The 418 Destroyed Villages of Palestine | |
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The Dispossession and Remembrance
From:
The Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations
Al-Nakba was marked not only by the loss of Palestine as a country, the destruction of its society, and the exodus of over half of its native population, but also by the destruction of Palestinian villages. The violent uprooting and subsequent exile of over 750,000 Palestinians was accompanied by the actual physical destruction and obliteration of their villages. Contrary to some claims, Palestine had not been an "empty land." Historical records confirm that in 1947, prior to the U.N. partition resolution, Palestine comprised more than 900 Palestinian villages, almost half of which were destroyed by the Israeli forces. More than 400 Palestinian villages were completely razed to the ground, their homes and buildings bulldozed or blown up, and wiped off the face of the map.
Dozens of major urban centers of the Palestinian people, such as Acre, Beersheba, Baysan, Lydd, Majdal, Nazareth, and al-Ramla, which were populated exclusively by Palestinians, were depopulated. Other major cities, of which the majority population was Palestinian, such as Safad, Tiberius, Haifa, West Jerusalem, and Jaffa, were emptied of their native Palestinian population as well. All the assets of these cities, including, inter alia, buildings, houses, parks, and schools, as well as countless personal assets, were appropriated intact by the new Israelis. Upon the lands of those villages that were totally decimated, new Israeli towns and settlements were built.
Studies by numerous Palestinian, Israeli and international historians confirm the number of these destroyed villages to be at least 418 and possibly up to 472. The following is a list (alphabetical according to administrative district or subdistrict) of the 418 Palestinian villages, within the pre-1967 borders of Israel, which were destroyed and depopulated in 1948. This list and the above-mentioned figures are taken from All That Remains, a comprehensive study of these villages by historian Dr. Walid Khalidi.
The District of Acre (26 villages)
Amqa, Arab Al-Samniyya, Al-Bassa, Al-Birwa, Al-Damun, Dayr Al-Qasi, Al-Gabisiyya, Iqrit,
Irbbin Khirbat, Jiddin Khirbat, Al-Kabri, Kafr Inan, Kuwaykat, Al-Manshiyya, Al-Mansura, Miar,
Al-Nabi Rubin, Al-Nahr, Al-Ruways, Suhmata, Al-Sumayriyya, Suruh, Al-Tall, Tarbikha, Umm Al-Faraj, Al-Zib
The District of Baysan (29 villages)
Arab al-'Arida, Arab al-Bawati, Arab al-Safa, al-Ashrafiyya, al-Birra, Danna, Farwana, al-Fatur,
al-Ghazzawiyya, al-Hamidiyya, al-Hamra, Jabbul Kafra, Kawkab al-Hawa, al-Khunayzir, Masil al-Jizl,
al-Murassa, Qumya, al-Sakhina, al-Samiriyya, Sirin, Tall al-Shawk, al-Taqa, Khirbat, al-Tira, Umm 'Ajra,
Umm Sabuna, Khirbat, Yubla, Zab'a, al-Zawiya, Khirbat
The District of Beersheba (3 villages)
al-'Imara, al-Jammama, al-Khalasa
The District of Gaza (45 villages)
Arab Suqrir, Barbara, Barqa, al-Batani, al-Gharbi, al-Batani, al-Sharqi, Bayt 'Affa, Bayt Daras, Bayt Jirja,
Bayt Tima, Bi'lin, Burayr, Dayr Sunayd, Dimra, al-Faluja, Hamama, Hatta, Hiribya, Huj, Hulayqat,
'Ibdis, 'Iraq al-Manshiyya, Iraq Suwaydan, Isdud, al-Jaladiyya, al-Jiyya, Julis, al-Jura, Jusayr, Karatiyya,
