Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	March 17, 1948
Distance from district center	6.5 (km) Northeast of Jaffa
Elevation from the sea	25 (meters)
Map location	See location number #10 on the map
Exodus Cause	Feer of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	al-Jammasin al-Gharbi was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses currently being occupied by Jewish settlers.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Either in December 1947 or January 1948 the leaders of al-Shaykh Muwannis, al-Mas'udiyya, al-Jammasin, and the mukhtars of 'Arab Abu Kishk and Ijlil met with Haganah representative in the house of Avraham Schapira in Petah Tikva and expressed desire for peace. Despite the commitment of these villages not harbor any Arab Liberation Armies or local Arab Militia, they were all completely ethnically cleansed. al-Jammasin al-Gharbi inhabitants were partially intimidated by the Haganah into fleeing their homes on January 7th 1948, and complete ethnic cleansing on March 17th, 1948.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 529 Jewish 714 Public 122 Total 1,365
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 202 215 Irrigated & Plantation 151 143 Planted W/ Cereal 173 332 Cultivable 526 690 Non-Cultivable 125 24
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 566 1945 1,080 1948 1,253 Est. Refugees 1998 7,694
Town's name through history	Jammasin in Arabic means Water Buffalo. The village may have been named after the water buffaloes that the villagers were famous in raising.
Schools	al-Jammasin al-Gharbi students used to attend school in the nearby village of al-Shaykh Muwannis.
Inhabitants place of origin	al-Jammasin's inhabitants were known to be descendants of nomads who had migrated to the area from the Jordan Valley.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	The Tel Aviv municipality
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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:
"A few some what dilapidated houses remain, some inhabited by Jews, others deserted. One inhabited house is a two-storey structure that looks like a conglomeration of unrelated rooms of varying size and shape."

• Video Nakba Oral History: Interview with Yousif Abu Leil