Kafr Saba
كفر سابا | |
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Etymology: the village of Sâba (from Aramaic )[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°10′52″N 34°56′14″E / 32.18111°N 34.93722°E | |
Palestine grid | 144/176 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
Date of depopulation | 15 May 1948[4] |
Area | |
• Total | 9,688 dunams (9.688 km2 or 3.741 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,270[2][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Hak'ramim,[5] Beit Berl, Kfar Saba, Neve Yamin |
Kafr Saba (Arabic: كفر سابا) was a Palestinian village famous for its shrine dating to the Mamluk period and for a history stretching back for two millennia.[6][7] In Roman times, it was called Capharsaba and was an important town in Palestine.[8] By around 1000, it was noted as a village with a mosque.[9] The people of Kafr Saba were said to have come from Hebron because of crop failures.[10]
The village was ethnically cleansed of its Palestinian residents by Jewish forces on May 13, 1948, one day before the new State of Israel was declared.[11][12]
Much of the village's ruins were built over as the neighboring Israeli town of Kfar Saba expanded in the late 20th century; the location of the built-up area of the village is now the Shikun Kaplan area of Kfar Saba, and part of it is known as the "Kfar Saba Archaeological Garden" or "Tel Kfar Saba".
Two domed maqams remain, located on either side of Route 55 between Kfar Saba and Qalqilya. The larger of the two is called the Tomb of Benjamin and is situated on the east side. About 40 meters (44 yd) away, on the west side of the road, is a much smaller shrine named Nabi Serakha.[13] The Tomb of Benjamin shrine sits on what has historically been considered by Jews to be the biblical character Benjamin[14] and was later taken over by the Breslov sect of Haredi Judaism.
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