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The village was located 12 kilometres north of [[Safed]]. 600m elevated from sea
The village was located 12 kilometres north of [[Safed]]. 600m elevated from sea
==History==
==History==
The villagers were descendants of Algerian immigrants who had fought with 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri against the French colonialists in the 1830s and 1840s. These people may have with him to the region following his defeat and banishment to Damascus in 1847.
The Arab geographer [[Yaqut al-Hamawi]] noted its ancient buildings and praised one of them, which he claimed had originally been a temple and perhaps was built by Solomon.<ref>le Strange, 1890, [http://www.archive.org/stream/palestineundermo00lestuoft#page/340/mode/1up p.340]</ref><ref>Khalidi, 1992, p. 456</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Arab towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War]]
*[[List of Arab towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War]]

Revision as of 17:46, 24 July 2009

Template:Infobox Former Arab villages in Palestine Dayshum was a Palestinian village, depopulated in 30 October 1948 by israeli terror group Palmach Sheva' (Seventh) brigade in an operation called Hiram, where the village has been completely obliterated, and only house rubble left behind.


Location

The village was located 12 kilometres north of Safed. 600m elevated from sea

History

The villagers were descendants of Algerian immigrants who had fought with 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri against the French colonialists in the 1830s and 1840s. These people may have with him to the region following his defeat and banishment to Damascus in 1847.

See also


  • [1], Palestine Remembered
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