Bayyarat Hannun

Bayyarat Hannun بيّارة حنون
Village
Part of Bayyarat Hannun, during construction of Netanya Stadium
Etymology: from Bayyara, meaning "orchard"[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Bayyarat Hannun (click the buttons)
Bayyarat Hannun Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°17′36″N 34°51′48″E
Palestine grid	137/188
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Tulkarm
Date of depopulation	Early April 1948[3]
Population  (1931)
• Total	559 with Ghabat Kafr Sur and 'Arab el Balawina[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Secondary cause	Expulsion by Yishuv forces

Bayyarat Hannun was a Palestinian agricultural estate in the Tulkarm Subdistrict in Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during "Operation Coastal Clearing" on March 31, 1948, in the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 16 km west of Tulkarm.

Geography

Bayyarat Hannun was located on a small elevation, just north of an artificial pond. The most notable landmark was one large house, part of which was still standing in 1992.[1]

History

The first part of the name Bayyara, meaning "orchard".

The village developed around a vast agricultural estate, established starting in 1890 by members of the Hannun family from Tulkarm in the lands of Ghabat Kafr Sur.[4]

The village was noted as a hamlet in the Palestine Index Gazetteer.[1]

In the 1931 census of Palestine it was counted with nearby Ghabat Kafr Sur and 'Arab el Balawina, together they had a population of 559; 6 Christians and 553 Muslims, in a total of 128 houses.[2] According to Marom, among the residents were "about 200 itinerant workers from Egypt, and lower-class tribesmen like ‘Arab al-Balawna, ‘Arab al-Huwaytat and ‘Arab al-Qatatwa."[4]

Aftermath of the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine

The village became depopulated in early April 1948, during Operation Coastal Clearing carried out by Haganah. Benny Morris provided "fear of being caught up in the fighting" and "Expulsion by Yishuv forces" as reasons for depopulation,[3][5][6] while Rosemarie Esber noted "on-site massacre, atrocities, rape, expulsion by Zionist forces" as reason for depopulation.[7]

By 1992, the southern part of Netanya had expanded within 500 meters from the village site.[1]

References

1. Khalidi, 1992, p. 551
2. Mills, 1932, p. 57
3. Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #374. Also gives cause of depopulation.
4. Marom, Roy (2024). "The Palestinian Rural Notables' Class in Ascendency: The Hannun Family of Tulkarm (Palestine)". Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies. 23 (1): 77–108. doi:10.3366/hlps.2024.0327. ISSN 2054-1988.
5. Morris, 2004, p. 245, note #630
6. Morris, 2004, p. 298, note #630
7. Esber, 2008, pp. 294, 392

Bibliography

• Esber, R.M. (2008). Under the Cover of War, The Zionist Expulsions of the Palestinians. Arabicus Books & Media. ISBN 978-0981513171.
• 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.
• Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
• Morris, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.

External links

• Welcome To Bayyarat Hannun
• Bayyarat Hannun, Zochrot
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 10: IAA, Wikimedia commons