Al-Lawz, Khirbat
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Al-Lawz, Khirbat
| Al-Lawz, Khirbat | ||
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| District | Jerusalem | |
| Population | 450 (1945) | |
| Area | 4,502 dunums | |
| Date of depopulation | July 13, 1948 | |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | ||
Al-Lawz, Khirbat was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jerusalem. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 13, 1948 by the Har'el Brigade of Operation Dani. It was located 11 km west of Jerusalem, situated north of Wadi al-Sarar.
In 1945, the village had a population of 450. Khirbat al-Lawz had a shrine dedicated to a local sage known as al-Shaykh Salama.
References
- 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
External links
- Welcome To al-Lawz, Khirbat
- Al-Lawz, Khirbat, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
- A Tour to Khirbet Alaluz By Umar Agbariya, 7.6.2008, Zochrot
Coordinates: 31°46′04″N 35°06′41″E / 31.76778°N 35.11139°E
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