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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 21, 1948
Distance from district center	10.5 (km) Northeast of Acre
Elevation from the sea	30 (meters)
Map location	See location number #12 on the map
Israeli military operation	Second stage of Operation Ben-Ami
Israeli attacking brigade	Carmeli Brigade
Israeli acts of terror	Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Umm al-Faraj was mostly destroyed with the exception of its mosque.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Umm al-Faraj inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 821 Jewish 0 Public 4 Total 825
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 745 Irrigated & Plantation 42 Planted W/ Cereal 18 Built up 15 Cultivable 805 Non-Cultivable 5
Population before occupation	Year Population 19th century 200 1922 377 1931 415 1945 800 1948 928 Est. Refugees 1998 5,699
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 94 1948 210
Town's name through history	The Crusaders referred to al-Faraj by Le Fierge.
Religious institutions	One mosque, which is still standing but in need of renovations! Any volunteers?
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Ben 'Ammi
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Only the stone mosque remains. It is shut and stands in a state of decay amid tall wild grass."

To contact any of the below members, simply click on the names.

Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
Ali Hassan Salem	Salem	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
yaser al haj moussa	-	-
ابو سميح	hweidi	beirut, lebanon
tripole	el arid	north, lebanon
asslan	Asslan	Mazraa village
hamadaaaa	al_areed	saida, lebanon
ghaleb abu elsaad	-	Germany
mona hweidi	-	lebanon
Rashid Net	-	Denmark, Denmark

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