Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 4, 1948
Distance from district center	13 (km) East of Jaffa
Elevation from the sea	50 (meters)
Map location	See location number #19 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Dani
Israeli attacking brigade	Units of the Israeli Home Guard
Israeli acts of terror	The terror gangs of Irgun Zvai Leumi (IZL or ETZEL) attacked the village on the 13th of December, 1947 murdering nine people (including a five-year-old child and a twenty-year old woman), and the wounding of seven others.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	On 13th of September 1948, the al-'Abbasiyya was mostly destroyed with the exception of the village mosque and al-Nabi Huda's shrine.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	On May 3rd 1948, village inhabitants were ethnically cleansed soon after the attack on the village by the Irgun terror gang.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 17,499 Jewish 1,135 Public 1,906 Total 20,540
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 3,879 220 Irrigated & Plantation 1,019 0 Area planted w/ olives 450 0 Planted W/ Cereal 13,550 915 Built up 101 0 Cultivable 18,448 1,135 Non-Cultivable 856 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 693 19th century 800 1922 2,437 1931 3,258 1945 5,800 (150 Jewish) 1948 6,554 Est. Refugees 1998 40,249
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 772 1948 1553
Town's name through history	The Romans referred to al-'Abbasiyya by Iudaea, and later it was called al-Yahudiyya, meaning "The Jewish One" in Arabic. In 1932, the residents renamed it to al-'Abbasiyya, in memory of a Shaykh al-'Abbas.
Schools	al-'Abbasiyya had two schools: the 1st was junior boys high founded in 1941, which had an enrollment of 293 boys in 1945, and the 2nd school for girls founded in 1943, which had with an initial enrollment of 101 girls.
Local council	al-'Abbasiyya had a local council, founded in 1945, which was entrusted with improving its social services and paving the village streets.
Religious institutions	al-'Abbasiyya had two mosques: the 1st was a large mosque which had a 21 meter high minaret (remain standing), and the 2nd was a much smaller one.
Shrines/maqams	A shrine for al-Nabi Huda (still standing)
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Magshimim, Ganne Yehuda, Ganne Tiqwa, & Savyon.
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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The main mosque and the shrine of al-Nabi Huda still stand. The mosque is deserted and beginning to crack in several places; the shrine is made of stone and surmounted with a dome. A number of houses remain; they have been occupied by Yehud's Jewish residents or put to other uses. One residential house, made of concrete, has a slanted roof and rectangular doors and windows; its porch is covered by corrugated metal sheets. Another house, a two-storey, concrete structure with rectangular doors and windows and a tiled, tent-shaped roof, has been converted into a commercial building."

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