Ghabat Kafr Sur
Ghabat Kafr Sur
غابات كفر صور | |
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Village | |
Tel Yitzhaq[3] |
Ghabat Kafr Sur was a
History
The village was located on what had been the large
British Mandate era
In the 1931 census of Palestine, Ghabat Kafr Sur was counted with nearby Bayyarat Hannun and 'Arab al-Balawina. Together they had a population of 559: 6 Christians and 553 Muslims in a total of 128 houses.[6]
In 1932, two Jewish settlements were established on lands purchased from Ghabat Kafr Sur, and named Kfar Tzur and Tel Tzur after the original village.[7][8] Kfar Tzur was renamed into Be'er Ganim in 1933.[9] Those two settlements were merged into Even Yehuda in 1950.[10]
In the
Aftermath of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
The majority of Ghabat Kafr Sur was razed during coastal clearing operations carried out by the
When the Jews attacked Al-Tira, we fled to Qalqilya. We were not allowed to carry guns. So we had nothing with which to defend ourselves. [The Jews] were shooting at us from both sides, and the Jews’ [massacre] at Dayr Yasin.... made us leave.
We stayed at Tirah Bani Sa’ab for more than a week, until the Jews attacked. The village fought bravely, but in the end nobody could fight tanks and planes with guns.
The Jews followed us to Qalqilya and blew up the school with mines. Many people were killed there. We kept going from village to village......Nobody could return after that to the village [Ghabat Kafr Sur], because the Jews settled there in mobile houses transferred by tractors. We walked barefoot and hungry from village to village...Fearful stories about massacres made people run away.[13]
Rosemarie Esber lists the cause of depopulation under: "Direct mortar attacks on civilians, siege, shooting at fleeing Arabs."[14]
In 1992, the remains of Ghabat Kafr Sur were described, "a considerable portion of the site consists of sand dunes overgrown with wild vegetation. Several large eucalyptus trees also grow on the site. The remains of three large Arab houses are visible in the midst of newly planted orange groves in the east and northeastern part of the site. They are used by the Israelis as agricultural warehouses."[3]
References
- ^ a b Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 20
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 74
- ^ a b c d e Khalidi, 1992, p. 553
- ^ Marom, Roy, "The Contribution of Conder's Tent Work in Palestine for the Understanding of Shifting Geographical, Social and Legal Realities in the Sharon during the Late Ottoman Period", in Gurevich D. and Kidron, A. (eds.), Exploring the Holy Land: 150 Years of the Palestine Exploration Fund, Sheffield, UK, Equinox (2019), pp. 212-231
- ^ Marom, Roy (2022). "The Oak Forest of the Sharon (al-Ghaba) in the Ottoman Period: New Insights from Historical- Geographical Studies, Muse 5". escholarship.org. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 57
- JSTOR 24370844.
- ^ וילנאי, זאב (1945). "מדריך ארץ ישראל, תל־אביב, השרון, השפלה והנגב".
- ^ "גנים | דבר | 8 נובמבר 1933 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית".
- ^ "האנציקלופדיה לשלטון המקומי בישראל: Moʻatsot meḳomiyot 1, 1989-1994". 1990.
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 125
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 175
- ^ a b Esber, 2008, pp. 296, 321. Sayef was interviewed in 2001, in Souf Camp, Jordan, by Esber
- ^ Esber, 2008, pp. 294, 392
Bibliography
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- ISBN 978-0981513171.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
External links
- Welcome To Ghabat Kafr Sur
- Ghabat Kafr Sur, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 10: IAA, Wikimedia commons