List of villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
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Below is a list of villages depopulated or destroyed during the Arab-Israeli conflict. While both Jewish and Arab villages have been depopulated, the vast majority of them are Arab villages emptied during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. For this reason, it is generally referred to as the Nakba ("catastrophe") among Arabs.
, were inhabited by tenants of land which was sold by a variety of absentee landlord
families, such as the Karkabi, Tueini, Farah and Khuri families and Sursock family
of Lebanon
. The sale of land to Jewish organizations often resulted in the eviction of Arabs.
A list of Palestinian villages uprooted before 1948, with the time of expulsion (and the name of Jewish settlements on village land):
Safed district
Acre district
Tiberias district
Nazareth district
Beisan district
Haifa district
Tulkarm district
Jaffa district
Ramla district
1929 Palestine riots
, or fled in fear as the Israeli army advanced.
were depopulated by Jordanian forces following the Rule of the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Jordan
. It and some others on the list have been repopulated since the Six-Day War
.
In areas that became the State of Israel
In the West Bank and Gaza
Gush Etzion
near Jerusalem:
Gaza Strip
:
due to the corridor's strategic location and route to Jerusalem and because of the residents' alleged aiding of Egypt
ian commandos in their attack on the city of Lod
. The residents of the three villages were offered compensation but were not allowed to return.
The Latrun villages are the following.
Hebron/Bethlehem area
Jordan Valley
Jerusalem area
In the Negeb/Sinai Desert
, over 100,000 Golan Heights residents were evacuated from about 25 villages whether on orders of the Syria
n government or through fear of an attack by the Israeli Defense Forces and forced expulsion after the cease fire. During the following months more than a hundred Arab villages were destroyed by Israel.
, there was a retreat from the Gaza Strip and the forced expulsion of twenty-one civilian Israeli settlement
s as well as an area in the northern West Bank containing four Israeli villages. The residential buildings were destroyed by Israel and only the public structures were left intact. The religious structures not removed by Israel were later destroyed by Palestinians.
Arab villages
A number of these villages, those in the Jezreel ValleyJezreel Valley
-Etymology:The Jezreel Valley takes its name from the ancient city of Jezreel which was located on a low hill overlooking the southern edge of the valley, though some scholars think that the name of the city originates from the name of the clan which founded it, and whose existence is mentioned in...
, were inhabited by tenants of land which was sold by a variety of absentee landlord
Absentee landlord
Absentee landlord is an economic term for a person who owns and rents out a profit-earning property, but does not live within the property's local economic region. This practice is problematic for that region because absentee landlords drain local wealth into their home country, particularly that...
families, such as the Karkabi, Tueini, Farah and Khuri families and Sursock family
Sursock family
Sursock is a Greek Orthodox, Lebanese family and one of Beirut's aristocratic families. The Sursock family made their money as traders. The Sursocks were also landowners and for many decades Lebanon's leading business family, joining forces with the Otis Elevator Company to manufacture elevators...
of Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
. The sale of land to Jewish organizations often resulted in the eviction of Arabs.
A list of Palestinian villages uprooted before 1948, with the time of expulsion (and the name of Jewish settlements on village land):
Safed district
- al-Mutila, 1896 (Metulla)
- Difna, 1939 (DafnaDafnaDafna is a kibbutz in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel, 7 km east of Kiryat Shmona. It was founded on 3 May 1939, after the tower and stockade principle, it was the first tower and stockade settlement in the northern Hula Valley...
) - al-Manara, unknown date (Menara)
- Najmat as-Subah, unknown date (Ayelet HashaharAyelet HaShahar-External links:* * article written by Ellis Shuman, June 16, 2004, mentions the vote by members of Kibbutz Ayelet Hashahar to transform their cooperative into a moshav.**...
)
Acre district
- Ja'atoun, unknown date (Gaaton)
- Khirbat Jiddin, 1946, other sources says 1948 (YehiamYehiamYehiam founded on November 26, 1946, is a Kibbutz located in the western Upper Galilee region of Israel - about 10 miles due east of the coastal town of Nahariya and five miles south of the border with Lebanon...
