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Posted on October 16, 2001
| History and Typography Population and Agriculture Social and Educational Life Catastrophes and War Crimes Sa'sa' After 1948
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Sa'sa' is a small village in West Galilee, north of Palestine. It is situated on a hill, 825 m. above sea level. To the west of the village there are two small mountains, Adathir
(ÚÏÇËÜÑ ) and Al Tawil (
ÇáØæíá) To the south there is the Jarmak Mountain (ÇáÌÑãÞ)
the highest mountain in Palestine, 1,099 m. above sea level. Thirty kilometers to the east lies Kanaan Mountains
(ßäÚÜÇä) on which the
City of Safad is built (Safad is the District Center of that area of seventy seven (77) villages).
It's positioned at the crossroads of three main roads connecting it to Safad,
Acre, Haifa and the nearby villages, its proximity to the Lebanese borders (4 km.), its relatively high elevation, have enhanced its position, and hence the mandatory government (Britain) built a security fence and a Police Headquarters (Sa'sa'
Police Camp) to monitor and try to deter the activities of the Palestinian fighters during the Palestinian Revolution (1936-1939).
Sa'sa' is one of the very old villages in Palestine. The numerous caves (including old graves and carvings) that surround the village date back to the Bronze Age and some manuscripts show that
Sa'sa' was built during the time of the Roman Emperor - HADRIAN.
The Arab geographist - Abu Abdullah Al Bakri (Died in 1094) mentioned that - during his second trip from
Deir Al Kassi to Safad - he passed by Sa'sa'.
The population of Sa'sa' increased as follows:
| End of 19th Century | 300 |
| 1922 | 643 |
| 1945 | 1,130 |
| To date (2001) | 5,000 |
The area of the land belonging to Sa'sa' was 14,796 Dunums (1,476.9 Hectares). None of the land in
Sa'sa' was owned by the Jews prior to 1948. The land was mainly fertile, arable, growing wheat, barley, olives, fig trees, grapes, apples, pears, zaa'roor and tobacco. The abundance of olive trees in manifested by the fact that prior to 1948, there were two olive breweries, and these were not enough, so
Sa'sa' was brewing part of its olives in neighboring villages.
Near the village there are three water springs: Al-Bidiyyah (ÚÜíä
ÇáÈÇÏíÜÜÉ), Al Humaymah
(򒆊
ÇáÍãíãÉ) and Ghabbati (Úíä
ÛÈÇØíÉ), the last two springs have their water from Jarmak mountain. Rainwater was abundant, and the weather was cool in the summer and very cold in winter with lot of snow, ice and hails every winter.
Sa'sa' was a very green village very famous for its forestry and nearby mountains, with mainly giant oak and sindian trees. The
Sa'sa'ities used the forests to make charcoal, lime, and sell lumber to neighboring villages. The population of
Sa'sa' used to own lot of cattle: goats, sheep, cows, oxen and camels.
In general, except for clothing, stationary, sugar and tea, Sa'sa' was a self-sufficient village, growing everything it needed including dairy products and tobacco, the main part of which they were exporting to the cigarette factories in Haifa and this was their main source of cash money.
Like most rural areas, the people in Sa'sa' led a smooth, harmonious and quiet life. Inter-marriage between the different families promoted the sense of cooperation, mutual respect and love between the village people. One example of their solidarity was manifested by the fact that none of the village people would go to work in case somebody dies or a man is married. The funerals and weddings were a joint village affair with every family sharing in these events according to its capabilities. The same applies to helping the few poor families of the village; they were given their needs from the crops, vegetation and fruits by their fellow village people.
The educational status in Sa'sa' started slowly, but progressed well later. There were two schools:
The educational system in Palestine was:
Three serious catastrophes rocked Sa'sa' between 1938 and 1948:
The Israelis destroyed most the houses of the village, including its very beautiful mosque, and brought in Jewish settlers who are occupying our homes and land, till to date.
They further built a colony to the south of our village in 1949 with about 10,000 immigrants. Like the rest of Palestine which was colonized by the Israelis before and after 05 June 1967,
Sa'sa' is yawning under the persecution merciless impact of the Israeli colonial imperialist rule.
Sa'sa' is still waiting for the day of Liberation which will be coming. hopefully soon.
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Sa'sa' before and after ethnic cleansing.
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