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| Bashshit District of al-Ramla بشيت - בשית Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 13, 1948
Distance from district center
16.5 (km) Southwest of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea
50 (meters)
Map location
See location number #41 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Barak (lightening)
Israeli attacking brigade
Giva'ti brigade
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisBashshit was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisBashshit inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
18,538
Jewish
0
Public
15
Total
18,553
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
66
Irrigated & Plantation
651
Area planted w/ olives
67
Planted W/ Cereal
17,558
Built up
58
Cultivable
18,275
Non-Cultivable
220
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
936
1931
1,125
1945
1,620
1948
1,879
Est. Refugees 1998
11,540
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
333
1948
556
Town's name through history
The Crusades referred to Bashshit by Basit.
Schools
An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1921, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 148 students.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Shrines/maqams
One shrine for unknown individual
Nearby wadies & rivers
Wadi Bashshit ran 1/2 km to the East.
Archeological sites
The village contains khirbat al-Nabi 'Ararat, which has pillars, cisterns, and pottery.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Newe Mivtach, Meshar, Kefar Mordekhay, Misgav Dov, Kannot, Shedema, and 'Aseret.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Of the original village houses, no more than five still stand, deserted and nearly collapsing. One of these houses, located at the edge of a citrus grove, is made of cement blocks, with rectangular doors and windows and a tiled, sloping roof".
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| Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008 Will you accept a new homeland & compensation instead of Palestine and you right of return? هل تقبل التوطين والتعويض بديل عن الوطن وحق العودة؟ |
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