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Welcome To Salama
District of Jaffa
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Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Statistic/Fact Value
Israeli occupation date April 25, 1948
Distance from district center 5 (km) East of Jaffa
Elevation from the sea 25 (meters)
Map location See location number #15 on the map
Israeli military operation Operation Chametz
Israeli attacking brigade Alexandroni Brigade
Defenders Local militia & Arab Liberation Army
Exodus Cause Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by Israelis
Salama was mostly destroyed with the exception of ten houses and the village schools. Some of the houses belongs to Muhammad Salih, Mustafa Abu Najm, Abu Jarada, Abu 'Amasha, Muhammad al-Hawtari, Abu 'Asba, Sha'ban al-Naji, and al-'Arbid.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis
Salama inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab 5,633
Jewish 885
Public 264
Total 6,782
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus 2,853 395
Irrigated & Plantation 370 314
Area planted w/ olives 25 0
Planted W/ Cereal 2,266 140
Built up 114 0
Cultivable 5,489 849
Non-Cultivable 294 36
Population
before occupation
Year Population
1596 94
1922 1,187
1931 3,691
1945 6,730
1948 7,807
Est. Refugees 1998 47,942
Number of houses
Year Number of houses
1931 800
1948 1692
Town's name through history Salama was named after Salma Ibn Hashim (prophet Mohammad companion) whose tomb is still standing.
Schools Salama had two schools: the 1st was a junior high for boys founded in 1920 and it had an enrollment of 504 boys in 1945; the 2nd school was for girls founded in 1936 and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 121 girls.
Religious institutions One mosque which is still standing.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands Tel Aviv city
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Samer Asfoor Asfoor -
رند ابو نجم ابو نجم ال, السعودية
ahmed Abu Nassar abu nassar makkah, saudi arabia
mahmoud odeh odeh FLorida, USA
Maher Odeh Odeh FLorida, USA
ابو ابراهيم دويدار دويدار طرابلس, ليبيا
amersaqr - dubai
سعيد حماد رام الله
wewe Abu Nijem RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
Abou Nassar Abou Nassar amman, amman
monishali - -
Ghassan Al-Alem Al-Alem Amman, Jordan
Sultan Al-Shayeb Al-Shayeb -
sultan Al-Shayeb Al-Shayeb -
مصطفى (عكيرم) ال- مصطفى -
ايمن رماحه رماحه الرياض, السعودية
أبو الآمين - -
sami hammad hammad ca, ca
mohammad abu al-anain ابو العينين jordan, now in dubai for work
rashad saleh صالح Irbed, Jordan
محمد النجار الرياض
wala'papillon Abunijem -
Mousa Al Mitwalley Al Mitwalley Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
abboodeh زغلول Kuwait
Eman El-Naji Al-Shaf3i Amman, Jordan
osama azazi - -
ابو عصام قرمش الاردن
ابو سيف قرمش السعوديه
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awlad //omar alnady abdul-hameed alnady jordan, jordan
omar alnady abdul-hameed alnady bruxelles, belgium
Alaa Abunijem Abunijem -
النسر - عمان, الاردن
أبو نواف أبو نجم Amman, Jordan
Amer Yasin Baghdad, Iraq
ساره ياسين صنعاء, اليمن
ناصر العثامنه العقبة , الاردن
ابو سلمان مشه اربد, الاردن
صالح علي صالح نابلس
Ahmad Harb Harb Ohio, USA
Sami najeeb Abunijem ABUNIJEM Jeddah
fkhatib Badawi IL, USA
Tariq Al-khawaja Alkhawaja Bahrain
Mohammed Omar Abu Abduh Abu Abduh Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Omar Abu Abduh Abu Abduh Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Kamal Alshafie Alshafie -
Murad Abu Nijem Abu Nijem -
Ahmad Abu Nijem Abu Nijem -
basem rammaha Rammaha-Qaddoura Michigan, USA
salim ali-saleh ali saleh ny, usa
nizam azzazi azzazi -
Suhail Bakr Salem - -
Khawla Hammad Amman, Jordan
Almuhtadi - -
Abdelhadi Zaqzouq Zaqzouq DUBAI, UAE
Abdulhadi Zaqzouq Almuraqabat, UAE
Majed Odeh Odeh -
Mohammad Sweedan Sweedan Amman, Jordan
marwan sweedan sweedan sydney, australia
MZHAFNAWI Al-Hafnawi Amman, Jordan
Shafiq Abdulhalim Mohammad SalehElkhalil Saleh Elkhalil Illinois, USA
Mahmoud Ahmad Mohammad Saleh Mohammad El Saleh Quebec, Canada
Mohammad Sweidan Sweidan Amman, Jordan
Ala Al-Azzazi alazzazi NRW, Germany
khaled Moh'd Mansour Mansour saudi arabia, saudi arabia
A.Jawad A.Rabbo Al-athamna sultanate of Oman
Mansi Mansi NY, US
Maya Al-Salem Dubai, UAE
Noura El-naji - -
leena El-naji - -
Darwish Abou Nassar Abou Nassar Ejypt, Al Agooza
barbaric barbaric Jordan , Jordan
belal hafnawi hafnawi amman, jordan
A.rahman A.rabbo Al athamna Qatar, QATAR
abu falasteen 3weenat (owaynat) -
Ehab Sweedan Sweedan Ontario, Canada
Ammar Oudeh Oudeh Ontario, Canada
Akram Karmash - -
Rula El-Naji - -
Ahmed Ramaha - IL, USA
sami Al-Alem Al-Alem MI, USA
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