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District of Baysan
Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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| Statistic & Fact | Value | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation Date | May 16, 1948 | ||||||||||||||
| Distance From District | 10.5 (km) North of Baysan | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 180 (meters) | ||||||||||||||
| Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Details |
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| Pre-Nakba Aerial View |
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| Map Location | See location #7 on the map View from satellite |
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| Military Operation | Operation Gideon | ||||||||||||||
| Attacking Units | Golani Brigade | ||||||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town | ||||||||||||||
| Village Temains | The village was completely obliterated and defaced. | ||||||||||||||
| Ethnically Cleansing | Kafra inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||
| Pre-Nakba Land Ownership |
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps |
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| Land Usage As of 1945 |
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| Shrines / Maqams | A shrine for a local religious teacher known as al-Shaykh Muhammad. | ||||||||||||||
| Archeological Sites | Kafra contains the ruins of an unknown ancient village on its lands. | ||||||||||||||
| Exculsive Jewish Colonies That Usurped Village Lands |
No Israeli settlements on village lands. | ||||||||||||||
| Featured Video | |||||||||||||||
Village Before NakbaThe village was situated in the middle of the Baysan Valley. Its houses were built on both sides of the upper reaches of Wadi Kafra, a shallow Valley. A secondary road linked it to the Baysan-Jericho highway, and other roads connected it to surrounding villages. There was a small forest south of the village. It had been known by the name Kafra since at least the time of the Crusades, when the Crusaders spelled it "Caffra." Its population was Muslim. A shrine for a local religious teacher, Shaykh Muhammad, stood to the east of the village. Due to its location at a crossroads between many villages, Kafra became a hub of commercial activity for the area, but agriculture remained the mainstay of the village economy. Grain, vegetables, and olives were the main crops. In 1944/45 a total of 7,284 dunums was allocated to cereals; 36 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. Kafra also was an archaeological site in which a trough carved out of basalt and the ruins of an ancient village were found.Zionists Colonies on Village LandsThere are no Israeli settlements on village land.Village TodayCactuses grow amid the rubble of the village. Almond, olive, and fig trees grow on the site, and a fence surrounds much of the land in the vicinity. Part of the surrounding land is used for grazing but the land near the hill is cultivated, mainly with chick peas. The remains of the basalt trough and of the ancient village itself are still present but have not been examined by archaeologists.SourceDr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains. |
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| Related Maps | Town Lands' Demarcation Maps خرائط للقضاء توضح حدود القرى والاودية Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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| More Information | في كتاب كي لا ننسى في كتاب بلادنا فلسطين المزيد من موقع هوية |
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| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| حازم أبو الرب | - | - |
| Ehab Mudllal | - | Palestine |
| adel Abu Al Rub | - | - |
| mahmood mdallal | - | - |
| Qasem Al-Mdallal | - | - |
| abu ahmad | modallal | Abu Dhabi, UAE |