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Welcome To Jiddin, Khirbat - خربة جدين (ח'ירבת ג'דין)

District of Acre
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Picture for Jiddin, Khirbat Village - Palestine: : منظر رائع للقلعة اخذ قبل النكبة--المزيد عنها باسفل الصورة -- Pre-Nakba view of the castle--more about its history in the comments section below
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date July 1, 1948
Distance From District 16 (km) Northeast of Acre
Elevation 375 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #16 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Dekel
Attacking Units Sheva' (Seventh) and Carmeli brigades
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains Khirbat Jiddina was mostly destroyed with the exception of the Crusades fortress, which has been preserved as a tourist attraction.
Ethnically Cleansing Jiddin, Khirbat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 4,238
Jewish 3,349
Public 0
**Total 7,587
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Planted W/ Cereal 22 32
Arable 22 32
Non-Arable 4,216 3,317
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1945 1,500
1948 1,740
Est. Refugees 1998 10,685
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Near By Townswhat's new
Tarshiha
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Tarshiha
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al-Ghabisiyya  ←
Jiddin, Khirbat
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'Amqa
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Abu Sinan
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Yanuh
Town's Name Through History The Crusades referred to Khirbat Jiddina by Judyn.
Inhabitants Place of Origin Until occupation by the Israelis in 48, 'Arab al-Suwaytat Bedouin tribe used to live in the ruined fortress.
Archeological Sites The village contains a fortress built in the 12th century by the Crusades, which was later destroyed by Saladin. In 1780 it was repaired by al-Thahur al-Omar (The 1st independent Palestinian learder).
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 Yechi'am, Qiryat, and Ga'ton.

Village Before Nakba

The village was built around the ruins of an old fortress that stood on a hilltop and overlooked the Mediterranean to the west. Wadi Jiddin, a deep wadi, passed to the south of the village through a heavily wooded area. The fortress was built by the Crusaders toward the end of the twelfth century; they called it Judyn. It was destroyed in 1288 by Muslim armies, who sought to deprive the Crusaders of this fortification. It was not used again until 1780, when Zahir al-Umar, who was the de facto ruler of northern Palestine for a short period in the second half of the eighteenth century, renovated it, along with other forts, to enhance his military position. His successor, Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar, razed the fortress at Khirbat Jiddin in about 1770. Until 1948 the Arab al-Suwaytat Bedouin lived in the ruined fortress, making its buildings into dwellings and also pitching their tents around it. The Arab al-Suwaytat were Muslims. Their primary occupation was animal husbandry, but they also cultivated barley and tobacco on a tiny plot of 22 dunums in 1944/45.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

The date of the occupation of this village can be determined by examining the record of Israeli military operations in the area. While Israeli troops occupied the village of Amqa, a few km to the southwest, in early July 1948 (during Operation Dekel), they did not reach Yanuh, 2 km to the southeast, until the end of October (during Operation Hiram). However, it is also recorded that the settlement of Ga'ton was established to the northwest of the village early in October 1948 , which would indicate that the village was occupied in the earlier operation. In that case, it was probably seized shortly after the capture of Amqa on 10–11 July, and remained on the front lines between July and October. Many villages in the area were heavily bombarded before being attacked by units of the Sheva' (Seventh) and Carmeli brigades.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

The settlement organization for Yechi'am was established in 1946 by members of the urban settlement of Qiryat Chayyim; the settlement itself was built in November 1947 on village land to the north of the site. The settlement of Ga'ton was built on village land in October 1948.

Village Today

The fortress has been preserved as a tourist attraction. It is surrounded by eucalyptus trees and brush.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.
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