Kasla, Jerusalem
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| Kasla | |
| Arabic | |
| Sub-district | Jerusalem |
| Population | 280 (1945) |
| Area | 8,004 dunams |
| Date of depopulation | July 17-18, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Ramat Razi'el, Kesalon |
Kasla was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jerusalem. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 17, 1948 by the Har'el Brigade of Operation Dani. It was located 17 km west of Jerusalem. The Canaanites and Romans referred to Kasla as the city of Chesalon. Kasla has several khirbas including a shrine for a local sage known as al-Shaykh Ahmad.
References [edit]
- ^ Morris, 2004, p.xx, village #338. Also gives cause of depopulation.
Bibliography [edit]
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center
- Khalidi, Walid (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, Benny (2004), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6
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Coordinates: 31°46′52″N 35°03′04″E / 31.78111°N 35.05111°E
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