TOWNS DESTROYED AND/OR ETHNICALLY CLEANSED
BY THE JEWS/ISRAELIS.
Click on the Town Name for more information about the town and its fate.
| District of Acre.
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| 'Amqa
| 'Arab al-Samniyya
| Dayr al-Qasi
| Iqrit
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| 'Iribbin, Khirbat
| Jiddin, Khirbat
| Kafr 'Inan
| Kuwaykat
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| Mi'ar
| Nahf
| Sakhnin
| Sha'ab
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| Suhmata
| Suruh
| Tarbikha
| Tarshiha
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| Umm al-Faraj
| al-Bassa
| al-Birwa
| al-Damun
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| al-Ghabisiyya
| al-Kabri
| al-Manshiyya
| al-Mansura
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| al-Nabi Rubin
| al-Nahr
| al-Ruways
| al-Sumayriyya
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| al-Tall
| al-Zeeb
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| District of Baysan.
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| 'Arab al-'Arida
| 'Arab al-Bawati
| 'Arab al-Safa
| Danna
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| Farwana
| Jabbul
| Kafra
| Kawkab al-Hawa
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| Masil al-Jizl
| Qumya
| Sirin
| Tall al-Shawk
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| Umm 'Ajra
| Umm Sabuna, Khirbat
| Yubla
| Zab'a
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| al-Ashrafiyya
| al-Bira
| al-Fatur
| al-Ghazzawiyya
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| al-Hamidiyya
| al-Hamra
| al-Khunayzir
| al-Murassas
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| al-Sakhina
| al-Samiriyya
| al-Taqa, Khirbat
| al-Tira
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| al-Zawiya, Khirbat
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| District of Beersheba.
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| al-'Imara
| al-Jammama
| al-Khalasa
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| District of Gaza.
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| 'Arab Suqrir
| Barbara
| Barqa
| Bayt 'Affa
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| Bayt Daras
| Bayt Jirja
| Bayt Tima
| Bi'lin
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| Burayr
| Dayr Sunayd
| Dimra
| Hamama
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| Hatta
| Hiribya
| Huj
| Hulayqat
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| 'Ibdis
| 'Iraq Suwaydan
| 'Iraq al-Manshiyya
| Isdud
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| Julis
| Jusayr
| Karatiyya
| Kawfakha
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| Kawkaba
| Najd
| Ni'ilya
| Qastina
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| Simsim
| Summil
| Tall al-Turmus
| Yasur
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| al-Batani al-Gharbi
| al-Batani al-Sharqi
| al-Faluja
| al-Jaladiyya
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| al-Jiyya
| al-Jura
| al-Khisas
| al-Masmiyya al-Kabira
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| al-Masmiyya al-Saghira
| al-Muharraqa
| al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya
| al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya
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| al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya
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| District of Haifa.
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| Abu Shusha
| Abu Zurayq
| 'Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri
| 'Arab al-Fuqara'
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| 'Arab al-Nufay'at
| 'Atlit
| 'Ayn Ghazal
| 'Ayn Hawd
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| Balad al-Shaykh
| Barrat Qisarya
| Burayka
| Daliyat al-Rawha'
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| Haifa
| Hawsha
| Ijzim
| Jaba'
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| Kabara
| Kafr Lam
| Khubbayza
| Lid, Khirbat
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| Qannir
| Qira
| Qisarya
| Qumbaza, Khirbat
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| Sa'sa', Khirbat
| Sabbarin
| Umm al-Shawf
| Umm al-Zinat
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| Wa'arat al-Sarris
| Wadi 'Ara
| Yajur
| al-Burj, Khirbat
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| al-Butaymat
| al-Damun, Khirbat
| al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa
| al-Ghubayya al-Tahta
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| al-Jalama
| al-Kafrayn
| al-Kasayir, Khirbat
| al-Manara, Khirbat
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| al-Mansi
| al-Mansura, Khirbat
| al-Mazar
| al-Naghnaghiyya
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| al-Rihaniyya
| al-Sarafand
| al-Sarkas, Khirbat
| al-Sawamir
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| al-Shuna, Khirbat
| al-Sindiyana
| al-Tantura
| al-Tira
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| District of Hebron.
