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District of Jerusalem
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Occupation Date | July 13, 1948 | ||||||||||||
Distance From District | 10 (km) West of Jerusalem | ||||||||||||
Elevation | 600 (meters) | ||||||||||||
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Map Location | See location #21 on the map View from satellite |
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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 |
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps |
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Land Usage As of 1945 |
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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 NakbaThe 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 CleaningWhile 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 Landshere are no Israeli settlements on village lands.Village TodayMany 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.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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Ibrahim Salem | - | NJ, United States |
نادر عدنان المشني | المشني | - |
ranoosh | - | Dubai, UAE |
yahya obaid alla | obaid alla | West Bank, Palestine |
ام عبدالله معالي | معالي | عمان, الاردن |
Dr.lamis mohammed abu_hussein | abu_hussein | amman, jordan |
nemer ragheb waqqad | - | amman-jordan, amman-jordan |
راغب محمد راغب الوقاد | الوقاد | AMMAN, JORDAN |
المهندس مهند سليم صالح وقاد | الوقاد | AMMAN, JORDAN |
mouhamd salim al waqqad | AL WAQQAD | AMMAN, AMMAN JORDAN |
محمد بدر وقاد | - | عمان |
Rashid Nael Ragheb ALWAQQAD | ِAL WAQQAD | AMMAN, JORDAN |
nader waggad | وقاد | عمان, الاردن |
نيفين | الوقاد | - |
ابو مهنا | وقاد | الاردن, الاردن |
ayman zahra | - | - |
Majdi Maali | maali | Amman, Jordan |
NAEL | ALWAQQAD | DUBAI, UAE |
Rasha Abu-Hussein | Abu_Hussein | Amman, Jordan |
Mutaz Omar Waqqad | Waqqad | Amman, JORDAN |
Mohammad alWaggad | - | - |
mohammed jawdat nemer waggad | Waggad | Dubai, UAE |
Maher Ibrahim Yousef Waqqad | Waqqad | NJ, USA |
om dawood-hadya waqqad | waqqad | - |
Abu Ayman | Kanaan | Amman, Jordan |
omar | waggad | - |
majed jawdat waggad | waggad | DUBAI U-A-E |
salem zahrah | kana,an | constanta |
Mahmoud Kana'an | Abu yassin | Ukraine |
Ayman Hassan | Obeidallah | - |
d.mohamad ftiani | al-ftiani | sayria |
HANI ABU HUSSEIN | abu hussein | - |
YOUSEF ABU HUSSEIN | ABU HUSSEIN | AMMAN |