Barrat Qisarya

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] Evidence of previous occupation includes pieces of marble, pottery and glass, as well as ruined walls. It was located 32 km southwest of Haifa.

Barrat Qisarya
Barrat Qisarya
Coordinates: 32°30′34″N 34°55′00″E
Palestine grid143/213
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulationmid-April, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulationFear of being caught up in the fighting
Secondary causeExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesOr Akiva[2]

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, 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.


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