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| Fir'im District of Safad فرعم - פירעים Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 26, 1948
Distance from district center
4 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea
500 (meters)
Map location
See location number #63 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade
The Palmach's First Battalion
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisFir'im inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
2,023
Jewish
163
Public
5
Total
2,191
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
935
12
Area planted w/ olives
700
0
Planted W/ Cereal
700
151
Built up
17
0
Cultivable
1,635
163
Non-Cultivable
376
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
446
19th century
200
1922
499
1931
527
1945
740
1948
858
Est. Refugees 1998
5,272
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
109
1948
177
Town's name through history
The Crusades referred to the village by Fir'im.
Schools
The village had an elementary school for boys.
Local council
The village had a local council, composed of representatives of the village families, which managed the village's local affairs.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Chatzor ha-Gelilit settlement is nearby village lands.
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The rubble of destroyed village houses is scattered across the site. Some terraces with olive trees remain. Olive trees and cactuses grow on the site and the surrounding lands. Some small portions of these lands are wooded but most are used for pasture.
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| أسامة عيسى عثمان | عثمان | الشارقة, الامارات |
| Amer | عزيمة | KRISTIANSAND, NORWAY |
| Ali Faour | Faour | DUBAI, UAE |
| Omarabdhulla | Abdallah | NORWAY, SYRIA |
| Hossam | Faour | ZAHLE, LEBANON |
| Mahmoud Odeh | - | BELARUS |
| هشام عزيمة | عزيمة | قطر, قطر |
| عمر عودة | عودة | دمشق |
| Abo yaser | Hameed | DMASCUS |
| فاعور | فاعور | RIYADH |
| عدنان عزيمة عزيمة | عزيمة | - |
| ياسر عزيمة | عزيمة | - |
| Marwan Areashah | Areashah | DAMASCUS, SYRIA |
| خليل عزيمة | عزيمة | - |
| Ayman Salah Odeh | Odeh | UNITED KINGDOM |
| روان | عوده | الكويت, الاردن |
| عبدالله | عوده | الكويت |
| عوده | عوده | الكويت, الكويت |
| وليد رجا الكردي | الكردي | دمشق |
| ALI MOHAMAD FAOUR | - | - |
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| Ali Faour | - | - |
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