Barrat Qisarya

Barrat Qisarya
Barrat Qisarya
Subdistrict Haifa
Coordinates 32°30′34″N 34°55′00″E / 32.50944°N 34.91667°E / 32.50944; 34.91667Coordinates: 32°30′34″N 34°55′00″E / 32.50944°N 34.91667°E / 32.50944; 34.91667
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
Current localities Or Akiva[2]

Barrat Qisarya (Arabic: برة قيسارية‎, lit. 'outskirts of Caesarea') was a Palestinian Arab Bedouin encampment in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15, 1948. According to Morris in February 1948, the 'Arab al Sufsafi and Saidun Bedouin, who inhabited the dunes between Qisarya and Pardes left the area.[3] 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

  1. ↑ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #375. Also gives causes of depopulation.
  2. ↑ Khalidi, 1992, pp. 154-155
  3. ↑ Morris, 2004, p. 129

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.
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