Jusayr
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| Jusayr | |
| Arabic | |
| Sub-district | Gaza |
| Population | 1180 (1945) |
| Area | |
| Date of depopulation | July 17-18, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Menucha, Wardon |
Jusayr was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 17, 1948 under Operation Barak or Operation Yo'av. It was located 35 km northeast of Gaza.
A 1596 census revealed a population of 330. By 1945 it had a population of 1180. Jusayr had an elementary school for boys which was founded in 1937, and by 1945 it had an enrollment of 74 students.
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p.xix, village #300. Also gives cause for depopulation
[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 (SWP, 1881, Vol. 3, p.260, Cited in Khalidi, p.117)
- 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
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Coordinates: 31°39′25″N 34°46′15″E / 31.65694°N 34.77083°E
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