How We Became Refugees: The Day My Grandfather Lost His Village in Palestine

How We Became Refugees: The Day My Grandfather Lost His Village in Palestine

Starting on March 27, 1948, a beautiful, small Palestinian village called Beit Daras, came under Zionist militias attacks. With little means – a few old rifles and kitchen knives – the Badrasawis fought back, repelling the first raid and the second. The final attack on the peaceful village followed a scorched-earth military strategy, leaving in…