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Welcome To Ijzim - إجزم (איג'זים)

District of Haifa
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date July 24, 1948
Distance From District 19.5 (km) South of Haifa
Elevation 50 (meters)
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Map Location See location #17 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Shoter (Police)
Attacking Units A special force drawn from the Golani, Carmeli, and Alexandroni brigades.
Defenders Local Arab militia, Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some support from the Iraqi Army in Tulkarm.
Acts of Terror In September 1948, UN investigators stated that 130 villagers were unaccounted for.
Refugees' Migration Routes Villagers were expelled eastward to Jinin.
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains The village has been partially destroyed (how did they miss it, a miracle!). The mosque has been allowed to deteriorate, but several houses are still in use by Jewish settlers.
Ethnically Cleansing Ijzim inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 23,619
Jewish 0
Public 23,268
**Total 46,905
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 2,367
Olive Groves 1,340
Planted W/ Cereal 17,791
Built up 91
Arable 20,158
Non-Arable 26,656
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1596 55
19th century 1,000
1922 1,610
1931 2,160
1945 2,970
1948 3,445
Est. Refugees 1998 21,157
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 442
1948 704
Near By Townswhat's new
'Ayn Hawd
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Daliyat al-Carmel
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Jaba'  ←
Ijzim
→   Umm al-Zinat
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'Ayn Ghazal
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'Ayn Ghazal
Schools Ijzim had an elementary school for boys, which was founded by the Ottomans in 1888.
Town's Notable People Ijzim was the hometown of al-Shaykh Mas'ud al-Madi, the leader of the Haifa coastal area in the early nineteenth century and governor of Gaza for some time. Also in 1887, Yusuf al-Shafi'i became the judge of the Beirut court.
Places of Warship Ijzim had two mosques (one is still standing), but the remaining mosque in need of serious renovation guys.
Archeological Sites The village was constructed over the remains of an earlier settlement, and there were also ruins in the nearby Khirbat Kabbara and Khirbat Maqura.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 Kerem Maharal
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Village Before Nakba

The village was built on a mountain peak in the southwestern part of Mount Carmel. It was bordered by a plain on the northeast and by a wide wadi (Abu Madi) on the south, and was linked via a secondary road to the coastal highway that ran 3 km west of the village. In 1596, Ijzim was a village in the nahiya of Shafa (liwa' of Lajjun), with a population of fifty-five. It paid taxes on a number of crops, including wheat, barley, and olives, as well as on other types of produce, such as goats and beehives. It was the hometown of al-Shaykh Mas'ud al-Madi, the leader of the Haifa coastal area in the early nineteenth century and governor of Gaza for some time. The powerful al-Madi family dominated the coastal region south of Carmel and the western slopes of Jabal Nablus during the first half of the nineteenth century. Their primary place of residence was Ijzim, where they built a large fortress. According to British vice-consul Rogers, who visited Ijzim in 1859, the village's estimated 1,000 residents cultivated 64 faddans (1 faddan = 100-250 dunums). Another resident of Ijzim, Yusuf al-Shafi'i, became the judge of the Beirut court in 1887.

Ijzim was the second largest village in the Haifa District in terms of land area. Its houses extended along a north-south axis and were mostly built of stone and cement. ljzim had two mosques and a boys' elementary school, established about 1880 during Ottoman rule. The village residents were almost exclusively Muslim, except for 140 Christians who lived there in 1945. Its lands contained several springs, wadis, and wells. The villagers derived their income from animal husbandry and agriculture. Grain was the village's most important crop, but it was also known for its olive trees, which in 1942/43 occupied some 1,340 dunums. In 1944/45 a total of 17,791 dunums was allotted to cereals and 2,367 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. It had three hand-operated olive presses and one mechanical press. The village was constructed over the remains of an earlier settlement, and there were also ruins in nearby Khirbat Kabbara and Khirbat Maqura, neither of which have been excavated.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

Along with Ayn Ghazal and Jaba', Ijzim was part of a triangular region south of Haifa that held out under Israeli attack until late July 1948. The History of the War of Independence notes that these 'daring and stubborn' villages 'did not merely stand fast, but continued to block our transportation along the coastal road.' The account states that the first two (unsuccessful) attempts to occupy the village were made on 18 June and 8 July 1948. The third attempt was planned as a 'police operation against a population in revolt against the state, and which refuses to recognize the legitimate sovereign authority.' This formula was adopted in order to hide the fact that the operation was in clear violation of the Second Truce of the war. It was named Operation Shoter (Police), but the History states that it was 'actually a military operation in execution.'

The attack began on 24 July and resulted in the occupation of the villages two days later, after heavy artillery and aerial bombardment, according to Israeli historian Benny Morris. United Nations mediator Count Folke Bernadotte later reported to the Security Council that Israeli forces attacked the villages on 18 July, at the beginning of the second truce, and that the air and land attack took a total of seven days. The Associated Press reported on 26 July that Israeli planes and infantry had violated the Palestinian truce by attacking three Arab villages. By 30 July, a New York Times correspondent mysteriously noted that the situation 'has now apparently calmed down owing to the prompt action of the United Nations observers.' The UN observers reported that the situation was 'serious.' Historian Benny Morris. writes that units of the Golani, Carmeli, and Alexandroni brigades captured the villages and that almost all the remaining inhabitants were forced to leave or 'spontaneously fled eastwards.' Villagers later related that they were repeatedly fired upon by soldiers and aircraft as they left the villages. Bernadotte said in September that the villagers had 'attempted to negotiate with the Jewish Army.' He was quoted by the Times as saying that 8,000 people had been driven out of their homes in the three villages, and they were reported to be seeking refuge in the Jinin area. The Secretary General of the Arab League said at the time that 4,000 people had been made refugees, and another 10,000 captured while many had been massacred in the attacks. A preliminary UN investigation stated that a total of 2 bodies had been found in all three villages, but in September UN investigators put the number of killed and missing at 130. On 13 September, Bernadotte ordered Israel to readmit the refugees to the three villages and to rebuild their shattered homes. The Israelis refused to comply.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

Israel established the settlement of Kerem Maharal on the village site in 1949.

Village Today

The village has been partially destroyed. The mosque has been allowed to deteriorate, but several houses are still in use. The meeting house (diwan) of Mas'ud al-Madi, which is a two-storey structure dating to the eighteenth century, has been converted into a museum. The school has been turned into a synagogue and the cafe into a post office. The nearby plain is farmed by Israelis, while the mountainous areas have been turned into recreational parks.

Source

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