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Welcome To Fajja - فجة (פג'ה)

District of Jaffa
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Picture for Fajja Village - Palestine: : قوشان لأرض يثبت ملكية سليمان حسن الكوز الى 19 دونم في قرية فجة المغتصبة
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date May 15, 1948
Distance From District 15 (km) Northeast of Jaffa
Elevation 25 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #13 on the map

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Military Operation Terror campaign before the war have started.
Attacking Units Haganah and lrgun
Exodus Cause Haganah 'Wispering' campaign (psychological warfare)
Village Temains In June 1948, Yosef Weitz (a Jewish National Fund official) recommended Fajja's complete destruction. Based on his recommendation, the village was completely obliterated. It is very possibly one day, to hold JNF responsible in court for their terror acts.
Ethnically Cleansing On 17th February 1948, some Haganah and lrgun terror gangs terrorized the villagers into fleeing. Fajja was completely ethnically cleansed on May 15th, 1948.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 3,215
Jewish 1,580
Public 124
**Total 4,919
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves 602 166
Irrigated & Plantation 53 8
Planted W/ Cereal 2,457 1,406
Built up 7 0
Arable 3,112 1,580
Non-Arable 220 0
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1922 194
1931 707
1945 1,570 (370 Jewish)
1948 1,392 (370 Jewish)
Est. Refugees 1998 8,548
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 165
1948 324
Near By Townswhat's new
al-Sawalima
         
al-Mirr

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Kafr Qasem
       
   Majdal Yaba
           
al-Khayriyya

Rantiya
           
al-Muzayri'a
Schools Fajja had an elementary school for boys founded in 1922, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 181 students.
Archeological Sites Fajja was constructed over the remains of an archaeological site that contains fragments of columns (shafts and capitals), the foundations of buildings, and a cistern.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
The Israeli City of Petach Tiqva.
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Village Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The village has been completely razed except for one house and a pond."
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Display Name Clan/Hamolah Country of Residence
حسن الكوز الكوز -
adawi adawi palestine west bank, nablus west bank
الكوبري الكوبري riyadh, sudia arabia
محمد فرينه الكوز عمان
د جميل الكوز الكوز العودة, الاردن
AbuYaman ابويمن عمان, الاردن
العتال hgt[h,d Jordan, Jordan
فلسطين الفجاوي Jordan, Jordan
أبو علي الفجاوي Jordan, Jordan
V.I.P damati marjal-hammam, jordan
محمد شرف شرف Abu Dhabi & Amman
هيثم شرف شرف أبوظبي, الإمارات
خالد الشافعي الشافعي Stockholm , Sweden
Essam ALkouz الكوز -
فتحي غانم عمان, الاردن
samir fayoumi - fl, USA
Husam Damati Kuwait
DamatiMan Damati -
rafat kouz الكوز عمان, الاردن
ibrahim Alkouz alkouz amman, jordan
yafa - -
jehad alkouz - -
Dr.Wael Al Kouz - MA, USA
imad shehadeh shehadeh paranل, brasil
حسام الكوز الكوز -
AnaLoop الكوزه يافا, فجه
Amani Taima Gaza, Palestine
baker alkouz - -
MOH'D Shel Shelbaieh Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
mahmoud darweesh - -
abu shadi al-kouz -
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