)
Tiberias district
- Um al-Junah, unknown date (KinneretKinneretKinneret or Kineret may refer to:* Sea of Galilee, Israel's largest freshwater lake** Kinneret, Israel, village southwest of the lake** Kvutzat Kinneret, kibbutz southwest of the lake** Kinneret College, college south of the lake...
, DeganiaDegania-Further reading:* Gavron, Daniel. The Kibbutz: Awakening from Utopia. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000.-External links:* *, from the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive internet site...
) - Malhamiyah, 1902 (Menahemia)
- Sha’arah, Beginning of the 20th century (Omer Sha’ara, today Shadmot DvoraShadmot DvoraShadmot Dvora is an agricultural moshav in the Lower Galilee Regional Council, Israel. It was established on 23 May 1939 by Jewish immigrants mostly from Germany...
) - Sarona, 1910 (SharonaSharonaSharona is an moshav in the Lower Galilee Regional Council, Israel.In the early 13th century, the geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi described Sârûniyyah as "a pass near Tabariyya, you go up it to reach At Tûr" In 1596, there was a village of 17 Muslim families there...
) - Sarjuna, unknown date (Shorshim, today HaZor'im)
- Yammah, 1901 (Yavniel)
Nazareth district
- Jabata, 1926 (Gvat)
- Khunaifis, 1926 (SaridSaridSarid is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Migdal HaEmek, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 590....
) - JinjarGinegarGinegar ,is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Migdal HaEmek, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 481.-History:...
, 1922 (Ganigar) - Rab an-Nasrah, unknown date (MazraMazraMazra may refer to:*Mazra, Armenia * Katnarrat, Syunik, Armenia* Mets Masrik, Armenia* Mutsk, Armenia* Pokr Masrik, Armenia*Mazra, Azerbaijan * Mazra, Qubadli, Azerbaijan* Məzrə, Babek, Azerbaijan...
) - Tal al-’Adas, unknown date (Tel AdashimTel AdashimTel Adashim is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 744....
) - al-'Afoulah, 1925 (AfulaAfulaAfula is a city in the North District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley", referring to the Jezreel Valley. The city had a population of 40,500 at the end of 2009.-History:...
) - al-Foulah, 1910 (MerhaviaMerhaviaMerhavia may refer to:*Merhavia , a kibbutz in northern Israel*Merhavia , a moshav in northern Israel originally known as the Co-operative in Merhavia...
) - Mashah, 1902 (Kfar TavorKfar Tavor-External links:*...
) - Samouniyah, unknown date (Shomron - not existing today, TimratTimratTimrat is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee near Nahalal, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council...
)
Beisan district
- Khirbat Bayt Ilfa, unknown date (Beit Alpha)
- Shatah, unknown date (Beit HaShitaBeit HashitaBeit HaShita is a kibbutz between Afula and Beit She'an, Israel founded on 4 December 1928 by members of "Kvuzat HaHugim" and members of "Tnuat HaMahanot HaOlim" from Haifa and Jerusalem. The kibbutz was named after the biblical town of the same name, where the Midianites fled after being beaten...
) - Tall al-Fir, 1922 (none)
- Jaloud, 1922 (Ein HarodEin HarodEin Harod was a kibbutz in Israel. It was located in northern Israel near Mount Gilboa. It is notable for being built near the battlefield of Ayn Jalut , a battle of huge macro-historical importance where the Mongols were defeated for the first time, in 1260.-History:The kibbutz was founded by...
)
Haifa district
- Jadroun, 1925 (Kfar BialikKfar BialikKfar Bialik is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Kiryat Bialik, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 786....
) - Kurdani, unknown date (AfekAfekAfek is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Zevulun Valley in the Western Galilee, near the archaeological site of Tel Afek and the HaKerayot agglomeration, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher...
) - Kafr Ata, 1925 (Kfar Ata - today Kiryat Ata)
- al-Majdal, 1925 (none)
- al-Harbaj, 1924 (Kfar HasidimKfar HasidimKfar Hasidim , also known as Kfar Hasidim Alef to distinguish it from Kfar Hasidim Bet, is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Kiryat Ata, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 572....
