The 1918 Jaffa Orange Grove Destruction Scorched Earth in Palestine
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In early 1918, as World War I raged in the Middle East, Ottoman forces under Jamal Pasha ordered the systematic destruction of Jaffa's famed orange groves—the heart of Palestine's agricultural economy. This episode examines the scorched-earth campaign that felled thousands of shamouti trees, the desperate resistance of fellahin who watched their livelihoods burn, and the role of figures like Aaron Aaronsohn and Najib Nassar in documenting the catastrophe. Drawing on records from the American Colony of Jerusalem and the Sassoon family archives, we explore how this act of military necessity became a turning point for Palestinian land dispossession. The episode also touches on the legal aftermath under the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem and the Vilayet of Syria, and how the destruction foreshadowed later conflicts over land and identity. A story of war, agriculture, and the enduring link between a people and their groves.
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