Kawfakha, Kawkaba, al-Khisas, al-Masmiyya al-Kabira, al-Masmiyya al-Saghira, al-Muharraqa, Najd, Ni'ilya, Qastina, al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya, al Sawafir al-Shamaliyya, al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya, Summil, Tallal al-Turmus, Yasur
The District of Haifa (51 villages)
Abu Shusha, Abu Zurayq, Arab al-Fuqara', Arab al-Nufay'at, Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri, Atlit, Ayn Ghazal,
Ayn Hawd, Balad al-Shaykh, Barrat Qisarya, Burayka, al-Burj, Khirbat, al-Butaymat, Daliyat al-Rawha',
al-Damun Khirbat, al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa, al-Ghubayya al-Tahta, Hawsha, Ijzim, Jaba', al-Jalma, Kabara,
al-Kafrayn, Kafr Lam, al-Kasayir Khirbat, Khubbayza, Lid khirbat, al-Manara Khirbat, al-Mansi,
al-Mansura Khirbat, al-Mazar, al-Naghnaghiyya, Qannir, Qira, Qisarya, Qumbaza, al-Rihaniyya, Sabbarin,
al-Sarafand, al-Sarkas Khirbat, Sa'sa' Khirbat, al-Sawamir, al-Shuna Khirbat, al-Sindiyana, al-Tantura,
al- Tira, Umm al-Shawf, Umm al-Zinat, Wa'arat al-Sarris, Wadi Ara, Yajur
The District of Hebron (16 villages)
'Ajjur, Barqusya, Bayt Jibrin, Bayt Nattif, al-Dawayima, Dayr al-Dubban, Dayr Nakhkhas, Kudna,
Mughallis, al-Qubayba, Ra'na, Tall al-Safi, Umm Burj Khirbat, Zakariyya, Zayta, Zikrin, Al-Nabi Rubin
The District of Jaffa (23 villages)
al- 'Abbasiyya, Abu Kishk, Bayt Dajan, Biyar 'Adas, Fajja, al- Haram, Ijlil al-Qibliyya, Ijlil al-Shamaliyya,
al-Jammasin al-Gharbi, al-Jammasin al-Sharqi, Jarisha, Kafr 'Ana, al-Khayriyya, al-Mas'udiyya, al-Mirr,
al-Muwaylih, Rantiya, al-Safiriyya, Salama, Saqiya, al-Sawalima, al-Shaykh Muwannis, Yazur
The District of Jerusalem (38 villages)
'Allar, 'Aqqur, 'Artuf, 'Ayn Karim, Bayt 'Itab, Bayt Mahsir, Bayt Naqquba, Bayt Thul, Bayt Umm al-Mays,
al-Burayi, Dayr Aban, Dayr 'Amr, Dayr al-Hawa, Dayr Rafat, Dayr al-Shaykh, Dayr Yasin, Ishwa', Islin
Ism Allah, Khirbat, Jarash, al-jura, Kasla, al-Lawz Khirbat, Lifta, al-Maliha, Nitaf, al-Qabu, Qalunya,
al-Qastal, Ras Abu 'Ammar, Sar'a, Saris, Sataf, Suba, Sufla, al-Tannur Khirbat, al-'Umur Khirbat, al-Walaja
The District of Jinin (6 villages)
Ayn al-Mansi, al-Jawfa Khirbat, al-Lajjun, al-Mazar, Nuris, Zir'in
The District of Nazareth (4 villages)
Indur, Ma'lul, al-Mujaydil, Saffuriyya
The District of Ramla (58 villages)
Abu al-Fadl, Abu Shusha, 'Ajanjul, 'Aqir, Barfiliya, al-Barriyya, Bashshit, Bayt Far Khirbat, Bayt Jiz, Bayt Nabala, Bayt Shanna, Bayt Susin, Bir Ma'in, Bir Salim, al-Burj, al-Buwayra Khirbat, Daniyal, Dayr Abu Salama, Dayr Ayyub, Dayr Muhaysin, Dayr Tarif, al-Duhayriyya Khirbat, al-Haditha, Idnibba, 'Innaba, Jilya, Jimzu, Kharruba, al-Khayma, Khulda, al-Kunayyisa, al-Latrun, al-Maghar, Majdal Yaba, al-Mansura,
al-Mukhayzin, al-Muzayri'a, al-Na'ani, al-Nabi Rubin, Qatra, Qazaza, al-Qubab, Qubayba, Qula, Sajad,
Salbit, Sarafand al-'Amar, Sarafand al-Kharab, Saydun, Shahma, Shilta, Al-Tina, Al-Tira, Umm Kalkha,
Wadi Hunayn, Yibna, Zakariyya Khirbat, Zarnuqa
The District of Safad (77 villages)
Abil al-Qamh, al-'Abisiyya, Akbara, Alma, Ammuqa, 'Arab al-Shamalina, Arab al-Zubayd, 'Ayn al-Zaytun,
Baysamun, Biriyya, al-Butayha, al-Buwayziyya, Dallata, al-Dawwara, Dayshum, al-Dirbashiyya,
al-Dirdara, Fara, al-Farradiyya, Fir'im, Ghabbatiyya, Ghuraba, al-Hamra', Harrawi, Hunin, al-Husayniyya,
