Iqrit

former Arab villages in Palestine Iqrit ( or إقرث, Iqrith ) was a Palestinian Christian village, located 25 kilometers northeast of Acre . Originally allotted to form part of an Arab state under the 1947 UN Partition Plan , it was captured and depopulated by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war . All of its Christian inhabitants were forced to flee to Lebanon and neighboring Palestinian villages after they were expelled by Jewish troops in 1948-1951. University of California Press .

former Arab villages in Palestine Iqrit ( or إقرث, Iqrith ) was a Palestinian Christian village, located 25 kilometres (16 miles) northeast of Acre . Originally allotted to form part of an Arab state under the 1947 UN Partition Plan , it was seized and forcefully depopulated then razed by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , and their territory later became part of the new State of Israel . All of its Christian inhabitants were forced to flee to Lebanon and neighboring Palestinian villages after they were expelled by Jewish forces in 1948-1951. Descendents to this day maintain an outpost in the village church, and bury their dead in its cemetery. All attempts to cultivate its lands are uprooted by the Israeli Lands Administration. Gideon Levy and Alex Levac, 'Drafting the blueprint for Palestinian refugees' right of return,' at Haaretz 4 October 2013: "We return to our village only as corpses.”

Village in Acre, Mandatory Palestine Iqrit ( or إقرث, Iqrith ), was a Palestinian Christian village, located 25 kilometres (16 miles) northeast of Acre . Originally allotted to form part of an Arab state under the proposed 1947 UN Partition Plan , it was seized and forcefully depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , and their territory later became part of the new State of Israel . All of its Christian inhabitants were forced to flee to Lebanon or the Israeli village of Rameh , after they were expelled by Jewish forces in 1948, and, despite the promise that they would be returned in two weeks' time, the villagers were never allowed to return. In 1951, in response to a plea from the Iqrit villagers, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that the former residents of Iqrit be allowed to return to their homes. However, before that happened, the IDF, despite awareness of the Supreme Court decision, destroyed the previously Christian village on Christmas Day, 1951. Descendants to this day maintain an outpost in the village church, and bury their dead in its cemetery. All attempts to cultivate its lands are uprooted by the Israeli Lands Administration. Morris also gives cause of depopulation. Gideon Levy and Alex Levac, 'Drafting the blueprint for Palestinian refugees' right of return,' at Haaretz 4 October 2013: "We return to our village only as corpses.”

Village in Acre, Mandatory Palestine Iqrit ( or إقرث, Iqrith ) was a Palestinian Christian village, located 25 kilometres (16 miles) northeast of Acre . Originally allotted to form part of an Arab state under the proposed 1947 UN Partition Plan , it was seized and ethnically cleansed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , and their territory later became part of the new State of Israel . All of its Christian inhabitants were forced to flee to Lebanon or the Israeli village of Rameh , and, despite the promise that they would be returned in two weeks' time, the villagers were not allowed to return. In 1951, in response to a plea from the Iqrit villagers, the Israel Supreme Court ruled that the former residents of Iqrit be allowed to return to their homes. However, before that happened, the IDF, despite awareness of the Supreme Court decision, destroyed Iqrit. Descendants to this day maintain an outpost in the village church, and bury their dead in its cemetery. All attempts to cultivate its lands are uprooted by the Israel Lands Administration . Morris also gives cause of depopulation. Gideon Levy and Alex Levac, 'Drafting the blueprint for Palestinian refugees' right of return,' at Haaretz 4 October 2013: "We return to our village only as corpses.”

Village in Acre, Mandatory Palestine Iqrit ( Arabic : إقرت or إقرث, Iqrith; sometimes romanized as Ikret ) was a Palestinian Christian village, located 25 kilometres (16 miles) northeast of Acre , in the western Galilee. In October 1948, the village's Palestinian Arab inhabitants were expelled by Zionist forces during the 1948 Palestine war , and the territory later became part of the new State of Israel . All of its Palestinian Christian inhabitants were forced to flee to Lebanon or the Israeli village of Rameh , and, despite the promise that they would be returned in two weeks' time, the villagers were not allowed to return, and the Israeli army destroyed the village. In 1951, in response to a plea from the Iqrit villagers, the Israel Supreme Court had ruled that the former residents of Iqrit be allowed to return to their homes. However, before they could, the IDF, despite awareness of the Supreme Court decision, destroyed Iqrit on Christmas Day 1951. Descendants of the villagers maintain an outpost in the village church, and bury their dead in its cemetery. All attempts to cultivate its lands are uprooted by the Israel Lands Administration . Morris also gives cause of depopulation. Gideon Levy and Alex Levac, 'Drafting the blueprint for Palestinian refugees' right of return,' at Haaretz 4 October 2013: "We return to our village only as corpses.”