Fardisya
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Fardisya was a Palestinian
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...

 Arab
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...

 hamlet in the District of Tulkarm
District of Tulkarm
The District of Tulkarm was an administrative district, situated in the British Mandate of Palestine around the city of Tulkarm. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the district disintegrated, the western part became part of the Central District of Israel and the eastern part, became a part of the...

. It was depopulated during the 1948 War
1948 War
The term 1948 War can refer to any of the following events:* 1948 Palestine war with :** its civil war period : the 1947-1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine** the regular war between Israel and neighbouring Arab states : the 1948 Arab-Israeli War...

 on April 1, 1948 under Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 2.5 km south of Tulkarm
Tulkarm
Tulkarem or Tulkarm is a Palestinian city in the northern Samarian mountain range in the Tulkarm Governorate in the extreme northwestern West Bank adjacent to the Netanya and Haifa districts to the west, the Nablus and Jenin Districts to the east...

. Fardisya was mostly destroyed with the exception of a single deserted house. The Crusaders referred to Fardisya as Phardesi.

In 1945 it had a population of 20. Today the settlement of Sha'ar Efrayim occupies Fardisya's lands.
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