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| al-Jammasin al-Gharbi District of Jaffa الجمْاسين الغربي - ג'מאסין אל-ע'רבי Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
March 17, 1948
Distance from district center
6.5 (km) Northeast of Jaffa
Elevation from the sea
25 (meters)
Map location
See location number #10 on the map
Exodus Cause
Feer of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village remains
after destruction by Israelisal-Jammasin al-Gharbi was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses currently being occupied by 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-Gharbi 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
529
Jewish
714
Public
122
Total
1,365
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
202
215
Irrigated & Plantation
151
143
Planted W/ Cereal
173
332
Cultivable
526
690
Non-Cultivable
125
24
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1931
566
1945
1,080
1948
1,253
Est. Refugees 1998
7,694
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-Gharbi students used to attend school in the nearby village of al-Shaykh Muwannis.
Inhabitants place of origin
al-Jammasin's 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
The Tel Aviv municipality
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"A few some what dilapidated houses remain, some inhabited by Jews, others deserted. One inhabited house is a two-storey structure that looks like a conglomeration of unrelated rooms of varying size and shape."
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