Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	March 17, 1948
Distance from district center	9 (km) Northeast of Jaffa
Elevation from the sea	25 (meters)
Map location	See location number #12 on the map
Exodus Cause	Feer of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	al-Jammasin al-Sharqi was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses, which are currently occupied by Israeli Jewish settlers.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Either in December 1947 or January 1948 the leaders of al-Shaykh Muwannis, al-Mas'udiyya, al-Jammasin, and the mukhtars of 'Arab Abu Kishk and Ijlil met with Haganah representative in the house of Avraham Schapira in Petah Tikva and expressed desire for peace. Despite the commitment of these villages not harbor any Arab Liberation Armies or local Arab Militia, they were all completely ethnically cleansed. al-Jammasin al-Sharqi inhabitants were partially intimidated by the Haganah into fleeing their homes on January 7th 1948, and complete ethnic cleansing on March 17th, 1948.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 286 Jewish 54 Public 22 Total 358
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 53 52 Irrigated & Plantation 193 2 Planted W/ Cereal 40 0 Cultivable 286 54 Non-Cultivable 18 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 395 1945 730 1948 847 Est. Refugees 1998 5,200
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 29 1948 62
Town's name through history	Jammasin in Arabic means Water Buffalo. The village may have been named after the water buffaloes that the villagers were famous in raising
Schools	al-Jammasin al-Sharqi students used to attend school in the nearby village of al-Shaykh Muwannis.
Inhabitants place of origin	al-Jammasin inhabitants were known to be descendants of nomads who had migrated to the area from the Jordan Valley.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No settlements on village lands
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More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Except for somerubble-strewn areas [where castor-oil (ricinus) plants and cypress, fig, and Christ's-thorn trees grow ], the site has been almost entirely engulfed by the expansion of Tel Aviv .Several Arab houses still stand and have been incorporated into the grid of Tel Aviv's streets, along with the newer Jewish commercial and residential buildings."

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