Al-Ras al-Ahmar
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| Al-Ras al-Ahmar | |
 Al-Ras al-Ahmar
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| Sub-district | Safad |
| Coordinates | 33°2′28.29″N 35°27′52.09″E / 33.0411917°N 35.4644694°ECoordinates: 33°2′28.29″N 35°27′52.09″E / 33.0411917°N 35.4644694°E |
| Population | 620 (1945) |
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| Date of depopulation | October 30, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Kerem Ben Zimra |
Al-Ras al-Ahmar was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Safad. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 30, 1948 by the Sheva' (Seventh) Brigade during Operation Hiram. It was located 8.5 km north of Safad.
In 1945 it had a population of 620. The village had an elementary school for boys, which was founded during the British Mandate period and contained mosaics and wine presses with tessellated floors from the Byzantine period.
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #39. Also gives cause of 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
- 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.
[edit] External links
- Welcome To al-Ras al-Ahmar
- al-Ras al-Ahmar, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
- al-Ras al-Ahmar, Dr. Khalil Rizk
- Touring al-Ras al-Ahmar while Gaza is under attack, Saturday, 27.12.2008, Zochrot
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