Fajja
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| Arabic | فجّة |
| Sub-district | Jaffa |
| Coordinates | 32°05′18.04″N 34°54′15.98″E / 32.0883444°N 34.9044389°ECoordinates: 32°05′18.04″N 34°54′15.98″E / 32.0883444°N 34.9044389°E |
| Population | 1,570 (1945) |
| Area | 4,419 dunums
4.4 km² |
| Date of depopulation | May 15, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign |
| Current localities | Petah Tikva |
Fajja (Arabic: فجّة) is a former Palestinian Arab town located 15 kilometers northeast of Jaffa.
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[edit] History
In the late 19th century, Fajja was described as a small village built of adobe bricks.[2]
In 1945, the town had a population 1,570 inhabitants including 370 Jews and a total land area of 4,419 dunams. The town had one elementary school founded in 1922 and had a student body of 181 students in 1945.[3]
It was conquered by the Haganah and Irgun on May 15, 1948 without any resistance. Most of the Arab inhabitants fled the town prior to its capture by Israeli forces due to alleged attacks by the Irgun on February 17. In June 1948, the town was demolished based on the recommendation of Yosef Weitz of the Jewish National Fund.[4] Most of the town's land is currently a part of the jurisdiction of the city of Petah Tikva.
[edit] See also
- List of Arab towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
- List of villages depopulated during the Arab-Israeli conflict
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #203. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP II, p.251. Cited in Khalidi, 1992, p. 240.
- ^ Jaffa District Stats from Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine (1970) Hadawi, Sami. The Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center
- ^ District of Jaffa: Fajja Town Statistics and Facts.Information extracted from Bibliography and References Benny Morris and Walid Khalidi.
[edit] Bibliography
- Conder, Claude Reignier and H.H. Kitchener (1881): The Survey of Western Palestine: memoirs of the topography, orography, hydrography, and archaeology. London:Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. vol 2
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-00967-7
- Morris, Benny, (second edition 2004 third printing 2006) The Birth Of The Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-00967-7
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