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District of Jaffa
Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Elevation from the sea | 32 meters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maps | A detailed map of Jaffa city (almost 1 MB in size) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal shore length | 5.5 (km) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jaffa's name though history |
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Nearby rivers and wadies | al-'Awja River terminates 9 km north of Jaffa, and Rubin River (also known by Wadi al-Sarar) terminates 13 km south of Jaffa. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
City area size | In 1945, Jaffa city covered an area of 9,737 dunums, which didn't include the roads, wadies, and railroads, ... etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
District's size | Jaffa's district covered an area of 334.8 square kilometers, which included 18.6 square kilometers for roads, wadies, railroads, ... etc. In 1945, Zionists owned 129.5 square kilometers from the total district size, which constituted 38.6% of the district's total size. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Villages and settlements | The district of Jaffa included 23 villages within its municipality, two German colonies (Sarounah and Weil Helma), and the following Jewish colonies:- Tel Aviv, Pitach Teqva (Mlabiss), Choloun, Tel Luftinski, and Beit Yam. Click here for a detail map for the villages and the nearby colonies in the district of Jaffa. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Population |
Click here for complete population break down. |
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Port |
Jaffa and Haifa ports were considered to be the major ports in Palestine, and
both were publicly owned and operated by the Government of Palestine. Before WW II, Jaffa's port was underdeveloped, and because of its treacherous sea ships often had to continue sailing north to Haifa. Usually, ships had to anchor few miles from the shore, and then unload their passengers and goods to small boats to transport them to the shoreline. As Haifa' port, Jaffa's port was developed just before WW II to receive steamers and passenger ships. |
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Year | Total | Arab Muslims | Arab Christians | European Jews | Others | No. Of Houses |
1886 | 17,000* | 16,900 | N/A*** | 100 | N/A | N/A |
1906 | 47,000* | 42,500 | N/A*** | 5,500 | N/A | N/A |
1910 | 70,000* | 62,000 | N/A*** | 8,000 | N/A | N/A |
1922 | 47,709 | 20,699 | 6,850 | 20,152 | 8 | N/A |
1931 | 51,866 | 35,506 | 9,132 | 7,209** | 19 | 11,304 |
1945 | 66,310 | 50,880 | 15,400 | N/A | 30 | N/A |
1947 | 70,760 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1950 | N/A | 4,000 | N/A*** | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1958 | 56,500 | 6,500 | N/A*** | 50,00 | N/A | N/A |
1965 | 100,000 | 10,000 | N/A*** | N/A | 30 | N/A |
* These statistics also includes the villages and Jewish settlements in Jaffa
district (Tel Aviv, Betach Tikvah, ..etc.) ** Excluding Tel Aviv. *** Arab Christians statistics are included with Arab Muslims statistics. |
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Mayor | Jaffa's last mayor was Dr. Yosef Haykal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
City's income and expenses |
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Agriculture | Jaffa was well known for its cash crops as citrus and Bananas. In 1945, Arabs planted 146,316 dunums with Citrus, while 66,403 dunums were planted by Jews. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Industries |
Jaffa was the most advanced city in Palestine in the
development of its commercial, banking, fishing, and agriculture industries. Jaffa had
many factories specializing in cigarette
making, cement making, tile and roof tile production, iron
casting, cotton processing plants, traditional
handmade carpets,
leather products, wood box
industry for Jaffa orange, textile, presses
and publications. It should also be
noted that the majority of all publications and newspapers in Palestine
were published in Jaffa.
Since Israeli still maintains and enforces the "Law Of Absentees", all Jaffa's industries, farms, buses, cars, railroads, cattle, real states, ... etc. have been looted and became the property of the "Jewish state". When similar injustices were perpetrated against Europe's Jewish citizens (by the Germans and the Swiss during WWII), the Jews of the world demanded justice for their looted art works and properties. The question which begs to be asked is :- Are the Palestinian people entitled for compensation for their looted properties? |
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Port's imports and exports |
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Fishing industry |
** Palestine total fishing for this year was 1,699 tons, which was worth 59,651 British Pounds. *** This was the only yearly statistic which did not include Tel Aviv's totals. |
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Neighborhoods |
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Schools |
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Churches and Monasteries |
Jaffa had ten churches and three Monasteries.
