Al-Zawiya
الزاوية
Etymology: The corner
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Al-Zawiya is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Zawiya
Al-Zawiya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°35′50″N 35°32′26″E / 32.59722°N 35.54056°E / 32.59722; 35.54056
Palestine grid201/222
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictBaysan
Date of depopulationMay 15th-18th, 1948

Al-Zawiya (Arabic: الزاوية), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15–18, 1948 under Operation Gideon. It was located 11.5 km northeast of Baysan. The Crusader Castle Belvoir is located close to the village.

History

It was classified as a hamlet in the Palestine Index Gazetteer.[1]

References

  1. Khalidi, 1992, p. 67

Bibliography

  • Khalidi, W. (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, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.


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