Barrat Qisarya

Barrat Qisarya
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Barrat Qisarya is located in Mandatory Palestine
Barrat Qisarya
Barrat Qisarya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°30′34″N 34°54′33″E / 32.50944°N 34.90917°E / 32.50944; 34.90917
Palestine grid143/213
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulationmid-April, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulationFear of being caught up in the fighting
Secondary causeExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesOr Akiva[2]

Barrat Qisarya (Arabic: برة قيسارية, lit. 'outskirts of 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. Today, the city of Or Akiva is located on the site.[3]

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