) - al-HarithiyahSha'ar HaAmakimSha'ar HaAmakim is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Kiryat Tiv'on, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 548.The village was founded in 1935 by immigrants from Romania and Yugoslavia...
, 1924 (Sha’ar HaEmakim) - Tab’oun, unknown date (Tivon, today Kiryat Tivon)
- Qusqous, unknown date (AlonimAlonimAlonim is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 1947 Alonim had a population of over 450. In 2006 it had a population of 521....
) - Jida, 1925 (Ramat YishaiRamat YishaiRamat Yishai is a local council in the North District of Israel, located on the side of the Haifa–Nazareth road about eastern to Kiryat Tivon. It was declared a local council in 1958. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , it had a population of 6,600 in 2010, with a growth rate...
) - Tal ash-Shamam, 1925 (Kfar YehoshuaKfar YehoshuaKfar Yehoshua is a moshav in northern Israel. Located between Carmel City and Nazareth, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 732....
) - Qamoun, 1925 (Yokneam)
- Ja’ara, unknown date (Ein HaShofetEin HashofetEin HaShofet is a kibbutz in northern Israel in the Hills of Ephraim. Located in the Ramat Menashe region around 30 km from the city of Haifa, close to Yokneam, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In 2008 it had a population of 759....
) - Um ad-Dafouf, unknown date (DaliaDaliaDalia may refer to:Places* Dalia , an offshore oil field in Angola* Dalia, Israel, a kibbutz* Dalia, the Latinized name for Dalsland, SwedenPeople* Dalia , a given name* Dalia Contreras , Venezuelan taekwando practitioner...
) - Um at-Tout, unknown date (none)
- Shifiyah, unknown date (Meir ShfeyaMeir ShfeyaMeir Shfeya is a youth village and agricultural boarding school in northern Israel. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2006 it had a student population of 300.-History:...
) - Zamarin, unknown date (Zichron Yaacov)
- Um al-’Alaq, unknown date (Tel Tzur - does not exist today)
- ash-Shounah, unknown date (none), maybe identical to Khirbat al-ShunaKhirbat al-ShunaKhirbat al-Shuna or Khirbat ash Shuna was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Haifa. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 15, 1948. It was located 32.5 km south of Haifa....
destroyed in 1948 - Zarghaniyah, unknown date (Binyamina)
- al-Buraij, unknown date (Binyamina)
- Natalah, unknown date (No data)
- Nazlah, unknown date (none)
- Safsaf, unknown date (none)
- Hadidun , unknown date (none)
- Karkour, unknown date (Ein ShemerEin ShemerEin Shemer is a kibbutz in Israel in the Shomron region, surrounded by citrus groves, orchards and fields. It is located just south of Route 65, about 6 km northeast of Hadera, and is in the Menashe Regional Council. The kibbutz was founded in 1927. The kibbutz makes a living from agriculture and...
, Gan HaShomronGan HaShomronGan HaShomron is a moshav located north-east of Hadera , on the road to Afula, Highway 65. It is named for its location on at the foot of the Shomron mountains. It was established in the spring of 1934 by Jewish immigrants from Germany who trained as farmers in Nahalal and Ein Shemer...
, Karkur, Tel Shalom) - Bidous, unknown date (Maanit)
- Shaikh Hilw , unknown date (NahlielNahlielNahliel is an Haredi communal settlement in the West Bank. Located around twenty kilometres from Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 278...
, now part from Hadera) - Zardarah, unknown date (Gan Shmuel)
- Baika, unknown date (HaderaHaderaHadera is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel approximately from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. The city is located along of the Israeli Mediterranean Coastal Plain...
) - al-Marah, 1903 (Givat Ada)
- ’Aabiyah, 1929 (Pardes Hanna)
Tulkarm district
- Shaikh Muhammad, unknown date (Elyashiv)
Jaffa district
- Mulabbis, End of 19th century (Petah TikvaPetah TikvaPetah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv.According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2009, the city's population stood at 209,600. The population density is approximately...
