Al-Imara
al-Imara
العمارة | ||
|---|---|---|
| Etymology: "the Building" | ||
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Geopolitical entity Mandatory Palestine | | |
| Subdistrict | Beersheba | |
| Date of depopulation | October 1948 | |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces | |
| Current Localities | Urim[1] Ofakim[2] | |
al-Imara (
Palestinian village, located in the northern Negev Desert 27 kilometers (17 mi) northwest of Beersheba
.
History
In the British mandate period the village was classified as a hamlet by the Palestine Index Gazetteer.[3]
Post-1948
During the
Jewish kibbutz of Urim is built on the lands of the former village, being approximately 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) south of the original village site.[1]
The Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, described the village remains in 1992: "The village site has been completely built over by the
1948 Arab-Israeli War, it was moved to the site of the former British police station. About 2 km southeast of the current kibbutz there are remains of several stone structures. These were the houses that belonged to Bedouin families before 1948 and were not considered part of al-Imara.[1]
See also
- Depopulated Palestinian locations in Israel
References
- ^ a b c Khalidi, 1992, p. 73
- ^ Davis, Uri (2008), In Search of the Abu Sitta Sword (PDF), p. 12, archived from the original on 2010-11-01
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.72
Bibliography
- ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
External links
- Welcome to al-Imara at Palestine Remembered
- al-'Imara, Zochrot
