Al-Zuq al-Tahtani
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| Al-Zuq al-Tahtani | |
 Al-Zuq al-Tahtani
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| Arabic | |
| Sub-district | Safad |
| Coordinates | 33°12′54.10″N 35°36′03.85″E / 33.215028°N 35.6010694°ECoordinates: 33°12′54.10″N 35°36′03.85″E / 33.215028°N 35.6010694°E |
| Population | 1050 (1945) |
| Area | |
| Date of depopulation | May 11, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current localities | Beyt Hillel[2] |
Al-Zuq al-Tahtani was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Safad. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 11, 1948 by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 30 km northeast of Safad.
In 1945, the village had a total population of 1,050.
[edit] References
[edit] Bibliography
- Guérin, M. V.: (1880): Description Géographique, Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. Galilee, "Tome II" Paris: Imprimerie Nationale (p. 534)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q.
[edit] External links
- Welcome To al-Zuq al-Tahtani
- al-Zuq al-Tahtani from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
- Al-Zuq al-Tahtani, Dr. Khalil Rizk.
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