)
Ramla district
- Khirbet Duran, 1891 (RehovotRehovotRehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2009 the city had a total population of 112,700. Rehovot's official website estimates the population at 114,000.Rehovot was built on the site of Doron,...
) - Kafr Wariyah, unknown date (Kfar UriaKfar UriaKfar Uria is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 445....
)
1929 Palestine riots1929 Palestine riotsThe 1929 Palestine riots, also known as the Western Wall Uprising, the 1929 Massacres, , or the Buraq Uprising , refers to a series of demonstrations and riots in late August 1929 when a long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated into violence...
- Bayit VaGan (re-established in 1930)
- Be'er TuviaBe'er TuviaBe'er Tuvia is a moshav in the Southern District of Israel near the city of Kiryat Malakhi. It is affiliated with the Be'er Tuvia Regional Council....
(re-established in 1930) - Giv'on HaHadashahGiv'on HaHadashahGiv'on HaHadashah |Gibeon]]) is an Israeli communal settlement northwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank. It's located near Jerusalem's Ramot neighborhood and adjacent to Giv'at Ze'ev. This communal settlement receives its municipal services from the Matte Binyamin Regional Council...
(re-established in 1977) - HartuvHartuvHartuv or Har-Tuv was an agricultural colony in the Judean Hills established in 1883 on land purchased from the Arab village of Artuf by English missionaries. It was destroyed in the 1929 Palestine riots but was rebuilt in 1930. In 1948 it was abandoned again. Hartuv was the starting point for...
(re-established in 1930)
- Kfar UriaKfar UriaKfar Uria is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 445....
previously a palestinian village called Kafr Wariyah (Jewish settlement re-established in 1944) - Kfar Ata previously a Palestinian village called Kafr Ata (Jewish settlement re-established in 1930)
- MotzaMotzaMotza ת is a neighbourhood in the western edge of Jerusalem, Israel, located 600 metres above sea level. In the Judean Hills, surrounded by forest, it is a relatively isolated place connected to Jerusalem by the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway and the winding mountain road to Har Nof...
(re-established in 1930) - Ramat RachelRamat RachelRamat Rachel is a kibbutz located south of Jerusalem in Israel, as an enclave within Jerusalem's municipal boundaries. Overlooking Bethlehem and Rachel's Tomb and situated within the Green Line, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council...
(re-established in 1930) - HebronHebronHebron , is located in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judean Mountains, it lies 930 meters above sea level. It is the largest city in the West Bank and home to around 165,000 Palestinians, and over 500 Jewish settlers concentrated in and around the old quarter...
(re-established in 1931)
1936 Arab Revolt
- Kfar ShiloahOphelThe City of David is the oldest settled neighborhood of Jerusalem and a major archaeological site due to recognition as biblical Jerusalem. It is a narrow ridge running south from the Temple Mount. It was a walled city in the Bronze Age and, according to tradition, it is the place where King...
- Kfar EtzionKfar EtzionKfar Etzion is a religious Israeli settlement and kibbutz located in the Judean Hills between Jerusalem and Hebron in the southern West Bank. It has a population of 400 and falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council...
(re-established in 1943) - HebronHebronHebron , is located in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judean Mountains, it lies 930 meters above sea level. It is the largest city in the West Bank and home to around 165,000 Palestinians, and over 500 Jewish settlers concentrated in and around the old quarter...
(re-established in 1967)
Arab villages
Palestinian-Arab residents were expelled from hundreds of towns and villages by the Israel Defense ForcesIsrael Defense Forces
The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal , are the military forces of the State of Israel. They consist of the ground forces, air force and navy. It is the sole military wing of the Israeli security forces, and has no civilian jurisdiction within Israel...
, or fled in fear as the Israeli army advanced.
