al-Birwa Village

al-Birwa Village

Place |  On this day, 75 years ago, Zionist forces occupied the village of al-Birwa in the Galilee, where the family of Mahmoud Darwish originates from. Several days later, the villagers counter-attacked and forced the occupiers to withdraw. al-Birwa was finally captured by the Zionists on 24 June and a kibbutz was established on its site in January 1949. 

Read about al-Birwa Village in The Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question.