Jahula, al-Ja'una, Jubb Yusuf, Kafr Bir'im, al-Khalisa, Khan al-Duwayr, Karraza Khirbat, al-Khisas,
Khiyam al-Walid, Kirad al-Baqqara, Kirad al-Ghannama, Lazzaza, Madahil , al-Malikiyya, Mallaha,
al-Manshiyya, al-Mansura, Mansurat Al-Khayt, Marus, Mirun, al-Muftakhira, Mughr al-Khayt, al-Muntar, Khirbat, al-Nabi Yusha', al-Na'ima, Qabba'a, Qadas, Qaddita, Qaytiyya, al-Qudayriyya, al-Ras al-Ahmar,
Sabalan, Safsaf, Saliha, al-Salihiyya, al -Sammu'i, al-Sanbariyya, Sa'sa', al-Shawka al-Tahta, al-Shuna,
Taytaba, Tulayl, al-'Ulmaniyya, al-'Urayfiyya, al-Wayziyya, Yarda, al-Zahiriiyya al-Tahta, al-Zanghariyya,
al-Zawiya, al-Zuq al-Fawqani, al-Zuq al-Tahtani,
The District of Tiberias (25 villages)
'Awlam, al-Dalhamiyya, Ghuwayr Abu Shusha, Hadatha, al-Hamma, Hittin, Kafr Sabt, Lubya, Ma'dhar,
al-Majdal, al-Manara, al-Manshiyya, al-Mansura, Nasir al-Din, Nimrin, al-Nuqayb, Samakh, al-Samakiyya,
al-Samra, al-Shajara, al-Tabigha, al-'Ubaydiyya, Wadi al-Hamam, al-Wa'ra al-Swawda', Khirbat, Yaquq
The District of Tulkarm (17 villages)
Bayt Lid Khirbat, Bayyarat Hannun, Fardisya, Ghabat Kafrr Sur, al-Jalama, Kafr Saba, al-Majdal, Khirbat,
al-Manshiyya, Miska, Qaqun, Raml Zayta, Tabsur, Umm Khalid, Wadi al-Hawarith, Wadi Qabbani,
al-Zababida Khirbat, Zalafa Khirbat
From:
The Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations
Al-Nakba was marked not only by the loss of Palestine as a country, the destruction of its society, and the exodus of over half of its native population, but also by the destruction of Palestinian villages. The violent uprooting and subsequent exile of over 750,000 Palestinians was accompanied by the actual physical destruction and obliteration of their villages. Contrary to some claims, Palestine had not been an "empty land." Historical records confirm that in 1947, prior to the U.N. partition resolution, Palestine comprised more than 900 Palestinian villages, almost half of which were destroyed by the Israeli forces. More than 400 Palestinian villages were completely razed to the ground, their homes and buildings bulldozed or blown up, and wiped off the face of the map.
Dozens of major urban centers of the Palestinian people, such as Acre, Beersheba, Baysan, Lydd, Majdal, Nazareth, and al-Ramla, which were populated exclusively by Palestinians, were depopulated. Other major cities, of which the majority population was Palestinian, such as Safad, Tiberius, Haifa, West Jerusalem, and Jaffa, were emptied of their native Palestinian population as well. All the assets of these cities, including, inter alia, buildings, houses, parks, and schools, as well as countless personal assets, were appropriated intact by the new Israelis. Upon the lands of those villages that were totally decimated, new Israeli towns and settlements were built.
Studies by numerous Palestinian, Israeli and international historians confirm the number of these destroyed villages to be at least 418 and possibly up to 472. The following is a list (alphabetical according to administrative district or subdistrict) of the 418 Palestinian villages, within the pre-1967 borders of Israel, which were destroyed and depopulated in 1948. This list and the above-mentioned figures are taken from All That Remains, a comprehensive study of these villages by historian Dr. Walid Khalidi.