Jewish villages
Jewish neighborhoods in East JerusalemEast Jerusalem
East Jerusalem or Eastern Jerusalem refer to the parts of Jerusalem captured and annexed by Jordan in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and then captured and annexed by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War...
were depopulated by Jordanian forces following the Rule of the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Jordan
Rule of the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Jordan
The West Bank and East Jerusalem were occupied by Jordan for a period of nearly two decades starting from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. In 1950, the British extended formal recognition to the union between the Hashemite Kingdom and of that part of Palestine under Jordanian occupation and control -...
. It and some others on the list have been repopulated since the Six-Day War
Six-Day War
The Six-Day War , also known as the June War, 1967 Arab-Israeli War, or Third Arab-Israeli War, was fought between June 5 and 10, 1967, by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt , Jordan, and Syria...
.
In areas that became the State of Israel
- Beit EshelBeit EshelBeit Eshel was a Jewish settlement established in the Negev desert in Mandate Palestine in 1943 as one of the three lookouts, alongside Revivim and Gvulot. It was located two kilometres south-east of Beersheba. According to the Jewish National Fund, the name means "House of the Tamarisk" and...
Depopulated when Egypt invaded Palestine in May 1948. In October 1948, Beit Eshel was recaptured by Israel. However, the settlers who came back to Beit Eshel found only destruction, and decided to establish a new moshav named HaYogev in the Jezreel Valley. - Beit Yosef
- HartuvHartuvHartuv or Har-Tuv was an agricultural colony in the Judean Hills established in 1883 on land purchased from the Arab village of Artuf by English missionaries. It was destroyed in the 1929 Palestine riots but was rebuilt in 1930. In 1948 it was abandoned again. Hartuv was the starting point for...
(destroyed by Egyptian forces but rebuilt upon liberation as Moshav NahamNahamNaham is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 455....
) - Kfar UriaKfar UriaKfar Uria is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 445....
Originally a Palestinian village was destroyed at the site on an unknown date. The Jewish settlement was abandoned and destroyed during the 1929 Palestine riots. In 1944 a new village was established on the ruins of the original one. However, it too was destroyed, during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. A third and final attempt at settling the area was made in 1949, when a moshav was established on the site.
- Mishmar HaYarden
- NirimNirimNirim is a kibbutz in the northwestern Negev in Israel. Located near the border with the Gaza Strip, about 7 kilometers east of Khan Yunis, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council...
(destroyed but rebuilt after the war in a nearby location) - NitzanimNitzanimNitzanim is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located between Ashkelon and Ashdod on the Nitzanim dunes, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 343....
(destroyed but rebuilt after the war in a nearby location)
In the West Bank and Gaza
- AtarotAtarotAtarot was a moshav in Mandatory Palestine, north of Jerusalem along the highway to Ramallah. The village was captured and destroyed by the Jordanian Arab Legion during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War...
- Beit HaAravaBeit HaAravaBeit HaArava is an Israeli settlement and kibbutz in the West Bank. Located near the Dead Sea and Jericho at the eponymous Beit HaArava Junction, the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 90, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megilot Regional Council...
- Kalia
- Neve YaakovNeve YaakovNeve Yaakov also Neve Ya'aqov, , is a neighborhood located in northeastern Jerusalem, north of Pisgat Ze'ev and south of al-Ram. Established in 1924 during the period of the British Mandate, it was abandoned during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War...
(now part of Jerusalem)
Gush Etzion
Gush Etzion
Gush Etzion is a cluster of Israeli settlements located in the Judaean Mountains directly south of Jerusalem and Bethlehem in the West Bank, Palestinian territories. The core group includes four agricultural villages that were founded in 1940-1947 on property purchased in the 1920s and 1930s, and ...
near Jerusalem:
- Ein TzurimEin TzurimEin Tzurim is a religious kibbutz in southern Israel. Located south of Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council, and is a member of the Religious Kibbutz Movement. In 2007 it had a population of 1,100.-Original kibbutz:...
- Kfar EtzionKfar EtzionKfar Etzion is a religious Israeli settlement and kibbutz located in the Judean Hills between Jerusalem and Hebron in the southern West Bank. It has a population of 400 and falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council...
