Al-Bassa

Al-Bassa

البصة
Bezeth
Al-Bassa البصة Bezeth
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Bassa (click the buttons)
	Al-Bassa Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 33°04′39″N 35°08′39″E / 33.07750°N 35.14417°E
Palestine grid	164/276
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Acre
Date of depopulation	14 May 1948
Area
• Total	25,258 dunams (25.2 km2 or 9.7 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	2,950
Cause(s) of depopulation	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Secondary cause	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Betzet, Rosh HaNiqra, Shlomi, Tzahal, Matzuva

al-Bassa' (Arabic: البصة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Mandatory Palestine's Acre Subdistrict. It was situated close to the Lebanese border, 19 kilometers (12 mi) north of the district capital, Acre, and 65 meters (213 ft) above sea level.

During the 1948 Palestine War the village was stormed by Haganah troops in May 1948 and almost completely razed. Its residents were either internally displaced or expelled to neighboring countries as part of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion.^[7] Today, the ruins of the village are in the northern quarters of the moshav of Shlomi.^[8]

^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 4
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 40 Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #78. Also gives cause(s) of depopulation.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Khalidi, 1992, pp. 8-9
^ Morris, 2004, p. xxii, settlement #153, in 1949-50.
^ Morris, 2004, p. xxii, settlement #184, in 1949.
^ Bardi, Ariel Sophia (March 2016). "The "Architectural Cleansing" of Palestine". American Anthropologist. 118 (1): 165–171. doi:10.1111/aman.12520.
^ "El Bassah". antiquities.org.il. Retrieved 2022-12-27.

Al-Bassa البصة Bezeth

1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Bassa (click the buttons)
Al-Bassa Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°04′39″N 35°08′39″E / 33.07750°N 35.14417°E / 33.07750; 35.14417
Palestine grid	164/276
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Acre
Date of depopulation	14 May 1948^[3]
Area
• Total	25,258 dunams (25.2 km² or 9.7 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	2,950^[1]^[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Secondary cause	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Betzet,^[4] Rosh HaNiqra,^[4] Shlomi,^[4]^[5] Tzahal,^[4]^[6] Matzuva^[4]