Barrat Qisarya Explained

Barrat Qisarya
Pushpin Map:Mandatory Palestine
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:32.5094°N 34.9092°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:143/213
Subdivision Type:Geopolitical entity
Subdivision Name:Mandatory Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name1:Haifa
Established Title1:Date of depopulation
Established Date1:mid-April, 1948[1]
Established Title2:Repopulated dates
Blank Name Sec1:Cause(s) of depopulation
Blank Info Sec1:Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Blank1 Name Sec1:Secondary cause
Blank1 Info Sec1:Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Blank3 Name Sec1:Current Localities
Blank3 Info Sec1:Or Akiva[2]

Barrat Qisarya (Arabic: برة قيسارية||outskirts of [[Caesarea Maritima|Caesarea]]) was a Palestinian Arab Bedouin village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was ethnically cleansed during the Zionist invasion on February 15, 1948.[3] According to Morris in February 1948, the 'Arab al Sufsafi and Saidun Bedouin, who inhabited the dunes between Qisarya and Pardes left the area.[4] Evidence of previous occupation includes pieces of marble, pottery and glass, as well as ruined walls. It was located 32 km southwest of Haifa.

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  1. Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #375. Also gives causes of depopulation.
  2. Khalidi, 1992, pp. 154-155
  3. Book: Pappé, Ilan . The ethnic cleansing of Palestine . 2007 . Oneworld Publ . 978-1-85168-555-4 . Repr . Oxford.
  4. Morris, 2004, p. 129