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| al-Burj, Khirbat District of Haifa خربة البرج - ח'ירבת אל-ברג' Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
February 15, 1948
Distance from district center
34.5 (km) South of Haifa
Elevation from the sea
25 (meters)
Map location
See location number #44 on the map
Israeli military operation
Terror campaign before the start of the war
Israeli attacking brigade
Some unknown terror unit from the Haganah.
Exodus Cause
Feer of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been completely obliterated, only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Burj, Khirbat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
15
Jewish
4,933
Public
343
Total
5,291
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
0
968
Irrigated & Plantation
13
1,190
Planted W/ Cereal
0
2,607
Cultivable
13
4,765
Non-Cultivable
345
168
Archeological sites
Khirbat al-Burj contained khirbat Tel al-Burayj, which had the foundations of buildings and granite columns.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Binyamina
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Much of the site is covered by rubble. The walls of a large stone building (possibly a khan; see Glossary) are still standing."
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