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.