Iqrit

Iqrit

إقرث
Iqreet, Akrith
Iqrit إقرث Iqreet, Akrith
Village
	Saint Mary's Church in Iqrit
	Etymology: from personal name
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Iqrit (click the buttons)
	Iqrit Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 33°04′32″N 35°16′31″E / 33.07556°N 35.27528°E
Palestine grid	176/275
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Acre
Date of depopulation	early November 1948
Area
• Total	21,711 dunams (21.711 km2 or 8.383 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	490
Cause(s) of depopulation	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Shomera, Even Menachem, Goren Gornot ha-Galil

Iqrit (Arabic: إقرت or إقرث, Iqrith; sometimes romanized as Ikret) was a Palestinian Christian village, located 25 kilometres (16 miles) northeast of Acre, in the western Galilee. In October 1948, the village's Palestinian Arab inhabitants were expelled by Zionist forces during the 1948 Palestine war, and the territory later became part of the new State of Israel. All of its Palestinian Christian inhabitants were forced to flee to Lebanon or the Israeli village of Rameh, and, despite the promise that they would be returned in two weeks' time, the villagers were not allowed to return, and the Israeli army destroyed the village.

In 1951, in response to a plea from the Iqrit villagers, the Israel Supreme Court had ruled that the former residents of Iqrit be allowed to return to their homes. However, before they could, the IDF, despite awareness of the Supreme Court decision, destroyed Iqrit on Christmas Day 1951. Descendants of the villagers maintain an outpost in the village church, and bury their dead in its cemetery. All attempts to cultivate its lands are uprooted by the Israel Lands Administration.