- Masuot Yitzhak
- Neve DanielNeve DanielNeve Daniel is an Israeli settlement and communal settlement located in western Gush Etzion in the southern West Bank. Located south of Jerusalem and just west of Bethlehem, it sits atop one of the highest points in the area - close to 1,000 meters above sea level, and has a view of much of the...
- RevadimRevadimRevadim is a kibbutz in Israel on the southern coastal plain. It is under the administration of the Yoav Regional Council and affiliated with the Hashomer Hatza'ir movement.-History:...
Gaza Strip
Gaza Strip
thumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of...
:
- Kfar DaromKfar DaromKfar Darom was a kibbutz and an Israeli settlement within the Gush Katif bloc in the Gaza Strip.-Original kibbutz:Kfar Darom was founded on 250 dunams of land purchased in 1930 by Tuvia Miller for a fruit orchard on the site of an ancient Jewish settlement of the same name mentioned in the Talmud...
(re-settled but evacuated as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement planIsrael's unilateral disengagement planIsrael's unilateral disengagement plan , also known as the "Disengagement plan", "Gaza expulsion plan", and "Hitnatkut", was a proposal by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, adopted by the government on June 6, 2004 and enacted in August 2005, to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from...
of 2005)
West Bank
Three Arab villages located in the Latrun Corridor were destroyed based on the orders of Yitzhak RabinYitzhak Rabin
' was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995....
due to the corridor's strategic location and route to Jerusalem and because of the residents' alleged aiding of Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian commandos in their attack on the city of Lod
Lod
Lod is a city located on the Sharon Plain southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2010, it had a population of 70,000, roughly 75 percent Jewish and 25 percent Arab.The name is derived from the Biblical city of Lod...
. The residents of the three villages were offered compensation but were not allowed to return.
The Latrun villages are the following.
- Bayt Nuba
- ImwasImwasImwas was a Palestinian Arab village located southeast of the city of Ramla and from Jerusalem in the Latrun salient of the West Bank. Often identified with the biblical Emmaus, over the course of two millennia, Imwas was intermittently inhabited and was ruled by the Romans , Arab caliphates,...
- YaloYaloYalo was a Palestinian Arab village located 13 kilometres southeast of Ramla. Identified by Edward Robinson as the ancient Canaanite city of Aijalon, after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, Jordan formally annexed Yalo along with the rest of the West Bank...
Hebron/Bethlehem area
- Surit
- Beit AwwaBeit AwwaBeit Awwa is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank, located 22 kilometers west of Hebron and 4 kilometers west of Dura. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Beit Awwa had a population of 8,064 inhabitants in 2007...
- Beit Mirsem
- Shuyukh
Jordan Valley
- al-JiftlikAl-Jiftlikal-Jiftlik is a Palestinian town in the West Bank's Jordan Rift Valley several kilometers from the Jordanian border. According to the PCBS statistics for 2006, it was home to 4,401 and set on an area of 81,283 metric dunum....
(depopulated but soon repopulated) - Agarith
- Huseirat
Jerusalem area
- Nebi SamwilTomb of SamuelThe Tomb of Samuel, , is the traditional burial site of the biblical Hebrew prophet Samuel, atop a steep hill at an elevation of 908 meters above sea level. It is situated to the north of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot. On the site is a building containing a mosque built in the 18th century...
In the Negeb/Sinai Desert
- Auja al-Hafir - Israel ended the Demilitarized zone around the village and occupied it
Golan Heights
In addition to the villages evacuated or where the residents were expelled in the West Bank during the Six-Day WarSix-Day War
The Six-Day War , also known as the June War, 1967 Arab-Israeli War, or Third Arab-Israeli War, was fought between June 5 and 10, 1967, by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt , Jordan, and Syria...
, over 100,000 Golan Heights residents were evacuated from about 25 villages whether on orders of the Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
n government or through fear of an attack by the Israeli Defense Forces and forced expulsion after the cease fire. During the following months more than a hundred Arab villages were destroyed by Israel.
