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District of Jaffa
Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Occupation Date | May 20, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance From District | 11 (km) East of Jaffa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 25 (meters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map Location | See location #23 on the map View from satellite |
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Military Operation | Possibly Operation Chametz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attacking Units | Either Irgun Zvai Leumi (IZL) or Alexandroni Brigade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Defenders | Local militia & Arab Liberation Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exodus Cause | Expulsion by Zionist troops | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Village Temains | On the 13th of September 1948, the village was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses and the two village schools. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ethnically Cleansing | al-Safiriyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pre-Nakba Land Ownership |
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps |
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Land Usage As of 1945 |
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Town's Name Through History | al-Safiriyya was known to the Byzantines by Sapharea, and the Crusades called it Saphyria. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools | al-Safiriyya had two elementary schools, one for boys founded in 1920 which had an enrollment of 348 boys in 1945, and another school was for girls founded in 1945 with an initial enrollment of 45 girls, both schools remain standing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Archeological Sites | al-Safiriyya contains several khirbats including Khirbat Subtara. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exculsive Jewish Colonies Who Usurped Village Lands |
Tzafriyya, Kefar Chabad, Achi'ezer, and the suburbs of Ri'shon le-Tziyyon. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Village Before NakbaThe village was situated on flat terrain on the central coastal plain, 11 km southeast of Jaffa. It was lonked by a secondary road to a highway leading to Jaffa and al-Ramla, among other urban centers.Village Occupation and Ethnic CleaningA wire service report stated that Israeli forces took al-Safiriyya on 20 May 1948. The United Press dispatch said that the occupation of the villagecoincided with attacks by Irgun Zwai Leumi (IZL) against the city of al-Ramla to the south. However, the Palestinian historian 'Arif al-'Arif relates that it was occupied almost a month earlier, at the same time as nearby Yazur and Bayt Dajan, which were attacked during Operation Chametz in preparation for the encirclement of Jaffa and its eventual occupation. If it was captured at that time, the attacking units were probably from the Alexandroni Brigade.In either case, the village was certainly under Israeli control by September 1948, for on 13 September, Prime Minister Ben Gurion asked the Israeli's cabinet to destroy al-Safiriyya (together with thirteen nearby villages). Israeli historian Benny Morris writes that David Ben-Gurion was careful to make the request in the name of the commanding officer of the central front and not in his own name. The request was granted. Zionists Colonies on Village LandsFour settlements are now on village lands: Tzafriyya and Kefar Chabad, both build in 1949, Achi'ezer, founded un 1950, and Tochelet, founded in 1951. The settlement of Shafrir, established in 1949, has been absorbed by these and by the suburbs of Rishon le-Tziyyon.Village TodayThe two schools – long concrete structures with rectangular doorways and windows – still stand and have been refurbished. A number of houses, some made of adobe bricks and others of concrete, also remain and are aither deserted or inhabited by Jewish families. They are architecturally simple and have rectangular doors and windows' most of their roofs are flat. Cactuses and a variety of trees line an old village road, and the site is generally dotted by sycamore and cypress trees. Parts of the surrounding land are covered by construction but some parts are cultivated by Israelis.SourceDr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains. |
