Al-Zuq al-Fawqani
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| Al-Zuq al-Fawqani | |
 Al-Zuq al-Fawqani
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| Sub-district | Safad |
| Coordinates | 33°14′36.95″N 35°35′29.81″E / 33.2435972°N 35.5916139°ECoordinates: 33°14′36.95″N 35°35′29.81″E / 33.2435972°N 35.5916139°E |
| Population | 160 (1945) |
| Area | 1,832 dunums |
| Date of depopulation | May 21, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign |
| Secondary cause | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Yuval |
Al-Zuq al-Fawqani was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Safad. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 21, 1948 by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 32 km southeast of Safad.
In 1945 it had a population of 160.
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #2. Also gives causes of depopulation.
[edit] Bibliography
- Guérin, M. V.: (1880): Description Géographique, Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. Galilee, "Tome II" Paris: Imprimerie Nationale (p. 533)
- 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
- Moshe Hartal (19/8/2008): Zuq el-Fauqani Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 120.
[edit] External links
- Welcome To al-Zuq al-Fawqani
- al-Zuq al-Fawqani, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
- al-Zuq al-Fawqani, Dr. Khalil Rizk.
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