- Deir El Bteha
- Derbahiya
- Hafar
- Massakieh
- Saiyada
Israeli settlements
Several Israeli settlements in Sinai were evacuated as a result of the 1979 treaty.- AvshalomAvshalom, SinaiAvshalom was an Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula.Avshalom was founded in 1973, next to Sadot. It was named Merkaz Sadot and later Yad On...
- AtzmonaBnei AtzmonBnei Atzmon was an Israeli settlement founded in 1979 in the Yamit region of the Sinai peninsula as a response to Camp David Accords, which promoted trading territory for peace...
- DiklaDiklaDikla was an Israeli settlement in the northeastern part of the Sinai Peninsula established during Israel's occupation of the peninsula from the end of the 1967 Six-Day War, until that part of the Sinai was handed over to Egypt in 1982 as part of the terms of the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace...
- HolitHolitHolit is a kibbutz in the Hevel Shalom region of south-west Israel. Located near Nir Yitzhak, the kibbutz is under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. It has a population of around 120 people.- History :...
- Netiv HaAsara, SinaiNetiv HaAsara, SinaiNetiv HaAsara was a moshav and Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula. Located near Yamit, it was founded in 1973 and was named for ten soldiers that were killed in a helicopter accident south of Rafah in 1971....
- Nitzanei SinaiNitzanei SinaiNitzanei Sinai , also known as Kadesh Barne'a , is a communal settlement in the western Negev desert in Israel. Located near Nitzana, it is named for its proximity to Sinai, as well as after Kadesh Barne'a in the Bible, one of the stations on the Israelites' journey during the Exodus .The...
- OfiraOfiraOfira was an Israeli settlement in the Sharm el-Sheikh area of the southern Sinai Peninsula, an Egyptian territory that was under Israeli occupation from 1967 to 1982. Ofira was settled from 1969, and was meant to accommodate 500 families. An airfield was opened in 1976, today known as Sharm...
- SufaSufa, SinaiSufa was an Israeli settlement and kibbutz in Sinai. Located two kilometres east of Yamit, it was evacuated as part of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty in 1982...
- Talmei YosefTalmei Yosef, SinaiTalmei Yosef was an Israeli settlement and moshav in the Sinai Peninsula. Located near Yamit, it was evacuated in 1982 as a result of the Camp David Accords....
- YamitYamitYamit was an Israeli settlement in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula with a population of about 2,500 people .The settlement was established during Israel's occupation of the peninsula from the end of the 1967 Six-Day War, until that part of the Sinai was handed over to Egypt in 1982 as...
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan
As a part of Israel's unilateral disengagement planIsrael's unilateral disengagement plan
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan , also known as the "Disengagement plan", "Gaza expulsion plan", and "Hitnatkut", was a proposal by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, adopted by the government on June 6, 2004 and enacted in August 2005, to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from...
, there was a retreat from the Gaza Strip and the forced expulsion of twenty-one civilian Israeli settlement
Israeli settlement
An Israeli settlement is a Jewish civilian community built on land that was captured by Israel from Jordan, Egypt, and Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and is considered occupied territory by the international community. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank...
s as well as an area in the northern West Bank containing four Israeli villages. The residential buildings were destroyed by Israel and only the public structures were left intact. The religious structures not removed by Israel were later destroyed by Palestinians.
