Arab al-Safa
Arab al-Safa | |
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Arabic | عرب الصفا |
Subdistrict | Baysan |
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Palestine grid | 200/205 |
Population | 754 (1948) |
Date of depopulation | 20 May 1948[1] |
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.
Demographics
According to a land census report in 1944, land ownership in the village (in dunams) was as follows:
- Arab 7,549
- Jewish 2,523
- Public 2,446
- Total 12,518[2]
By 1944, a total of 7,449 dunums were used for cereals.[2][3] The Arab population were occupied mainly in cereal farming. The village had a population of 225 in 1922. This had grown to 754 by 1948 with 150 houses.
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Bibliography
- Guérin, M. V. (1875): Description Géographique, Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. Samarie, 2 pt. ("Seconde partie -Samarie")("Tome II") (p. 49 )
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