Al-Mansura, Safad
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| Al-Mansura | |
| Arabic | المنصوره |
| Sub-district | Safad |
| Coordinates | 33°12′59″N 35°38′26″E / 33.21639°N 35.64056°ECoordinates: 33°12′59″N 35°38′26″E / 33.21639°N 35.64056°E |
| Population | 360 (1945) |
| Area | |
| Date of depopulation | May 25, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign |
| Current localities | She'ar Yashuv |
Al-Mansura (Arabic: المنصوره) was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Safad. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 25, 1948 under Operation Yiftach. It was located 31 km northeast of Safad on the Banyas River. In 1945 it had a population of 360.
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p.xvi, village #7. 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.
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