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| Israeli occupation date | July 15, 1948 | ||||||||||||||
| Distance from district center | 14 (km) East of al-Ramla | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation from the sea | 275 (meters) | ||||||||||||||
| Map location | See location number #22 on the map | ||||||||||||||
| Israeli military operation | Second phase of Operation Dani. | ||||||||||||||
| Defenders | Jordanian Army | ||||||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Military assault by Jewish troops | ||||||||||||||
| Village remains after destruction by Israelis |
al-Burj was mostly destroyed with the exception of one crumbling house remain standing. | ||||||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansing by Israelis |
al-Burj inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||
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| Town's name through history | al-Burj may have been named in reference to the nearby Crusades castle, Castle Arnold. | ||||||||||||||
| Schools | An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1947, and it had an initial enrollment of 35 boys. | ||||||||||||||
| Water supplies | A water tank located on the East side which provided the village with its water supplies. | ||||||||||||||
| Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | Kefar Rut | ||||||||||||||
| Related Maps | خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, all that remains of the village:
Only one crumbled house remains on the hilltop. Cactuses and wild plants grow on the site
- General View Of al-Burg Site, MAY 2001
- A sign near the only remaining building mentions the fortress (burj) and the Palestinian village that existed here until 1948.
- The fortress.
- The fortress.
- A well or a cistern.
- Remains, cacti, and a Palestinian village (probably Beit Sira) far away.
- Cultivation plots
- وسط القرية
- قوس احد البيوت صامد
- موقع القريه
- من غرب موقع القريه والمستعمره المقامه على اراضيها
- ابار القريه
- موقع القريه من الغرب
- اطلال القريه
- موقع القريه
- منظر عام من موقع القريه
- العصابات الصهيونيه في قريه البرج سنه 1948
- قريه البرج قبل النكبه
- قريه البرج قبل النكبه
- صوره قديمه لمسجد قريه البرج سنه 1918
- مسجد قريه البرج سنه 1918
- صوره قديمه من قريه البرج سنه 1918
| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| عمر الامير | الامير | - |
| حمزة عليان | عليان | - |
| اسماعيل | عدوان | - |
| ابن البرج | الخطيب | - |
| nabilo2003 | Odwan | Amman, Jordan |
| ابو جمال | - | - |
| ابراهيم معالي | maali | - |
| Jignesh | - | Gujarat, India |
| Ayman | - | Amman, Jordan |
| jameel | - | jordan, jordan |
- Tracing All that remains of al-Burg Duration: 7 min 30 sec
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-A Survey of Palestine, the official source about Palestine before Nakba produced by the British Mandate; over 1200 pages.
-Satellite View & Google Earth: Over 6,000 placemarks identifying all destroyed towns, W. Bank & Gaza Strip Towns, & refugee camps.
-Campgain Against Lice
-PalestineRemembered.com and its Nakba Oral History Project were featured on al-Jazeera Satellite TV.
-Nakba Oral History Video Podcast:
Over 600 Oral History interviews (including 3,000 hours of recording) can be viewed now online.-Gaza Jail Break
-Arabic version now available - النسخة العربية للموقع الان متوفرة
-Videos: Documenting the destroyed villages in video: Tracing all that remains since Nakba.
-Videos: Responding to Zionist Propaganda
-Interview: The ethnic cleansing of Palestine: George Galloway interviews Israeli Historian Ilan Pappe.
-For Palestinians, memory matters. It provides a blueprint for their future By George Bisharat.
-Zionist FAQ now available in Hebrew שאלות שציונים שואלים, עכשיו בעברית
-Video: The Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer report on the influence of the Israel Lobby on U.S. Foreign Policy
-The Nakba - an event that did not occur (although it had to occur) By Eitan Bronstein
-The Palestinian-Israeli conflict for beginners