The District of Acre (26 villages)
Amqa, Arab Al-Samniyya, Al-Bassa, Al-Birwa, Al-Damun, Dayr Al-Qasi, Al-Gabisiyya, Iqrit,
Irbbin Khirbat, Jiddin Khirbat, Al-Kabri, Kafr Inan, Kuwaykat, Al-Manshiyya, Al-Mansura, Miar,
Al-Nabi Rubin, Al-Nahr, Al-Ruways, Suhmata, Al-Sumayriyya, Suruh, Al-Tall, Tarbikha, Umm Al-Faraj, Al-Zib
The District of Baysan (29 villages)
Arab al-'Arida, Arab al-Bawati, Arab al-Safa, al-Ashrafiyya, al-Birra, Danna, Farwana, al-Fatur,
al-Ghazzawiyya, al-Hamidiyya, al-Hamra, Jabbul Kafra, Kawkab al-Hawa, al-Khunayzir, Masil al-Jizl,
al-Murassa, Qumya, al-Sakhina, al-Samiriyya, Sirin, Tall al-Shawk, al-Taqa, Khirbat, al-Tira, Umm 'Ajra,
Umm Sabuna, Khirbat, Yubla, Zab'a, al-Zawiya, Khirbat
The District of Beersheba (3 villages)
al-'Imara, al-Jammama, al-Khalasa
The District of Gaza (45 villages)
Arab Suqrir, Barbara, Barqa, al-Batani, al-Gharbi, al-Batani, al-Sharqi, Bayt 'Affa, Bayt Daras, Bayt Jirja,
Bayt Tima, Bi'lin, Burayr, Dayr Sunayd, Dimra, al-Faluja, Hamama, Hatta, Hiribya, Huj, Hulayqat,
'Ibdis, 'Iraq al-Manshiyya, Iraq Suwaydan, Isdud, al-Jaladiyya, al-Jiyya, Julis, al-Jura, Jusayr, Karatiyya,
Kawfakha, Kawkaba, al-Khisas, al-Masmiyya al-Kabira, al-Masmiyya al-Saghira, al-Muharraqa, Najd, Ni'ilya, Qastina, al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya, al Sawafir al-Shamaliyya, al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya, Summil, Tallal al-Turmus, Yasur
The District of Haifa (51 villages)
Abu Shusha, Abu Zurayq, Arab al-Fuqara', Arab al-Nufay'at, Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri, Atlit, Ayn Ghazal,
Ayn Hawd, Balad al-Shaykh, Barrat Qisarya, Burayka, al-Burj, Khirbat, al-Butaymat, Daliyat al-Rawha',
al-Damun Khirbat, al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa, al-Ghubayya al-Tahta, Hawsha, Ijzim, Jaba', al-Jalma, Kabara,
al-Kafrayn, Kafr Lam, al-Kasayir Khirbat, Khubbayza, Lid khirbat, al-Manara Khirbat, al-Mansi,
al-Mansura Khirbat, al-Mazar, al-Naghnaghiyya, Qannir, Qira, Qisarya, Qumbaza, al-Rihaniyya, Sabbarin,
al-Sarafand, al-Sarkas Khirbat, Sa'sa' Khirbat, al-Sawamir, al-Shuna Khirbat, al-Sindiyana, al-Tantura,
al- Tira, Umm al-Shawf, Umm al-Zinat, Wa'arat al-Sarris, Wadi Ara, Yajur
The District of Hebron (16 villages)
'Ajjur, Barqusya, Bayt Jibrin, Bayt Nattif, al-Dawayima, Dayr al-Dubban, Dayr Nakhkhas, Kudna,
Mughallis, al-Qubayba, Ra'na, Tall al-Safi, Umm Burj Khirbat, Zakariyya, Zayta, Zikrin, Al-Nabi Rubin
The District of Jaffa (23 villages)
al- 'Abbasiyya, Abu Kishk, Bayt Dajan, Biyar 'Adas, Fajja, al- Haram, Ijlil al-Qibliyya, Ijlil al-Shamaliyya,
al-Jammasin al-Gharbi, al-Jammasin al-Sharqi, Jarisha, Kafr 'Ana, al-Khayriyya, al-Mas'udiyya, al-Mirr,
al-Muwaylih, Rantiya, al-Safiriyya, Salama, Saqiya, al-Sawalima, al-Shaykh Muwannis, Yazur
The District of Jerusalem (38 villages)
'Allar, 'Aqqur, 'Artuf, 'Ayn Karim, Bayt 'Itab, Bayt Mahsir, Bayt Naqquba, Bayt Thul, Bayt Umm al-Mays,
