Khirbat Zawiya
Al-Zawiya
الزاوية | |
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| Etymology: The corner | |
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  Al-Zawiya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°35′50″N 35°32′26″E / 32.59722°N 35.54056°E | |
| Palestine grid | 201/222 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Baysan |
| Date of depopulation | May 15th-18th, 1948 |
Al-Zawiya (Arabic: الزاوية), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15–18, 1948 under Operation Gideon. It was located 11.5 km northeast of Baysan. The Crusader Castle Belvoir is located close to the village.
History
[edit]It was classified as a hamlet in the Palestine Index Gazetteer.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 67
Bibliography
[edit]- Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Morris, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
External links
[edit]- Welcome To al-Zawiya, Khirbat
- Khirbat al-Zawiya, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, map 9: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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