Wa'arat al-Sarris ( ar, وعرة السرّيس) was a
Palestinian village in the
Haifa Subdistrict
The Haifa subdistrict is one of Israel's sub-districts in Haifa District
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, which was depopulated during the
1948 Palestine war
The 1948 Palestine war was fought in the territory of what had been, at the start of the war, British-ruled Mandatory Palestine. It is known in Israel as the War of Independence ( he, מלחמת העצמאות, ''Milkhemet Ha'Atzma'ut'') and ...
.
History
In the
1931 census of Palestine
The 1931 census of Palestine was the second census carried out by the authorities of the British Mandate for Palestine. It was carried out on 18 November 1931 under the direction of Major E. Mills after the 1922 census of Palestine.
* Census of P ...
, conducted by the
British Mandate authorities, it was counted as a part of
Shefa-'Amr suburbs, together with 9 other villages, and together they had a total of 1197 inhabitants, all Muslim, in 234 houses.
In the
1945 statistics ''Wa'rit Sarris'' was again counted among
Shefa-'Amr suburbs, and it was noted with a population of 190 Muslims.
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1948, aftermath
During the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine
The 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine was the first phase of the 1947–1949 Palestine war. It broke out after the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution on 29 November 1947 recommending the adoption of the Pa ...
, there were raids on Arab villages by Jewish forces, which led to flight of the residents and in early January 1948 Hans Moller, the manager of the Ata factory (in modern-day Kiryat Ata
Kiryat Ata ( he, קִרְיַת אָתָא; also Qiryat Ata) is a city in the Haifa District of Israel. In it had a population of , 92% of whom were Jewish citizens.
History
The Early Bronze Age site at Qiryat Ata has been extensively excavate ...
) offered the residents of the village to find shelter in his factory, which was near the village, but the residents declined the offer, in fear of being targeted by the Palestinian Arabs and fled to Shefa-'Amr. The village was occupied during April, 1948, during the Battle of Ramat Yohanan
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between the Jews and the Druze
The Druze (; ar, دَرْزِيٌّ, ' or ', , ') are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from Western Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion based on the teachings of ...
battalion of the Arab Liberation Army.[ Yoav Gelber, ''Independence Versus Nakba''; Kinneret–Zmora-Bitan–Dvir Publishing, 2004, , p.140] The village was located 11 km east of Haifa.
References
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External links
Welcome To Wa'arat al-SarrisWa'arat al-Sarris
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*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 5
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from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
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Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
District of Haifa