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Welcome To Kirad al-Baqqara - كراد البقارة (כיראד אל-בקארה)

District of Safad
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Occupation Date April 22, 1948
Distance From District 11 (km) North West of Safad
Elevation 125 (meters)
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Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #53 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Attacking Units The Palmach's First Battalion
Exodus Cause Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village Temains The village has been completely destroyed, and only the rubble of destroyed houses left behind.
Ethnically Cleansing In 1956, the DMZ's 2,200 inhabitants have been terrorized into fleeing to Syria.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 2, 141
Jewish 121
Public N/A
**Total 2,262
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 60 0
Planted W/ Cereal 1,961 121
Arable 2,021 121
Non-Arable 120 0
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1931 245
1945 360
1948 418
Est. Refugees 1998 2,565
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 54
1948 92
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al-Wayziyya
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Nearby Wadies & Rivers Wadi Mushayrifa ran between the two Kirad villages (al-Ghannama and al-Baqqara)
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 Gadot and Mishmar ha-Yarden
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Village Before Nakba

The village stood on a volcanic (basalt) outcrop on the southern edge of the al-Hula Plain, surrounded by the sedimentary rock typical of this part of the Lisan Formation. Kirad al-Baqqara was east of Kirad al-Ghannama and was slightly less elevated; Wadi Mushayrifa ran between them. Both villages were initially populated by Bedouin who had settled in the area to take advantage of the fertile soil and abundant grasses. They had used the land as pasture for cattle and sheep, hence the village names: Baqqara (derived from the Arabic baqara, "cow") and Ghannama (from ghanama, "sheep"). Kirad al-Baqqara was classified in the Mandate Palestine Index Gazetteer as a hamlet, and its entire population was Muslim. It shared a coeducational school with its twin village. Various grains (especially those used as cattle fodder, such as corn) were the primary crop, but citrus fruits and onions were cultivated as well. In 1944/45 a total of 1,961 dunums was allocated to cereals and 60 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. (See also the twin village of Kirad al-Ghannama.)

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

Kirad al-Baqqara is mentioned as one of several villages evacuated in the first week of Operation Yiftach (see Abil al-Qamh, Safad sub-disctrict) due to 'Jewish attacks-mortaring or ground assaults-and fear of Jewish revenge or of becoming embroiled in others' battles,' In this particular case, the villagers 'feared being in harm's way during the expected Syrian invasion,' according to Israeli historian Benny Morris, paraphrasing a Haganah intelligence report. This explanation is somewhat suspect since the villagers are believed to have left on 22 April 1948, over three weeks before the entry of Syrian troops into Palestine. [M:123–24] In any case, the Yiftach evacuation was either temporary or incomplete, or both. Over a year later, in July 1949, Morris reports that Israeli efforts were underway to evict the villagers again. This effort was by no means a strictly military operation, since the war was long over and the village fell within the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), according to the armistice agreement signed with Syria. The agreement included a provision protecting some seven villages located within the DMZ; nevertheless, between 1949 and 1956 pressure was applied to 'induce' most of the population of these villages to go into exile in Syria. By 1956, the DMZ's 2,200 inhabitants had been pushed out by a combination of 'economic and police pressure and 'petty persecution,' and economic incentives ... ' according to Morris. [Burns 1969:115, 318; M:243]

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

There are no Israeli settlements on village lands. However, the settlements of Gadot (205269) and Mishmar ha-Yarden (206267), both founded in 1949, are 1 km east and 1.5 km south of the village site, respectively.

Village Today

The village site is littered with rubble, piles of stones, and fragments of houses. Grass, Christ's-thorn trees, and cactuses grow throughout the site.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.
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