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Welcome To Sataf - صطاف (צטאף)

District of Jerusalem
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date July 13, 1948
Distance From District 10 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation 600 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #21 on the map

View from satellite
Military Operation Operation Dani
Attacking Units Har'el Brigade
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains The village was mostly destroyed with the exception of one house next to the village spring (if it is yours, go back now and claim it).
Ethnically Cleansing Sataf inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 3,769
Jewish 0
Public 6
**Total 3,775
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 928
Olive Groves 403
Planted W/ Cereal 465
Arable 1,393
Non-Arable 2,360
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1922 329
1931 381
1945 540
1948 626
Est. Refugees 1998 3,847
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 101
1948 165
Near By Townswhat's new
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Ras Abu 'Ammar
           
al-Jura
Places of Warship A monastery located south of Wadi al-Sarar called Habis Monastery.
Nearby Wadies & Rivers Sataf overlooked Wadi al-Sarar which is less than 1 kilometer to the east.
Water Supply The village contained two unknown springs
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
No settlements on village lands
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Village Before Nakba

The village stood in the middle of the southeastern slope of a mountain and overlooked Wadi al-Sarar, which ran 0.5 km to the east. A secondary road linked Sataf to the Jerusalem−Jaffa highway, to the northeast, and dirt paths linked it to neighboring villages. In the late nineteenth century, Sataf was a moderate-sized village built of stone and situated on the steep side of a valley. The village was divided into four quarters. New construction extended along the road to the village of 'Ayn Karim and on the eastern side of the mountain slope, in the direction of Wadi al-Sarar. A monastery, called the Habis Monastery, was located opposite the village, south of Wadi al-Sarar, on the slope of another mountain. The population of Sataf was Muslim. The village had a few shops, and two springs provided water for domestic use. The village lands were planted in grain, vegetables, olives, and fruit; agriculture was rainfed and irrigated from springs. In 1944 a total of 465 dunums was planted in cereals; 928 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. Trees and herbs grew on the heights and were used as fodder for grazing animals. The villagers sold their agricultural produce in the markets of Jerusalem.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

While Operation Dani (see Abu al-Fadl, Ramla sub-disctrict) was in progress, Israeli forces occupied a cluster of villages to the east of the operational zone around Lydda and Ramla, along the western approaches to Jerusalem. Sataf, one of the villages occupied during this push, was attacked on 13−14 July 1948, according to Israeli historian Benny Morris. The attack was carried out by the Har'el Brigade, which was part of the force assembled to implement Operation Dani.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

here are no Israeli settlements on village lands.

Village Today

Many half-destroyed walls still stand, and some still have arched doorways. The walls of a few houses with collapsed roofs are almost intact. A broken-down military jeep lies among the stone rubble that covers the site. The area around the village spring, which is located to the east next to the ruins of a rectangular stone house, has been turned into an Israeli tourist site. A Jewish family has settled on the west side of the village, and has fenced in some of the village area. Numerous terraces around the village are covered with almond, olive, and fig trees, as well as cactuses. A forest around the site was planted by the Jewish National Fund (the body of the World Zionist Organization responsible for land acquisition and development); it is an extension of the Moshe Dayan forest that was planted on the lands of the former village of Khirbat al-Lawz.

Source

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

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