Al-Jammasin al-Sharqi
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| Al-Jammasin al-Sharqi | |
| Arabic | |
| Sub-district | Jaffa |
| Population | 730 (1945) |
| Area | |
| Date of depopulation | March 17, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
Al-Jammasin al-Sharqi was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jaffa. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War on March 17, 1948. It was located 9 km northeast of Jaffa. As of 1945 it had a total population of 730. al-Jammasin inhabitants were known to be descendants of nomads from the Jordan Valley.
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p.xviii, village #204. Also gives cause of depopulation.
[edit] Bibliography
- 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 978-0-521-00967-6. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q.
Coordinates: 32°05′54″N 34°49′44″E / 32.0982°N 34.8289°E
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