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| al-Kasayir, Khirbat District of Haifa خربة الكساير - ח'ירבת אל-כסאיר Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Israeli occupation date
April 16, 1948
Distance from district center
13 (km) East of Haifa
Elevation from the sea
100 (meters)
Map location
See location number #2 on the map
Israeli military operation
Mishmar Ha'emek Battle
Israeli attacking brigade
Carmeli Brigade
Village defenders
Arab Liberation Army (headed by Fawzi al-Qawqgi) battalion made up of Syrian and Palestinian Druze volunteers.
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Kasayir, Khirbat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Inhabitants place of origin
Khirbat al-Kasayir inhabitants were Muslims Arabs who traced their origins to North Africa.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
The Palestinian Arab town of Shefa 'Amr.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The remains of bulldozed houses and collapsed cement walls, some covered with dirt, are scattered about the site. At the western corner of the site are a well and the remains of a house, whose girders are still visible. Another well is located at the eastern corner of the site."
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 Posted by Webmaster on MAY-7-2001Last reply posted on FEBRUARY-13-2007 Sign al-Kasayir, Khirbat's Guest Book - سجل الزوار |
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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 JULY-2-2006 Graduation Announcements Board - صفحة مناسبات التخرج |
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| Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006 Obituaries Announcements Board -صفحة الوفيات |
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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 FEBRUARY-17-2008 Will 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 Shahar Steiff on JULY-11-2006 Pictures displayed are of the Jewish town of Qiriat-Ata. The eastern quarter of Quriat-Ata, named Givat-Tal, is built on a hill just a few hundred meters north of the remains of Kesayir but not on the ramins themselvses. |
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