Nitaf

Nitaf
Arabic	نطاف
Also Spelled	Nataf[1]
District	Jerusalem
Coordinates	31°50′13.47″N 35°03′55.25″E / 31.837075°N 35.0653472°E / 31.837075; 35.0653472Coordinates: 31°50′13.47″N 35°03′55.25″E / 31.837075°N 35.0653472°E / 31.837075; 35.0653472
Population	40 (1945[2])
Area	1,401 dunums 1.4 km²
Date of depopulation	April 15, 1948
Cause(s) of depopulation

Nitaf Arabic: نطاف‎, Natâf, was a small Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jerusalem. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine 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

1. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 306.
2. ^ Hadawi, 1970, p. 57.

Bibliography

• Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html 
• 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 9780521009676, http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q 

External links

• Welcome To Nitaf
• Al-Qabu, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
• Nitaf, Palestine Family.net