Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya
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| Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya | |
| Arabic | |
| Sub-district | Gaza |
| Population | 970 (1945) |
| Area | |
| Date of depopulation | May 18, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Current localities | 'En Tzurim, Deganim, Shafir, Zerachya, Nir Banim |
Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 18, 1948, as part of the second stage of Operation Barak. The village was located 32 km northeast of Gaza.
As of 1945 it had a population of 970. The village shared a school with the other two Sawafir villages, and it had an enrollment of about 280 in 1945. The village had its own mosque.
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p.xix, village #285. Also gives the cause for depopulation, with a "?".
[edit] Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
- Khalidi, Walid (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, Benny (2004), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6, http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q
- Nasser, Gamal Abdul (1955/1973): "Memoirs" in Journal of Palestine Studies
- " “Memoirs of the First Palestine War” in 2, no. 2 (Win. 73): 3-32, pdf-file, downloadable
- Varga, Daniel (5/8/2009): Es-Sawafir esh-Sharqiya (Shapira Center) Final Report, Hadashot Arkheologiyot, no.121
[edit] External links
- Welcome To al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya
- al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
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