Arab al-Safa

Arab al-Safa

عرب الصفا
Arab al-Safa عرب الصفا
Village
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Arab al-Safa (click the buttons)
	Arab al-Safa Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°26′27″N 35°32′16″E / 32.44083°N 35.53778°E
Palestine grid	200/205
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Baysan
Date of depopulation	20 May 1948
Area
• Total	12,518 dunams (12.518 km2 or 4.833 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	650
Cause(s) of depopulation	Influence of nearby town's fall

Arab al-Safa (Arabic: عرب الصفا), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan . It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was located 7.5 km south of Baysan.

The village was destroyed on May 20, 1948, by the Israeli Golani Brigade under Operation Gideon.

^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 7
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 44
^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #132. Also gives cause of depopulation

[1945p7-1] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 7

[Hadawi44-2] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 44

[Morris-3] Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #132. Also gives cause of depopulation

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Arab al-Safa عرب الصفا
Village
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Arab al-Safa (click the buttons)
Arab al-Safa Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°26′27″N 35°32′16″E / 32.44083°N 35.53778°E / 32.44083; 35.53778
Palestine grid	200/205
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Baysan
Date of depopulation	20 May 1948^[3]
Area ^[2]
• Total	12,518 dunams (12.518 km² or 4.833 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	650^[1]^[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Influence of nearby town's fall