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Nitaf
District of Jerusalem
نطاف - נטאף
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Town Statistics & Facts

Statistic/Fact Value

Israeli occupation date April 15, 1948

Distance from district center 17 (km) West of Jerusalem

Elevation from the sea 400 (meters)

Map location See location number #1 on the map

Israeli military operation Second stage of Operation Dani

Village remains
after destruction by Israelis Nitaf was mostly destroyed with the exception of ONE deserted house.

Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis Nitaf inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.

Land ownership
before occupation

Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)

Arab 1,401

Jewish 0

Public 0

Total 1,401

Land usage in 1945

Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum)

Irrigated & Plantation 166

Area planted w/ olives 77

Planted W/ Cereal 158

Cultivable 324

Non-Cultivable 1,077

Population
before occupation

Year Population

1922 16

1945 40

1948 46

Est. Refugees 1998 285

Shrines/maqams Nitaf had a maqam for local sage known as al-Shaykh Mas'ud.

Water supplies The villagers used to obtained their domestic water from a spring to the west and depended on rain for watering their crops.

Archeological sites Nitaf was built on an archaeological site and was surrounded by a number of khirbas.

Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands The Israeli settlement of "Nataf" is not far from village lands.

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
There is a large, deserted stone house on the site surrounded by old terraces. It is a one-storey house with an arched door and arched windows. Northwest of this house, at the bottom of a slope, stands another deserted house. Most of the village lands fell within the Demilitarized Zone that was delineated by the armistice agreement of 1949 between Israel and Jordan

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Village House Rubble In 1986

Interior of home (now located inside Kibbutz)

Home Fall 2006. Photo: Annemarie Jacir

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Topic	Replies Count
Posted by Webmaster on MAY-7-2001 Last reply posted on NOVEMBER-19-2004 Sign Nitaf's Guest Book - سجل الزوار	1
Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006 Marriage Announcements Board - صفحة مناسبات الزواج	0
Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006 Graduation Announcements Board - صفحة مناسبات التخرج	0
Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006 Obituaries Announcements Board -صفحة الوفيات	0
Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008 Specific Board for Prisoners- صفحة مخصصة لأخبار الأسرى	0
Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008 Will you accept a new homeland & compensation instead of Palestine and you right of return? هل تقبل التوطين والتعويض بديل عن الوطن وحق العودة؟	0

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