Barrat Qisarya | |
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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[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 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.
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