Bir Salim
Bir Salim
بئر سالم | |
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Village | |
Orange groves at Bir Salim | |
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Bir Salim Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°55′33″N 34°49′41″E / 31.92583°N 34.82806°E | |
| Palestine grid | 133/148 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | May 9, 1948[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,401 dunams (3.401 km2; 1.313 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 410[1][2] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Netzer Sereni[4][5] |
Bir Salim (Arabic: بئر سالم) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 9, 1948, by the Givati Brigade. It was located 4 km west of Ramla.
History
In the 1945 statistics, the village had a population of 410 Muslims,[1] while the total land area was 3,401 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[2] Of this, 742 dunums of village land was used for citrus and bananas, 510 dunums were irrigated or used for plantations, 1,468 dunums were for cereals,[6] while 681 dunams were classified as non-cultivable areas.[7]
1948, aftermath
According to a summary by the IDF Intelligence branch, Bir Salim was depopulated on 9 May 1948 after an attack on the orphanage.[8]
Netzer Sereni was established on village land in 1948.[4][5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
- ^ a b c Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #248. Also gives cause of depopulation
- ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xx, settlement #11.
- ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 371.
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 114
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 164
- ^ Arab Section, IDF Intelligence Service. "Migration of Eretz Yisrael Arabs between December 1, 1947 and June 1, 1948".
Bibliography
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- 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.
External links
- Welcome To Bir Salim
- Bir Salim, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 13: IAA Archived 2016-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, Wikimedia commons
- Bir Salim, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