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Related Maps | Town Lands' Demarcation Maps خرائط للقضاء توضح حدود القرى والاودية Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
kh_sadieh | Sadieh | Amman, Jordan |
ماهر منسي | منسي | - |
ابو نادر | - | amman, amman |
رائد يعقوب سليمان | سليمان | عوجان, الزرقاء |
محمد | بوادي | الرصيفه, الاردن |
Alqudseh | القدسة | Jordan, Jordan |
محمد علي عطا مصلح | musleh | amman, jordan |
المصراطي | المصراطي | عمان, الاردن |
اسامة عيسى محمد مصلح | مصلح | الرياض, السعودية |
sendbad3030 | - | - |
ابو زايد | - | - |
ابو العساكر | عسكر | marka, marka |
طارق عسكر | عسكر | جدة, السعودية |
ابوعزب | ابوعزب | عمان, الاردن |
askar | عسكر | TEXAS, السافريه |
Ahmed Awad | - | RIyadh,KSA |
mays | AWAD | jordan |
عاطف البنا | - | - |
منسي | - | - |
ابراهيم جمال منصور | منصور | الوحدات, الوحدات |
الزبيدي | الزبيدي | - |
بلال مصلح | مصلح | Oxford, ENGLAND |
عامر زايد | - | - |
مخلص مصطفى محمد احمد | - | عمان, 0 |
محمد مازن | - | - |
samah suleiman | suleiman karaja | Riyadh, Riyadh |
aref zayed | زايد | - |
محمد | - | - |
منى القدسة | القدسة | الاردن - عمان |
malak suleiman | - | Amman, Jordan |
Ali Albanna | Albanna | Amman, Jordan |
خالد أبو زيد | - | بولندا |
جهاد | إصليح | Amman, Jordan |
منساوي | - | - |
ameralbanna | albanna | amman |
قصي سعيد زايد | زايد | عمان - الاردن, الاردن |
عدي سعيد زايد | زايد | عمان - الاردن, الاردن |
عمر مصصطفى زايد | زايد | - |
m_المحروق | المحروق | عمان , الاردن |
Abed_banna | Albanna | Amman, Amman |
yaser slayyeh | slayyeh | - |
musleh | Musleh | Jordan, al-safriyya |
omar shamalti | - | - |
YACOUBMUSLEH | MUSLEH | - |
Samer Abu Zayed | Abu Zayed | Amman |
خالد عماد المحروق | المحروق | عمان, الاردن |
حسان محمود الزبيدي | alzubidi | Arizona, u.s.a |
فارس محمود الزبيدي | الزبيدي | AZ, U.S.A |
عماد خليل | المحروق | - |
dr.ihab | salman-karaga | cerova, slovakia |
Zakariya H.Awad | Awad | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
عدنان سعدية | - | - |
wisam karaja | salman/karaja | amman |
ABU SAMI | ABU ZAID | SHANGHAI, CHINA |
Dr. Ali Qahoush | - | - |
Ahmad | راجحة | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Luay Taiseer AlZubaidy | - | AMMAN, JORDAN |
Rafat Qahoush | Qahoush | California-USA |
محمد موسي سليمان مصلح | مصلح | غزة / رفح |
hamdi Shanab | Al-Kadaseh | Manchester, England |
nael nofal NOFAL | - | BirZeit, Palestine |
أحمد موسى سليمان على مصلح | مصلح | خانيونس , غزة |
نبيل موسى سليمان مصلح | مصلح | Gaza Strip, Palestine |
Moh'd Zaki Ali Abdul Hadi Nofal | Nofal | - |
خلدون | ابو زيد | ابوطبي, الامارات |
Yaser Saleh Khaled Alzubaidi | Alzubaidi | Dubai, U..A.E. |
Deya Ahmad Al-Banna | Al-Banna | عمان - الاردن |
احمد محمد عبد الحميد عوض | awad | amman, jordan |
klo | al-zobadi | al-syfria |
اسامة المصراطي | المصراطي | عمان |
Rebhi Beleh | Albelleh | Ontario, Canada |
Khokh | Abu Zaid | - |
Abu Tawfiq | AlBanna | Amman, Jordan |
ahmad sutari | - | cyprus |
Radi Essa | Almaharqah | riyad, Saudi Arabia |
Akram M. Nofal | Nofal | Riyadh, KSA |
Nizar Qahoush | - | Riyadh, Saudi Aravia |
mosab nasser | nasser | amman, jordan |
لؤي ابو زيد | - | - |
محمد ابراهيم | مصلح | عمان, الاردن |
وليد المحروق | المحروق | عمان |
شعبان مصطفى زايد | زايد | الأردن |
7andallh | - | - |
محمد السوطري | أبو زيد | - |
ayman ghazaleh | - | dubai, united arab emirates |
ralbanna | AlBanna | Texas, USA |
Abu Jawdat | Abu Sharifeh | Palestine, Palestine |
عارف | زايد | - |
Tawfiq | Al Banna | Amman, Jordan |
اشرف مصالحة | MASALHA | palestine, palestine |
سعيد زايد | زايد | عمان, الاردن |
خلدون عوض | عوض | KSA, KSA |
refuge | zayed | nicosia |
Munir AbuZeid | AbuZeid | Amman, Jordan |
MOH'D AL ZUBAIDI | - | Amman, Jordan |
Mustafa Issa | Al-Maharqa | Quebec, Canada |
SAED | Musleh | nicosia, cyprus |
Amer Awad | Awad | NJ, USA |
Eng'r Qais Ghazi Al Sadieh | Al Sadieh | Amman, Jordan |
Mazen Awad | AWAD | Amman, Jordan |
al-zubide | al-zubide | amman |
Ziad Al-Zubaidi | Al Zubaidi | Amman, Jordan |
khaled zoubaidi | jordan, amman | |
Rebhi Beleh | AL-Belleh | Ontario, Canada |
abedalkareem qadaseh | alqadaseh | amman, jordan |
fouad | - | - |
turnover | - | |
M.L.Nofal | Nofal | Amman, Jordan |
ahmmad | - | - |
Dr Wael Suleiman | Suleiman / Karaja / Rifai | Warsaw, Poland |
samir elzabidi | elzabidi | sc, usa |
naser qudseh | qudseh | - |
NIDAL EL-QADASEH | - | AMMAN, JORDAN |
NIDAL EL-QADASEH | - | - |
Sami Al_Zoubaidi | Alzabaideh | Amman, Jordan |
Fadi | Attia | England, United Kingdom |
Khaled Musleh | Musleh | Copenhagen, Denmark |