iqrit ( or إقرث, "iqrith"), was a palestinian christian village, located northeast of acre. originally allotted to form part of an arab state under the proposed 1947 un partition plan, it was seized and forcefully depopulated by the israel defense forces (idf) during the 1948 arab-israeli war, and their territory later became part of the new state of israel. all of its christian inhabitants were forced to flee to lebanon or the israeli village of rameh, after they were expelled by jewish forces in 1948, and, despite the promise that they would be returned in two weeks' time, the villagers were never allowed to return. in 1951, in response to a plea from the iqrit villagers, the israeli supreme court ruled that the former residents of iqrit be allowed to return to their homes. however, before that happened, the idf, despite awareness of the supreme court decision, destroyed the previously christian village on christmas day, 1951. descendants to this day maintain an outpost in the village church, and bury their dead in its cemetery. all attempts to cultivate its lands are uprooted by the israeli lands administration.