Israeli settlements
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Ganei Tal Ganei Tal was an Israeli settlement in the south of the Gaza Strip. Located in the Gush Katif settlement bloc, it was established as a moshav in 1979 with a primarily agricultural purpose; exporting geraniums and tomatoes to Europe. It had a population of some 75 families, or 500 people.Lined... Katif (moshav) Katif was an Israeli settlement in the Gush Katif bloc in the Gaza Strip, about 1 km north of the Palestinian refugee camp of Deir el-Balah. It was founded in 1977 as an Orthodox moshav. The name is derived from the nearby Tel Katifa archeological site.... Kfar Darom Kfar Darom was a kibbutz and an Israeli settlement within the Gush Katif bloc in the Gaza Strip.-Original kibbutz:Kfar Darom was founded on 250 dunams of land purchased in 1930 by Tuvia Miller for a fruit orchard on the site of an ancient Jewish settlement of the same name mentioned in the Talmud... Kfar Yam Kfar Yam was a small outpost and one of the Gaza Strip Israeli Settlements abandoned in Israel's 2005 disengagement plan. It was a non-religious community established in 1983, and had a population of 10 .... Kerem Atzmona Kerem Atzmona was an unauthorized Israeli outpost in the Gush Katif settlement bloc, located in the south-west edge of the Gaza Strip, and evacuated as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan of 2005. The village, founded on Tu Bishvat in 2001, was located adjacent to the settlement of Bnei... Morag, Gaza Morag was a moshav and an Israeli settlement in Gush Katif, in the south-west edge of the Gaza Strip, evacuated in Israel's disengagement of 2005.... |
Netzarim (settlement) Netzarim was formerly an Israeli settlement established in Gaza in 1972. It began as a secular Nahal outpost of the Hashomer Hatzair movement; in 1984 it became an orthodox kibbutz. A few years later, the residents decided to change from a kibbutz to a village... Netzer Hazani Netzer Hazani was an Israeli settlement located in the northeast corner of the Gush Katif and evacuated in Israel's disengagement of 2005... Nisanit Nisanit was the largest Israeli settlement in the northern tip of the Gaza Strip in a mini-settlement bloc including Elei Sinai and Dugit. While Nisanit was under the municipal authority of the Hof Aza Regional Council it was not physically in the Gush Katif bloc where the bulk of the 'Gush Katif'... Pe'at Sade Pe'at Sadeh was an Israeli settlement, originally established in 1989 by a group of families on the 'Slav' IDF base in the southern end of Gush Katif and moved to its permanent site on an adjacent hill in 1993... Rafiah Yam Rafiah Yam was an Israeli settlement, originally established in 1984 as a secular community in the southern end of the Gush Katif settlement bloc, only 200 metres from the Egyptian border and close to the Palestinian city of Rafah.... |
Slav (settlement) Slav was a Jewish village and an Israeli settlement in the Gush Katif settlement bloc, located in the south-west edge of the Gaza Strip, whose residents were evicted in Israel's unilateral disengagement plan of 2005... Shirat Hayam Shirat HaYam was an Israeli settlement established in 2001 on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea west of Neve Dekalim in the Gush Katif settlement bloc.... Tel Katifa Tel Katifa , was a small Israeli settlement located in the northeast end of the Gush Katif settlement bloc of the Gaza Strip, and evacuated in Israel's disengagement of 2005. The settlement was named after the adjacent archeological site from the Canaanite period. The Palestinian village of Deir... |
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Kadim Kadim |Jugs]]) was an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank under the administrative jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. In September 2005 its residents were evicted and IDF soldiers began dismantling Kadim as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan.-References:... |
Ganim Ganim was a village and an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank under the administrative local government of the Shomron Regional Council.... |
Homesh Homesh was an Israeli settlement in the northern Samarian Hills of the West Bank along Tulkarm and Route 60. The village fell under the administrative jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council... |
Sa-Nur Sa-Nur was an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank under the administrative jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. Prior to its demolition, Sa-nur was home to 43 families. In September 2005 its 105 residents were evicted and IDF soldiers began dismantling Sanur as part of Israel's... |
See also
- Exodus from Lydda
- Jewish exodus from Arab countries
- List of massacres committed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
- List of villages and towns depopulated of Jews during the Holocaust
- Palestinian refugee camps
- Kurdish villages depopulated by TurkeyKurdish villages depopulated by TurkeyThe number of Kurdish villages depopulated by Turkey is estimated at around 3,000. Since 1984, the Turkish military has embarked on a campaign to eradicate the Kurdistan Workers Party, a militant Kurdish opposition group...
- Transfer CommitteeTransfer CommitteeThe Transfer Committee was set up, unofficially, by non-Cabinet members of the first government of Israel in May 1948, with the aim of overseeing the removal of Palestinian Arabs from their towns and villages, and preventing their return...
