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District of Jaffa
Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Occupation Date | March 30, 1948 | ||||||||||||
Distance From District | 11 (km) Northeast of Jaffa | ||||||||||||
Elevation | 50 (meters) | ||||||||||||
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Map Location | See location #5 on the map View from satellite |
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Exodus Cause | Fear of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting | ||||||||||||
Village Temains | al-Sawalima was completely obliterated with the exception of one school room still standing | ||||||||||||
Ethnically Cleansing | al-Sawalima inhabitants were intimidated into fleeing by the Haganah and IZL (ETZEL) on March 30th 1948, especially after the IZL's kidnapping of al-Shaykh Muwannis notables. | ||||||||||||
Pre-Nakba Land Ownership |
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps |
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Land Usage As of 1945 |
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Population |
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Schools | al-Sawalima had an elementary school for boys in founded in 1946, and it had an initial enrollment of 31 students (one school room remain standing). | ||||||||||||
Inhabitants Place of Origin | The village was frist founded and settled by the nomadic' Arab al-Sawalima. | ||||||||||||
Nearby Wadies & Rivers | The village is situated 2 km north of al-'Awja River. | ||||||||||||
Exculsive Jewish Colonies Who Usurped Village Lands |
Neveh Sharet | ||||||||||||
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Village TodayAccording to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:"No identifiable traces of the former dwellings (tents or adobe houses) remain. Only the remnants of the one-room school are discernable." |
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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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More Information | في كتاب كي لا ننسى في كتاب بلادنا فلسطين المزيد من موقع هوية |
Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
هتــلر | السوالمه | نابلس |
زياد درويش سوالمة | السوالمة | نابلس مخيم بلاطة |
ابو حسن | - | - |
ابو رشدي | - | - |
abou frah | - | dubai |
AbdelRaouf Sawalmeh | Sawalmeh | Dubai, UAE |
جهاد المهر | المهر | - |
محمد السوالمه | عبدالله | عمان, فاسطين |
Jamil Sawalmeh | Al Sawalmeh | West Bank, Palestine |
Abu_Alm3tsm | - | فلسطين, فلسطين |
المغترب | السوالمه | - |
محمود نشأت السوالمة | السوالمة | ابو ضبي, الامارات |
Nedal | Sawalmeh | Al Faraa - Palestine, Palestine |