al-Burayi, Dayr Aban, Dayr 'Amr, Dayr al-Hawa, Dayr Rafat, Dayr al-Shaykh, Dayr Yasin, Ishwa', Islin
Ism Allah, Khirbat, Jarash, al-jura, Kasla, al-Lawz Khirbat, Lifta, al-Maliha, Nitaf, al-Qabu, Qalunya,
al-Qastal, Ras Abu 'Ammar, Sar'a, Saris, Sataf, Suba, Sufla, al-Tannur Khirbat, al-'Umur Khirbat, al-Walaja
The District of Jinin (6 villages)
Ayn al-Mansi, al-Jawfa Khirbat, al-Lajjun, al-Mazar, Nuris, Zir'in
The District of Nazareth (4 villages)
Indur, Ma'lul, al-Mujaydil, Saffuriyya
The District of Ramla (58 villages)
Abu al-Fadl, Abu Shusha, 'Ajanjul, 'Aqir, Barfiliya, al-Barriyya, Bashshit, Bayt Far Khirbat, Bayt Jiz, Bayt Nabala, Bayt Shanna, Bayt Susin, Bir Ma'in, Bir Salim, al-Burj, al-Buwayra Khirbat, Daniyal, Dayr Abu Salama, Dayr Ayyub, Dayr Muhaysin, Dayr Tarif, al-Duhayriyya Khirbat, al-Haditha, Idnibba, 'Innaba, Jilya, Jimzu, Kharruba, al-Khayma, Khulda, al-Kunayyisa, al-Latrun, al-Maghar, Majdal Yaba, al-Mansura,
al-Mukhayzin, al-Muzayri'a, al-Na'ani, al-Nabi Rubin, Qatra, Qazaza, al-Qubab, Qubayba, Qula, Sajad,
Salbit, Sarafand al-'Amar, Sarafand al-Kharab, Saydun, Shahma, Shilta, Al-Tina, Al-Tira, Umm Kalkha,
Wadi Hunayn, Yibna, Zakariyya Khirbat, Zarnuqa
The District of Safad (77 villages)
Abil al-Qamh, al-'Abisiyya, Akbara, Alma, Ammuqa, 'Arab al-Shamalina, Arab al-Zubayd, 'Ayn al-Zaytun,
Baysamun, Biriyya, al-Butayha, al-Buwayziyya, Dallata, al-Dawwara, Dayshum, al-Dirbashiyya,
al-Dirdara, Fara, al-Farradiyya, Fir'im, Ghabbatiyya, Ghuraba, al-Hamra', Harrawi, Hunin, al-Husayniyya,
Jahula, al-Ja'una, Jubb Yusuf, Kafr Bir'im, al-Khalisa, Khan al-Duwayr, Karraza Khirbat, al-Khisas,
Khiyam al-Walid, Kirad al-Baqqara, Kirad al-Ghannama, Lazzaza, Madahil , al-Malikiyya, Mallaha,
al-Manshiyya, al-Mansura, Mansurat Al-Khayt, Marus, Mirun, al-Muftakhira, Mughr al-Khayt, al-Muntar, Khirbat, al-Nabi Yusha', al-Na'ima, Qabba'a, Qadas, Qaddita, Qaytiyya, al-Qudayriyya, al-Ras al-Ahmar,
Sabalan, Safsaf, Saliha, al-Salihiyya, al -Sammu'i, al-Sanbariyya, Sa'sa', al-Shawka al-Tahta, al-Shuna,
Taytaba, Tulayl, al-'Ulmaniyya, al-'Urayfiyya, al-Wayziyya, Yarda, al-Zahiriiyya al-Tahta, al-Zanghariyya,
al-Zawiya, al-Zuq al-Fawqani, al-Zuq al-Tahtani,
The District of Tiberias (25 villages)
'Awlam, al-Dalhamiyya, Ghuwayr Abu Shusha, Hadatha, al-Hamma, Hittin, Kafr Sabt, Lubya, Ma'dhar,
al-Majdal, al-Manara, al-Manshiyya, al-Mansura, Nasir al-Din, Nimrin, al-Nuqayb, Samakh, al-Samakiyya,
al-Samra, al-Shajara, al-Tabigha, al-'Ubaydiyya, Wadi al-Hamam, al-Wa'ra al-Swawda', Khirbat, Yaquq
The District of Tulkarm (17 villages)
Bayt Lid Khirbat, Bayyarat Hannun, Fardisya, Ghabat Kafrr Sur, al-Jalama, Kafr Saba, al-Majdal, Khirbat,
al-Manshiyya, Miska, Qaqun, Raml Zayta, Tabsur, Umm Khalid, Wadi al-Hawarith, Wadi Qabbani,
al-Zababida Khirbat, Zalafa Khirbat
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