Khirbat Zawiya

For other places with similar names, see Zawiya.

Al-Zawiya (Arabic: الزاوية), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15–18, 1948 under Operation Gideon. It was located 11.5 km northeast of Baysan. The Crusader Castle Belvoir is located close to the village.

Al-Zawiya الزاوية
Etymology: The corner
A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Zawiya (click the buttons)
Al-Zawiya Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°35′50″N 35°32′26″E
Palestine grid	201/222
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Baysan
Date of depopulation	May 15th-18th, 1948

History

It was classified as a hamlet in the Palestine Index Gazetteer.

Bibliography

• 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 al-Zawiya, Khirbat
• Khirbat al-Zawiya, Zochrot
• Survey of Western Palestine, map 9: IAA, Wikimedia commons