Khirbat al-Shuna | |
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 former Khirbat al-Shuna, presently Jabotinsky Park in Binyamina | |
 1870s map  1940s map modern map  1940s with modern overlay mapA series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat al-Shuna (click the buttons) | |
  Khirbat al-Shuna Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°32′05″N 34°56′51″E / 32.53472°N 34.94750°E | |
| Palestine grid | 145/215 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | March 15, 1948 |
Khirbat al-Shuna or Khirbat ash Shuna was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 15, 1948. It was located 32.5 km south of Haifa. Khirbat al-Shuna contained a small archaeological site, Khirbat Tell Mubarak. The area is now part of a JNF park, immediately north of Binyamina-Giv'at Ada.
References[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Welcome To al-Shuna, Khirbat at palestineremembered.com
- Khirbat al-Shuna (Haifa), Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons