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Hospitals |
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Archeological sites |
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School |
Boys Schools |
Girls Schools |
Mixed Schools |
Total |
Government | 4 | 5 | - | 9 |
City | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
Private and National | 8 | 3 | 13 | 24 |
Foreign | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
Total | 17 | 11 | 19 | 47 |
Students Enrollment |
Government | City | Others | Total |
Boys | 1,704 | 935 | 4,272 | 6,911 |
Girls | 1,533 | 372 | 2,724 | 4,629 |
Total | 3,237 | 1,307 | 6,996 | 11,540 |
Percentage | 28.1% | 11.3% | 60% | 100% |
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Occupation date | 13th of May 1948 |
Attacking Israeli force | More than 5,000 well trained and well equipped Haganah and IZL forces. |
City defenders |
Jaffa defenders were made up from of a combination forces as follows:-
Altogether, the defending force was 1,500 volunteers strong, which was very poorly trained, under armed, and they had few months only to build Jaffa's crumbling defenses. Despite the odds, many of these heroes withstood a three months onslaught and siege. It should be noted that Jaffa was never allocated to the Jewish state by the UN GA partition plane, and it had also no Arab Armies. Click here, to read more about the battle for for Jaffa in Arabic. |
Refugees' migration route |
The mass majority of Jaffa's inhabitants, numbering at least 50,000, were pushed
into the sea. Similarly, Haifa's population, numbering at least
35,000, suffered the same fate on the May 23rd, 1948. . Click
here to view a map that illustrates refugees' migration routes.
Via boats, many of the refugees landed in Gaza, 'Areash (Egypt), and some made it all the way to Beirut (Lebanon). Also some people fled inland to al-Ramla, al-Lydd, and the well off refugees fled to Jerusalem and Amman. Ironically, often Zionists accuse the Arabs of plotting to push the Jews into the sea! |
Ethnical cleansing |
The mass majority of Jaffa's population were ethnically cleansed. Out
of the 70,000 Palestinians who used to call Jaffa home, only 3,650 were
allowed to stay. The remaining Palestinian population were boxed in al-'Ajami
neighborhood, where their movements were severely restricted until 1966.
Click here, for a detail eye witness account depicting the cleaning of Jaffa. |
Casualties on both sides | According to Manachem Bagen, IZL has taken at least 1,000 casualties (either killed or injured), and unknown number for Haganah's casualties. On the Palestinian side, they suffered over 1,300 killed including 20 Yugoslavian Muslim Mujahideens. |
Soon after occupation, the Zionists blew up and bulldozed most
of Jaffa's (75%) Arab section, and only the al-'Ajami, Old City, and small
part of al-Mansheyyah survived demolition. Mostly (if not all) Jaffa's Suqs were
obliterated including Suq al-Nahaseen, Suq al-Balabseh, Suq al-Maslakh, ..etc. In 1954, Jaffa
became the suburb of Tel Aviv, and since then both cities are known by Tel
Aviv-Yafo.
Currently, Jaffa's Old City neighborhood is being renovated, and mostly it is
being inhabited by artists.
Jaffa's main port has been closed
and all its shipping has been diverted either to Tel Aviv or Isdud ports. Jaffa's
main Clock Square now called Kikea Hagana (The Haganah's Square) and Jaffa's main street Bistress-Iskandar 'Awad
is
now known by Rehev
Mifrats Shelomo. Jamal Basha street name has been changed to Jerusalem
street, and big portion of al-Manshiyyah neighborhood became a public park. It also should be note that currently Jaffa's Arab population
numbers around 10,000 people.
Click here for up to date information about the situation of Palestinian Arabs in Jaffa.
Bibliography
Our primary sources for the above data was Biladuna Filisteen (second set, volume four) by Mustafa Murad al-Dabagh and The Palestine Encyclopedia.
Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
أسامة منصور | - | يافا, فلسطين |
Maha sharawi | - | - |
الائي انشاصي | انشاصي | عمان, الاردن |
سعد طه | طه | Palestine, Ramallah |
S.B.H. | - | - |
عيسى ابو طه | ابو طه | Amman |
عماد فرماوي | فرماوي | Amman, Jordan |
Rana Saqqa | SAQQA | AMMAN, JORDAN |
عادل شرقاوي | شرقاوي | الامارات |
محمد السكسك | - | جبل النزهة, الاردن |
محمد السكسك | - | جبل النزهة, الاردن |
محمد السكسك | - | - |
Yousef Matari | Matari | Yafa (Jaffa), Palestine (occupied in 1948) |
Abdullah Khalaf | - | - |
نور اللبابيدي | - | غزة, فلسطين |
علي الدح | - | الشارقة |
محمود البيروتي | - | - |
نوار طاهر البهلول | البهلول | دمشق, سوريا |
نور طاهر البهلول | البهلول | دمشق, سوريا |
فارس طاهر البهلول | البهلول | دمشق, سوريا |
إياد طاهر البهلول | البهلول | دمشق, سوريا |
محمد علي شرقاوي | - | دمشق |
مقاتل يافا | - | غزة |
غالب ابوهيبة | ابو هيبة | عمان, الاردن |
صالح الجمل | - | amman |
بدواني للأبد | - | - |
يافاوي بكل فخر | zeno | amman, jordan |
سميح | ألنيص | قلقيليه |
HaMoDi | جادالحق | - |
سلوى سطل | سطل | فلسطين, يافا |
ahmadabdulqader | المشهراوي | السويد |
ام مصطفى | بظاظو -الكردي | - |
المحامية ديمة اسكندراني | عائلة السيد اسكندراني | دمشق |
إسماعيل أبوسعدة | - | - |
jerby | Aljerby | London, UK |
Hussam M. R.O. Saber | Al Saber | Qatar, qatar |
ابوعرب ابو شندى | ابوشندى | قطاع غزة, فلسطين |
samia yafa | alsaber | yafa |
يافاوي فلاوي | قنديل | مكة المكرمة |
YASSIN ABU LIBDEH | abu libdeh | greece |
shaaban al-qassas | القصاص | عمان, الاردن |
Bint Jaffa | - | Doha, Doha |
Ali | أبو غليون | - |
محمد عيسى | الحج يحيى | جبل النصر, الاردن |
Yazan Al-Zabalawi | - | - |
المصري سات | المصري | عمان, عمان |
aleafawe | Saber | doha, doha |
Khalid ABDELRAHIM | ABDELRAHIM | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Rami Khalaf | Khalaf | Oregon, USA |
abo salameh | - | denmark |
ابن يافا | - | قطر- |
omar al hawamdeh | al hawamdeh | NJ, United States Of America |
fadi al kalha | - | - |
محمد تركي | تركي | حائل, السعودية |
Husni K. M. Liswi | لصوي (Liswi-Laswi-Laswy-Luswi) | Amman, Palestine |
Rawan Karawan | karawan | Amman, Jordan |
Abuimara | أبو عمارة | Granada, Spain |
Nizar Wafa | Wafa | - |
خالد هنيه | هنيه | Amman, Jordan |
YAZ | Zabalawi | Germany |
Rashad Al Amiri | العامري | - |
haya | - | Amman, Jordan |
ريان | ريان | - |
medhat | alzebdeh | bucharest, romania |
ابوخليل | ابوشندي | amman, jordan |
Eman Abu Mousa | - | Abu Dhabi |
YehiaAR | Abdul Rahim | Beirut, Lebanon |
ابن يافا | nour | burij |
Mosa'b Alshayeb | Alshayeb - Alhajj yehia | DUBAI, UAE |
bassam matari | - | birute, Lebanon |
محمد احمد محمد ابوحجر | ابوحجر | East Midlands, England |
musleh | Musleh | Jordan, al-safriyya |
Naim Al siksik | Al sakasik | - |
ابو ابراهيم دويدار | دويدار | طرابلس, ليبيا |
عاشق يافا | - | Lebanon |
ابوشندي | - | amman |
ny3ram; sahabat | - | - |
وليد هنية | هنية | عمان, الأردن |
Esmat Ghanem | Ghanem | Kuwait, Kuwait |
UM Mohammed | Abueljubain | - |
Massoud Nimer Massoud Abo Al Afyeh | Abo Al Afyeh | K. S. A. , K. S. A. |
MAHER KAYALI | - | ITALY, ITALY |
فلسطيني | خضر | الامارات, الامارات |
تامر العزب | - | - |
ياسمين | ابو زيد | يافا |
أسعد عبد الرحمن | السيد أحمد / القردحجي | الرياض, السعودية |
علي أروادي | أروداي | الرياض |
