] Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #375. Also gives causes of depopulation.

[2] Khalidi, 1992, pp. 154-155

[:0-3] Pappé, Ilan (2007). The ethnic cleansing of Palestine (Repr ed.). Oxford: Oneworld Publ. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-1-85168-555-4.

[4] Morris, 2004, p. 129

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Barrat Qisarya
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Barrat Qisarya (click the buttons)
Barrat Qisarya Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°30′34″N 34°54′33″E / 32.50944°N 34.90917°E / 32.50944; 34.90917
Palestine grid	143/213
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
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
Current Localities	Or Akiva^[2]