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Template:Infobox former Arab villages in Palestine

Nitaf Arabic: نطاف, Natâf) was a small Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jerusalem. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War on April 15, 1948 during the second stage of Operation Dani. It was located 17 km west of Jerusalem. The village was built on an archaeological site which was surrounded by a number of khirbas.

In 1945 it had a population of 40 people. Nitaf had a maqam for local sage known as al-Shaykh Mas'ud.

References

Bibliography

  • 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 0887282245
  • Morris, Benny (2004), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521009677, 9780521009676 {{citation}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help)

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