Saeed | Kayyali | Amman, Jordan |
سامي الرشيدي | سكر الرشيدي | العاصمة, الاردن |
Jehan Al Hasani | - | Amman, Jordan |
عبدالفتاح محمد غانم | غانم | عمان, ألأردن |
Shamsuddin Dabbagh | - | - |
جواد الديباش | - | - |
ابو السيس | بدح | عمان |
اليازوري | الحوامده | عمان, الاردن |
Rania Laswi | Laswi | Amman |
Ghadeer Kolaghassi | Kolaghassi | Kuwait, Kuwait |
Moustafa Zarandah | - | British Colombia, Canada |
Juman A.J | - | Jordan/Palestine |
khaled Odetallah | MANASRA | Amman, Jordan |
Abd al monem abu kishik | abu kishik | - |
سعيد الكلباني | الكلباني | الأردن |
bigyara | - | - |
Samah Bahtishi | - | - |
wafi78 | - | - |
al moghrabi | al moghrabi | ca, usa |
shuhaibar | shuhaiber | palestine, palestine |
أسامه | عبدالفتاح | Dhahran, saudi arabia |
الياس الخوري | الخوري | - |
om kaled | - | - |
Samer Bali | - | الامارات |
علي العمرى | العمري | - |
BMW | abo alsayyed | - |
فتحاوي | الللي | غزة |
yafawee | ellily | - |
سامي يوسف | - | عمان, الأردن |
Akram Abedulkareem Sharawi | sharawi | Jordan, Jordan |
moon | - | amman, jordan |
Mohammed Elabyad | Elabyad | - |
DamatiMan | Damati | - |
3ashek torab yafa | - | amman, jordan |
سليم ابراهيم ابو حجر | ابو حجر | الزرقاء, الاردن |
Sahar Al Tellawi | Al Tellawi | Amman |
أبو خالد | الكردي | -, QATAR |
هترية | - | - |
Michele El Kassir | El Kassir | Casalserugo - Padova, Italy |
ABUHAITHAM | ELYYAN | - |
Mohammad | هتريه | amman, jordan |
Ali Derbashi | - | - |
yafa-dream | - | - |
ابن يافا | تركي | عمان, عمان |
qombarjee | القمبرجي | QATAR |
- | AL-Sharkawi | -, UAE |
أبو اسماعيل | الشيخ | الإمارات |
fatoom | - | riyadh |
wisam al makkawi | al makkaw | dearborn, usa |
chira6 | el-yafi | LYON, France |
Hussam Sayyed | sayyed | - |
Fadi Almoghrabi | Almoghrabi | Beirut, Libanon |
Khamis Almoghrabi | Almoghrabi | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
خميس | المغربي | الكويت |
Rashida Almoghrabi | Almoghrabi | - |
Feras Sweidan | سويدان | UAE, UAE |
طاهر البهلول | البهلول | دمشق |
ianwar | Abu Taha | - |
Mahmoud Hammoudeh | Hammoudeh | amman, Jordan |
RAOUF ABU LABAN | Abu Laban | Amman, Jordan |
Waleed Dallal | Dallal | jordan, Jordan |
Saéd Abu Taha | Abu Taha | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Ahmad Abu Taha | Abu Taha | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Basil Khalaf | Khalaf | Saudi Arabia |
عثمان أبو زنيد | الشرحة | - |
atiya | saleh | georgia, us |
yafa | - | - |
mayaimo | Sarnag | Gِteborg, SWEDEN |
بسمله | - | الجزائر |
Abu Bassam | AL BAGHDADY | Alain, U A E |
Feras ALshaer | ALshaer | uppsala, sweden |
ShebLi | - | Jordan, Jordan |
Anas El-Zayyat | El-Zayyat | - |
ثائره | KARMASH | RAMALLAH, PALESTINE |
موسى الزقزوق | الزقزوق | - |
يافاوي Yafawi | أيوب (أبو دقيق) Ayyoub | Amman, Jordan |
محمود الجزائري | الجزائري | عمان |
abuammar | الدريني | الزرقاء, الأردن |
abufadi | abuseedo | cairo, egypt |
Taghrid Matari | MATARI | IL , IL |
amina amona mousa | - | manila, philippines |
Grace Nemeh Ghunaim | Ghunaim | - |
Ramy | ilsayegh | Jaffa |
Abu Rabieh | akileh | - |
Hani Nicola Sabanekh | Sabanekh | Amman, Jordan |
هاني البيطار | البيطار | Bahrain, Bahrain |
ساره | ياسين | صنعاء, اليمن |
Abo Samer | - | - |
nly | alsamhouri | - |
