Ghuraba
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Ghurabah.
| Ghuraba | |
 Ghuraba
|
|
| Arabic | |
| Sub-district | Safad |
| Coordinates | 33°07′10.31″N 35°38′45.43″E / 33.1195306°N 35.6459528°ECoordinates: 33°07′10.31″N 35°38′45.43″E / 33.1195306°N 35.6459528°E |
| Population | 220 (1945) |
| Area | |
| Date of depopulation | May 28, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
Ghuraba was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Safad. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 28, 1948 by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 22 km northeast of Safad.
In 1945 it had a population of 220.
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #21. 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.
 |
This geography of Palestine article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
