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| Bir Salim District of al-Ramla بئر سالم - ביר סאלם Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 9, 1948
Distance from district center
4 (km) West of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea
75 (meters)
Map location
See location number #15 on the map
Israeli attacking brigade
Giva'ti brigade
Village defenders
Arab Liberation Army volunteers and local Palestinian militia organized by of Hasan Salameh (from Qula).
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisBir Salem was mostly destroyed with the exception of its water tank remains standing.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisBir Salim inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
3,288
Jewish
0
Public
113
Total
3,401
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
742
Irrigated & Plantation
510
Area planted w/ olives
267
Planted W/ Cereal
1,468
Cultivable
2,720
Non-Cultivable
681
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1945
410
1948
476
Est. Refugees 1998
2,921
Number of houses
At least a hundred houses in 1945
Water supplies
A water tank which used to supply the village with drinking water. The tank remain standing and its water still very sweet!
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Netzer Sereni
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Language
External Links
Arabic
PalGates
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi:-
most of the village has been destroyed & only the old village water tank is still standing
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