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Welcome To 'Arab al-Safa - عرب الصفا (ערב א-צפא)

District of Baysan
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date May 20, 1948
Distance From District 7.5 (km) South of Baysan
Elevation -225 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #25 on the map

View from satellite
Military Operation Operation Gideon
Attacking Units Golani Brigade
Exodus Cause Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village Temains 'Arab al-Safa was completely obliterated and defaced.
Ethnically Cleansing 'Arab al-Safa inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 7,549
Jewish 2,523
Public 2,446
**Total 12,518
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves 0 49
Irrigated & Plantation 0 14
Planted W/ Cereal 8,371 2,460
Arable 8,371 2,523
Non-Arable 1,624 0
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1922 225
1922 225
1931 540
1945 650
1948 754
Est. Refugees 1998 4,630
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 108
1948 150
Near By Townswhat's new
Umm 'Ajra

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   Jordan River
Nearby Wadies & Rivers The village was situated close to Wadi al-Shaykh Mahmud.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
No Israeli settlements on village lands.

Village Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Three palm trees stand on the village site. The surrounding lands are used for growing wheat."
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