Kirad al-Ghannama

Coordinates: 33°01′18″N 35°35′14″E / 33.02167°N 35.58722°E / 33.02167; 35.58722
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Kirad al-Ghannama
كراد الغنامة
Village
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Kirad al-Ghannama was a

Safad
. Wadi Mushayrifa ran between the two Kirad villages (al-Ghannama and al-Baqqara) and Wadi Waqqas supplied the village with its water requirements. The village contained the following khirbas: Khirbat Nijmat al-Subh, Tall al-Qadah, and Tall al-Safa.

History

By the

Muslims inhabitants, in a total of 54 houses.[4]

In the 1945 statistics, its population was 350 Muslims,[2] and the total land area were 3,975 dunams.[1] Of this, 77 dunams were for citrus and bananas, 20 dunams were irrigated or used for plantations, 3,451 for cereals,[5] while 64 dunams were classified as urban land.[6]

1948, aftermath

The village was in the Demilitarized Zone, per the Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission.

After the

Palestinian inhabitants, a total of 2,200 villagers, moved to Syria.[7]

In the spring of 1951, Israel decided to assert its sovereignty over the DMZ, including "the transfer of Arab civilians from the area.." On the night of the 30 March they forcibly transferred all the 800 inhabitants of Kirad al-Ghannama and Kirad al-Baqqara to Sha'ab.[9] A United Nations decision allowed the villagers to return, however, Israel pressured them to remain in Sha'ab. In spite of this, many of the villagers returned to their homes in the DMZ. In 1956 Israel expelled the two Khirad-villages again, and this time the sites were physically destroyed and ploughed over. Most of the villagers went to Syria, a few went back to Sha'ab.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.70
  2. ^ a b Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 10
  3. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #42. Also gives cause of depopulation. Morris notes that it was later resettled, followed by expulsion in 1956.
  4. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 106
  5. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.119
  6. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 169
  7. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. 512
  8. ^ UN Doc S/1353 Syria Israel Armistice Agreement of 20 July 1949
  9. ^ Morris, 1993, p. 362
  10. ^ Morris, 1993, p.362, citing Burns, E.L.M., p.115-118 and Summary of meeting with Prime Minister (of Israel) 4 July 1951.

Bibliography

  • Burns, E.L.M. (1962). Between Arab and Israeli. George G. Harrap.
  • Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
  • 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
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  • Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
  • ISBN 0-19-827850-0
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  • ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6
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