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| 'Arab al-Safa District of Baysan عرب الصفا - ערב א-צפא Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 20, 1948
Distance from district center
7.5 (km) South of Baysan
Elevation from the sea
-225 (meters)
Map location
See location number #25 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Gideon
Israeli attacking brigade
Golani Brigade
Exodus Cause
Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains
after destruction by Israelis'Arab al-Safa was completely obliterated and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis'Arab al-Safa inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
7,549
Jewish
2,523
Public
2,446
Total
12,518
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
0
49
Irrigated & Plantation
0
14
Planted W/ Cereal
8,371
2,460
Cultivable
8,371
2,523
Non-Cultivable
1,624
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
225
1922
225
1931
540
1945
650
1948
754
Est. Refugees 1998
4,630
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
108
1948
150
Nearby wadies & rivers
The village was situated close to Wadi al-Shaykh Mahmud.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
No Israeli settlements on village lands.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Three palm trees stand on the village site. The surrounding lands are used for growing wheat."
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