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| 'Ajjur
| Barqusya
| Bayt Jibrin
| Bayt Nattif
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| Dayr Nakhkhas
| Dayr al-Dubban
| Kudna
| Mughallis
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| Ra'na
| Tall al-Safi
| Thikrin
| Umm Burj, Khirbat
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| Zakariyya
| Zayta
| al-Dawayima
| al-Qubayba
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| District of Jaffa.
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| Abu Kishk
| Bayt Dajan
| Biyar 'Adas
| Fajja
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| Ijlil al-Qibliyya
| Ijlil al-Shamaliyya
| Jaffa
| Jarisha
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| Kafr 'Ana
| Rantiya
| Salama
| Saqiya
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| Yazur
| al-'Abbasiyya
| al-Haram
| al-Jammasin al-Gharbi
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| al-Jammasin al-Sharqi
| al-Khayriyya
| al-Mas'udiyya
| al-Mirr
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| al-Muwaylih
| al-Safiriyya
| al-Sawalima
| al-Shaykh Muwannis
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| District of Jerusalem.
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| 'Allar
| 'Aqqur
| 'Artuf
| 'Ayn Karim
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| Bayt 'Itab
| Bayt Mahsir
| Bayt Naqquba
| Bayt Thul
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| Bayt Umm al-Mays
| Dayr 'Amr
| Dayr Aban
| Dayr Rafat
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| Dayr Yasin
| Dayr al-Hawa
| Dayr al-Shaykh
| Ishwa'
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| 'Islin
| Ism Allah, Khirbat
| Jarash
| Kasla
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| Lifta
| Nitaf
| Qalunya
| Ras Abu 'Ammar
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| Sar'a
| Saris
| Sataf
| Suba
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| Sufla
| al-'Umur, Khirbat
| al-Burayj
| al-Jura
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| al-Lawz, Khirbat
| al-Maliha
| al-Qabu
| al-Qastal
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| al-Tannur, Khirbat
| al-Walaja
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| District of Jinin.
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| 'Ayn al-Mansi
| Nuris
| Zir'in
| al-Jawfa, Khirbat
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| al-Lajjun
| al-Mazar
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| District of Nazareth.
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| Indur
| Ma'lul
| Saffuriyya
| al-Mujaydil
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| District of Safad.
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| Abil al-Qamh
| 'Akbara
| 'Alma
| 'Ammuqa
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| 'Arab al-Shamalina
| 'Arab al-Zubayd
| 'Ayn al-Zaytun
| Baysamun
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| Biriyya
| Dallata
| Dayshum
| Fara
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| Fir'im
| Ghabbatiyya
| Ghuraba
| Harrawi
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| Hunin
| Jahula
| Jubb Yusuf
| Kafr Bir'im
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| Karraza, Khirbat
| Khan al-Duwayr
| Khiyam al-Walid
| Kirad al-Baqqara
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| Kirad al-Ghannama
| Lazzaza
| Madahil
| Mallaha
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| Mansurat al-Khayt
| Marus
| Mirun
| Mughr al-Khayt
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| Qabba'a
| Qadas
| Qaddita
| Qaytiyya
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| Sa'sa'
| Sabalan
| Safad
| Safsaf
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| Saliha
| Taytaba
| Tulayl
| Yarda
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| al-'Abisiyya
| al-'Ulmaniyya
| al-'Urayfiyya
| al-Butayha
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| al-Buwayziyya
| al-Dawwara
| al-Dirbashiyya
| al-Dirdara
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| al-Farradiyya
| al-Hamra'
| al-Husayniyya
| al-Ja'una
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| al-Khalisa
| al-Khisas
| al-Malikiyya
| al-Manshiyya
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| al-Mansura
| al-Muftakhira
| al-Muntar, Khirbat
| al-Na'ima
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| al-Nabi Yusha'
| al-Qudayriyya
| al-Ras al-Ahmar
| al-Salihiyya
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| al-Sammu'i
| al-Sanbariyya
| al-Shawka al-Tahta
| al-Shuna
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| al-Wayziyya
| al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta
| al-Zanghariyya
| al-Zawiya
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| al-Zuq al-Fawqani
| al-Zuq al-Tahtani
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| District of Tiberias.
