Simsim
سمسم Sumsum, Semsem | |
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| Etymology: "Sesame"[1] | |
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  Simsim Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°34′02″N 34°36′26″E / 31.56722°N 34.60722°E | |
| Palestine grid | 112/108 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | 12 May 1948[4] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16,797 dunams (16.797 km2 or 6.485 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 1,290[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Gvar'am[5] |
Simsim (Arabic: سمسم), known to the Crusaders as Semsem, was a Palestinian village, located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) northeast of Gaza. It was depopulated just prior to the outbreak of 1948 Arab-Israeli war.[6] On 12 May 1948, pre-state Israeli forces expelled the villagers, along with those of the neighboring village of Najd.[7]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 379
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 32
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 46
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #316. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 136
- ^ "Welcome to Simsim". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. 258
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