Mousa Bitar | Bitar | Amman |
Kawther wafa | wafa | - |
Samir Al Kayyali | Kayyali | U.A.E |
Afaf Taji FAROUKI | - | - |
Azmi El Bawwab | El Bawwab | Germany |
Tharwa Laswy | Laswy | Ontario, Canada |
عبد القادر سطل | - | يافا, فلسطين |
Abu Jaleal | Sanjak | Michigan, USA |
Samir El-Omari | - | Montreal, Canada |
دبكات | SHALTAF | سرائيل , زعترة |
MAHMOUD ABU SHINDI | abu shindi | amman, jordan |
وفاء | - | - |
Hukkinun | AlQara | Amman, Jordan |
Haytham G. Zeidan | zeidan | Tulkarm, palestine |
EHAB ABO ZED | - | TRIPOLI, LIBYA |
Eyad | Banat | Jeddah |
joseph sahab | - | - |
Fefo | Palestine | Amman, Jordan |
Zulfa Abuljebain | Abuljebain | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Mohamed El Salahi | - | Cairo, Egypt |
mohamed abdelmalek abunar | abu nar | london ontario, canada |
A.Badaro | - | Amman, Jordan |
Ammar Hajjaj | Hajjaj | Amman, Jordan |
Sama | Munayare "Abu Rafi" | Maine, USA |
Ola El Madhoun | - | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Said Al Moghrabi | Al moghrabi | Lebanon |
Mustafa Sammak | Al- Sammak | Dammam, Saudi Arabia |
Fawwaz Salameh | Salameh | Amman, Jordan |
havana | gabayen | khobar, saudi arabia |
محمد هنية | hanieh | UAE, UAE |
Hosam El Deen Ibraheem Lutfi Al Dajani | Al Dajani Tribe of Jaffa | MD, USA |
Mohammed Aghawani | ALAghawani | Palestine, Palestine |
Amr Al-Nounou | Al-Nounou | - |
Nizar Matari | MATARI | TEXAS, USA |
Hussein Zubidh | - | - |
Khalil Aburizik | - | Cairo, Egypt |
Darwish Mustafa Hamami | Al-Hamami | Eastern Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
Amer lutfi abo shulih | abo shulih | UAE, UAE |
farah | - | -, jordan |
Issam El Masri | Abu Ismail | NRW, Germany |
Ayman Awwad | Awwad | riyadh, Saudi arabia |
Radi Al-Sairafi | Al-Sairafi | Amman, Jordan |
Samer Abu Taha | Abu Taha | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
FAISAL ABU-GHABEN | abu-ghaben | - |
عادل رشيد أبو انس | الأسعد | - |
Sima | Abu Taha | Amman, Jordan |
Zaid Alsiksek | - | - |
Tariq | Tariq | Toronto, Canada-Ont |
halima | AL Sharqawi | - |
Charly Sahlieh | Sahlieh | New York, USA |
alberto mussa | allah | - |
abu waleed | alsaradi | - |
Jamal Samhouri | Al Samhouri | CA, USA |
Ahmed Atta | ????? | - |
ghaith abu laban | - | - |
Imad Abiad(El-Abiad) | El Abiad | Abu Dhabi, U.A.E |
khaled naanaa | - | lebanon |
hamatto | Hamatto | U.A.E, U.A.E |
Jamal Malow Al-Ain | Malow Al-Ain | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
alyaman | - | tripoli |
Nader M. Salahi | ----- ??? | Conn., U.S.A |
Safadi | SAFADI | UK |
ibrahim banat | - | tn, usa |
Dr. Marwan El-Sadek | El-Sadek | Germany, Germany |
HASSAN JAARAN | HASSOUN | Beirut, Lebanon |
rima aldabbagh | - | Lebanon |
Pamela DiIulio | - | - |
mazin abunar | ABUNAR | - |
FAWAZ&U | none | none, lebanon |
Fadi | Attia | England, United Kingdom |
hanaa abueid | abueid | israel, palestine |
abo rgeed | mohram | gaza strep, palstine |
Hananghali | Ghali | Saida, Lebanon |
Zayd Hammoudeh | - | PA, USA |
Ahmed Seksek | - | Ontario, Canada |
Norman Ali Khalaf | Khalaf | Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany |
A.Anwar Sacca | - | - |
el-Jamal | - | Denmark, Denmark |
Osama Shahab Al Din | Shahab Eldin | Manama, Bahrain |