Al-Khayriyya
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| Al-Khayriyya | |
| Arabic | الخيْريّة |
| Also Spelled | el-Kheiriyah, Kheiriya |
| District | Jaffa |
| Population | 914 (1931) |
| Jurisdiction | 13,672 dunams |
| Date of depopulation | 28 April 1948 - 30 April 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Jewish forces |
| Current localities | Giv'atayim |
Al-Khayriyya (Arabic: الخيْريّة) was a Palestinian village located 7.5 kilometers east of Jaffa. Its inhabitants fled as a result of a military assault by the Alexandroni Brigade of the pre-state Israeli forces in the lead up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.[1]
At the time of Assyrian rule in Palestine, al-Khayriyya was known as Banai Berka and during Roman rule, it was known as by Beneberak.[2] Arab villagers had called it Ibn Ibraq, preserving the ancient name.[3][4] At the time of the British Mandate in Palestine however, the villagers changed the name of the village to al-Khayriyya to distinguish it from the new neighbouring Jewish village of Bene Beraq.[2]
The suburbs of modern-day Giv'atayim stretch into the former lands of the village of al-Khayriyya.[2]
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- Cancik, Hubert, Peter Schäfer and Hermann Lichtenberger (1996). Geschichte-Tradition-Reflexion: Festschrift Für Martin Hengel Zum 70. Geburtstag. Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 3161466756
- Freedman, David Noel (2000). Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 0802824005
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521009677
