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| Biriyya District of Safad بيريّا - ביריא Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 2, 1948
Distance from district center
1.5 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea
900 (meters)
Map location
See location number #62 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade
The Palmach's First Battalion
Israeli acts of terror
Please read about the massacre committed in the next door village of Ayn-al-Zaytun
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of 15 houses remain standing. Many of these houses now are used by Jewish settlers
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisBiriyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
408
Jewish
5,170
Public
1
Total
5,579
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
53
111
Area planted w/ olives
30
0
Planted W/ Cereal
328
2,336
Built up
25
0
Cultivable
381
2,447
Non-Cultivable
3
2,723
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
319
19th century
100
1922
128
1931
170
1945
240
1948
278
Est. Refugees 1998
1,710
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
38
1948
62
Town's name through history
The Romans referred to the village by Berai (Biri)
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Kibbutz Biriyya
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, all that remains of the village:
About fifteen houses remain and are inhabited by the residents of the settlement of Biriyya; the settlement has been expanded to include the village site. In addition to the inhabited houses, four are semi-deserted or used for storage. Stones from destroyed houses can be found in some of the walls around the settlement
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 Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008Will you accept a new homeland & compensation instead of Palestine and you right of return? هل تقبل التوطين والتعويض بديل عن الوطن وحق العودة؟ |
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| Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008 Specific Board for Prisoners- صفحة مخصصة لأخبار الأسرى |
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| Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006 Obituaries Announcements Board -صفحة الوفيات |
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| Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006 Graduation Announcements Board - صفحة مناسبات التخرج |
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| Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006 Marriage Announcements Board - صفحة مناسبات الزواج |
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| Posted by Webmaster on MAY-7-2001 Last reply posted on JUNE-30-2001 Sign Biriyya's Guest Book - سجل الزوار |
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