Fara, Safad

Fara
Fara
Arabic	فارة
Sub-district	Safad
Coordinates	33°03′57.01″N 35°27′29.04″E
Population	320 (1945)
Area	7,229 dunums 7.23 km²
Date of depopulation	October 30, 1948
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces

Fara (Arabic: فارة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Safad. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 30, 1948 under Operation Hiram. It was located 11.5 km north of Safad on the Wadi al-Fara.

In 1596 it had a population of 281. In 1945 it had a population of 320.

References

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.