| Al-Khunayzir | |
| Native Name: | الخنيزر |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Other Name: | 'Arab al Khuneizir[1] |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Etymology: | Tell el Khaneizîr, the mound of the swine[2] |
| Pushpin Map: | Mandatory Palestine |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
| Coordinates: | 32.4214°N 35.5222°W |
| Grid Name: | Palestine grid |
| Grid Position: | 199/203 |
| Subdivision Type: | Geopolitical entity |
| Subdivision Name: | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdivision Type1: | Subdistrict |
| Subdivision Name1: | Baysan |
| Established Title1: | Date of depopulation |
| Established Date1: | May 20, 1948 |
| Established Title2: | Repopulated dates |
| Unit Pref: | dunam |
| Area Total Dunam: | 3,107 |
| Population As Of: | 1945 |
| Population Total: | 260[3] [4] |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Cause(s) of depopulation |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Current Localities |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Tirat Zvi[5] |
Al-Khunayzir (Arabic: الخنيزر), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 20, 1948.
In 1881, a nearby tell was named as Tell el Khaneizîr, meaning the mound of the swine, and a nearby spring was named as Ain el Khaneizîr meaning the spring of the swine.[6] خنزير means pig in Arabic.[2]
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the Mandatory Palestine authorities, Kunaizir had a population of 83; all Muslims,[7] increasing in the 1931 census to 200 Muslims, in a total of 47 houses.[8]
In the 1945 statistics the population was 260 Muslims,[3] with a total of 3,107 dunams of land.[4] Of this, 36 dunams were for citrus and bananas, 1,658 for plantations and irrigated land, 256 for cereals,[9] while 34 dunams were non-cultivable land.[10]
According to B. Morris, 'Arab al Khuneizir was abandoned by its population under the "[i]nfluence of nearby town's fall", on 20 May 1948.[1]
In 1992 it was described: "The only remaining landmarks is a cemetery on Tall Abu al-Faraj (199/203), north of the site. To the north and the west of this tell are the springs of 'Uyun Umm al-Faraj and 'Ayn al-Khanazir. Most of the village site and the land around it are covered with palm trees."[5]