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| 'Awlam
| Ghuwayr Abu Shusha
| Hadatha
| Hittin
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| Kafr Sabt
| Lubya
| Ma'dhar
| Nasir al-Din
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| Nimrin
| Samakh
| Wadi al-Hamam
| Yaquq
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| al-'Ubaydiyya
| al-Dalhamiyya
| al-Hamma
| al-Majdal
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| al-Manara
| al-Manshiyya
| al-Mansura
| al-Nuqayb
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| al-Samakiyya
| al-Samra
| al-Shajara
| al-Tabigha
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| al-Wa'ra al-Sawda', Khirbat
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| District of Tulkarm.
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| Bayt Lid, Khirbat
| Bayyarat Hannun
| Fardisya
| Ghabat Kafr Sur
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| Kafr Saba
| Miska
| Qaqun
| Raml Zayta
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| Tabsur
| Umm Khalid
| Wadi Qabbani
| Wadi al-Hawarith
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| Zalafa, Khirbat
| al-Jalama
| al-Majdal, Khirbat
| al-Manshiyya
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| al-Zababida, Khirbat
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| District of al-Ramla.
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| Abu Shusha
| Abu al-Fadl
| 'Ajanjul
| 'Aqir
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| Barfiliya
| Bashshit
| Bayt Far, Khirbat
| Bayt Jiz
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| Bayt Nabala
| Bayt Nuba
| Bayt Shanna
| Bayt Susin
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| Bir Ma'in
| Bir Salim
| Daniyal
| Dayr Abu Salama
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| Dayr Ayyub
| Dayr Muhaysin
| Dayr Tarif
| Idnibba
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| 'Imwas
| 'Innaba
| Jilya
| Jimzu
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| Kharruba
| Khulda
| Majdal Yaba
| Qatra
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| Qazaza
| Qula
| Sajad
| Salbit
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| Sarafand al-'Amar
| Sarafand al-Kharab
| Saydun
| Shahma
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| Shilta
| Umm Kalkha
| Wadi Hunayn
| Yalu
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| Yibna
| Zakariyya, Khirbat
| Zarnuqa
| al-Barriyya
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| al-Burj
| al-Buwayra, Khirbat
| al-Duhayriyya, Khirbat
| al-Haditha
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| al-Khayma
| al-Kunayyisa
| al-Latrun
| al-Lydd
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| al-Maghar
| al-Mansura
| al-Mukhayzin
| al-Muzayri'a
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| al-Na'ani
| al-Nabi Rubin
| al-Qubab
| al-Qubayba
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| al-Ramla
| al-Tina
| al-Tira
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This map shows the towns and villages that have been ethnically cleansed and/or destroyed during or since 1948. It does not include the towns and villages of the West Bank and Gaza that have been ethnically cleansed and/or destroyed during or since the 1967 invasion by Israel. The blue line marks the outrageous United Nations division of Palestine into Arab and Jewish parts. Originally, the plan was only to take and ethnically cleanse the part of Palestine assigned to the Jews by the immoral United Nations decision (this plan was officially called Plan Dalet). This is why quite a few towns outside the proposed Jewish section, but conquered by the Jews in 1948, were not ethnically cleansed. This mistake (in judgment as to what the world would let them get away with) meant that Israel began life with a much larger Arab population than anticipated (about 160,000 (this was still a relatively small number, but much larger than the hoped for number, of zero)).
The map is from http://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/Maps/Story572.html
"Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography books no longer exist. Not only do the books not exist, the Arab villages are not there either. Nahlal arose in the place of Mahlul; Kibbutz Gvat in the place of Jibta; Kibbutz Sarid in the place of Huneifis; and Kefar Yehushua in the place of Tal al-Shuman. There is not a single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population." Moshe Dayan, address to the Technion, Haifa, reported in Haaretz, April 4, 1969.