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| al-Sawalima District of Jaffa السوالمة - ערב א-סואלמה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
March 30, 1948
Distance from district center
11 (km) Northeast of Jaffa
Elevation from the sea
50 (meters)
Map location
See location number #5 on the map
Exodus Cause
Feer of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village remains
after destruction by Israelisal-Sawalima was completely obliterated with the exception of one school room still standing
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-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.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
5,844
Jewish
0
Public
98
Total
5,942
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
894
Irrigated & Plantation
191
Planted W/ Cereal
4,566
Cultivable
5,651
Non-Cultivable
291
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1931
429
1945
800
1948
928
Est. Refugees 1998
5,699
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 on town's lands
Neveh Sharet
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According 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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