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Israeli occupation date:
July 15th, 1948.
Saffuriyya was mostly
destroyed, and only few houses remained, including those for
'Abd al-Majid
Sulayman and 'Ali Mawjuda. Currently, the Jewish National
Fund has
planted pine trees over
the village.
Saffuriyya inhabitants
were completely ethnically cleansed, however, some currently live as
Palestinian-Israeli
citizens in Nazareth.
There were clans living
in Saffuriyya such as Nijm, Hadayeh, Sa'deyeh, al-Mawa'deh,
Zaghayreh, Barakeh,
Mara'neh, Abu al-Na'aj, Abu al-Badadhah, Hawytah, Jareeshah,
Khatab, Jahlsheh,
Shihadeh, and Lyla.
Land Ownership
before occupation
Ethnic
Group Land
Ownership (dunums)
Arab
41,748
Jewish
0
Public
13,630
Population before
Occupation
Year
Population
1596 2,200
19th
century
2,500
1931
3, 147 ( includes ‘Arab al-Hujayrat
and
‘Arab al-Hajajira
1945
4330 = 4,320 Muslims +10
1946
Christians
Number of houses
in 1931: 747
Saffuriyya had two
elementary schools, one for boys and another for girls; the boys'
school
was founded in 1900
during Ottoman period. A shrine for an unknown local sage which
functions now as a
synagogue. Saffuriyya contains a Roman coliseum (to the
northwest) which could
seat 4,000- 5,000 people (probably built in the first century A.D.).
In
1745, al-Thahir al-'Umar
al-Zaydani (1695-1775) built a fortress which overlooked the
village, and it also
contains the remains Saint Hanna church.
Israeli settlements on
town lands Tzippori, ha-Solelim, Allon ha-Galil Hosha'aya, and
Chanton.
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