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| Fajja District of Jaffa فجّة - פג'ה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 15, 1948
Distance from district center
15 (km) Northeast of Jaffa
Elevation from the sea
25 (meters)
Map location
See location number #13 on the map
Israeli military operation
Terror campaign before the war have started.
Israeli attacking brigade
Haganah and lrgun
Exodus Cause
Haganah 'Wispering' campaign (psychological warfare)
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisIn June 1948, Yosef Weitz (a Jewish National Fund official) recommended Fajja's complete destruction. Based on his recommendation, the village was completely obliterated. It is very possibly one day, to hold JNF responsible in court for their terror acts.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisOn 17th February 1948, some Haganah and lrgun terror gangs terrorized the villagers into fleeing. Fajja was completely ethnically cleansed on May 15th, 1948.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
3,215
Jewish
1,580
Public
124
Total
4,919
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
602
166
Irrigated & Plantation
53
8
Planted W/ Cereal
2,457
1,406
Built up
7
0
Cultivable
3,112
1,580
Non-Cultivable
220
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
194
1931
707
1945
1,570 (370 Jewish)
1948
1,392
Est. Refugees 1998
8,548
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
165
1948
324
Schools
Fajja had an elementary school for boys founded in 1922, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 181 students.
Archeological sites
Fajja was constructed over the remains of an archaeological site that contains fragments of columns (shafts and capitals), the foundations of buildings, and a cistern.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
The Israeli City of Petach Tiqva.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The village has been completely razed except for one house and a pond."
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